According to the results of a study recently published by the CDC, the incidence of dangerous and under-reported non-O157 E. coli infection is on the rise. E. coli is the term given to a large family of bacteria. Within that family, E. coli O157:H7 has been recognized as pathogenic to humans. As a result, E.
Another Petting Zoo in UK Closes as E. coli Fears Spread
The "World of Animal Life" exhibit in Devon, England, has closed as health officials investigate links to three more people with E. coli O157:H7 infections. According to a BBC report:
In a statement, the Health Protection Agency said: "East Devon District Council and the Health Protection Agency this afternoon advised the precautionary closure of the World of Country
Outbreak Tied To Raw Milk Serves As Cautionary Tale, Food Safety Official Says
MADISON — DNA test results and other evidence have now established that an outbreak of illness involving at least 35 people, the majority children and teens, was linked to drinking unpasteurized milk. Wisconsin food safety officials are cautioning consumers not to drink raw milk and farmers not to sell it to the public.
"Laws requiring
The Ugly Side of Foodborne Illness
I haven’t been in half as many living rooms as the partners at Marler Clark have, but I’ve certainly seen a lot of suffering over the past six years, doing what we do. Kids on dialysis; adults suffering in the miserable comfort of a hospital bed after having big pieces of their intestines surgically removed
Marler Explains New News Site – Food Safety News
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Q & A with Bill Marler, managing partner of Marler Clark LLP:
Q: What is Food Safety News?
A: Food Safety News (FSN) is a daily online newspaper dedicated to covering food safety news–all the news that’s fit to eat! FSN writers will be reporting on everything from foodborne illness outbreaks to food
Salmonella in Austraila Linked to “Pawpaw”
They say you learn something new everyday, and even though its not lunchtime, I am ahead of that pace today. The Sydney Morning Herald is reporting that several Salmonella illnesses in Western Australia have been linked to "pawpaw.":
West Australians have been warned to thoroughly wash pawpaw following several cases of food poisoning, including one
National Salmonella Typhimurium Outbreak Linked to Lettuce?
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Lynne Terry of The Oregonian reported this afternoon that Oregon health authorities have announced a suspected link between 124 Salmonella Typhimurium illnesses nationally and lettuce. The illnesses began appearing in mid-July and trailed off about a month later. Seven Oregon residents fell ill between Aug. 4 to 16, including three in the Portland metro area.
One of the Oregon residents who became ill suffered a particularly severe illness and was hospitalized for several weeks. Doctors removed a portion of her gastrointestinal tract, which had become necrotic and non-functional as a result of her severe infection with Salmonella Typhimurium. We represent this unfortunate woman, and are working hard to discover for her what the ultimate source of her illness was.
This would certainly not be the first time that contaminated lettuce or other leafy greens caused an outbreak of severe illnesses. In addition to the infamous Dole spinach E. coli outbreak in 2006, here are a few others:Continue Reading National Salmonella Typhimurium Outbreak Linked to Lettuce?
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Here we have created one place that pulls it all together for the food safety community and fills a void in our food safety system. It is about using the Web to put as much available food safety information in one place as is possible. We provide timely reporting on food safety issues with contributed
Future Economic and Physical Costs for Victims of Foodborne Illness
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The CDC estimates that foodborne pathogens cause 76 million cases of gastrointestinal illness every year. 325,000 of these illnesses require hospitalization, and about 5,000 people die annually. (See Paul S. Mead, et al., Food-Related Illness and Death in the United States, 5 Emerging Infect. Dis. (No. 5) 607, 614 (1999)). It is estimated that the
2006 Spinach E. coli Outbreak Revisited
The 2000 movie called “The Perfect Storm” loosely chronicled the destruction of an Atlantic nor’easter that formed due to the random convergence of several destructive weather patterns. Twelve people died in the storm, including six sword fishermen aboard the Andrea Gail (captained by George Clooney’s in the movie). Today is September 14, 2009, marking three