An update was announced today on the DuPage County Health Department’s investigation into the Shigella outbreak stemming from the still-closed Subway restaurant located in Lombard, Illinois. The number of confirmed cases of Shigella now stands at 78, with 11 of those injured requiring hospitalization.
According to the article in today’s Nation’s Restaurant News, "Dave Hass
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Sprouts are a food item that have been associated with outbreaks of foodborne disease on multiple occasions in the past decade, including a major Salmonella saintpaul outbreak between February and April of 2009. In the 2009 outbreak, the CDC counted 235 confirmed outbreak victims, and likely thousands more people across the country were sickened.
At Marler Clark, we represent foodpoisoning victims from across the country. Many of our foodpoisoning clients are people sickened with bacteria and viruses like E. coli, Salmonella, campylobacter, Hepatitis A, norovirus, and of course Shigella. As has been widely publicized, a major outbreak has occurred at the Subway restaurant on Roosevelt Road in Lombard
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) issued a public health alert tonight due to illnesses possibly associated with ready-to-eat (RTE) deli meat products that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.
The products subject to the recall were produced by Siena Foods LTD, a Toronto, Ontario, establishment. Recalled products include, but are
On March 13, Spice Industrial Group, Inc., of Industry, California, recalled white sesame seeds sold under the Lian How brand name and supplied by Specialty Commodities Corp. The affected products were distributed from november 6 to December 11, 2009. The sesame seeds were recalled because of potential contamination by Salmonella bacteria, which can cause serious and sometimes fatal
Bioniche Life Sciences Inc. (TSX: BNC), a research-based, technology-driven Canadian biopharmaceutical company, today announced that a survey conducted among a random sample of 771 Canadian beef and dairy farmers in all regions of Canada showed that the majority are willing to implement changes on the farm to prevent contamination by E. coli O157.
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The Subway restaurant located on Roosevelt Road in Lombard, Illinois is at the epicenter of a major shigella outbreak that began in late February and continued into early March. Latest reports estimate the number of confirmed cases in the outbreak at around 50, but there are surely many, many more people who have been sickened in the
The final tally is in for the North Dakota Department of Health’s investigation into the Salmonella outbreak that poisoned over 180 people last summer. According to an article published in today’s Bismark Tribune, the total investigation costs are nearly $38,000.
Loreeta Canton, public information officer for the health department, said travel and laboratory costs for
A second lawsuit has been filed against Subway in connection with an outbreak of shigella from food served at the west suburban sandwich shop.
Barbara Romero claims she had to be hospitalized after eating toasted chicken and onion teriyaki sandwiches from the Subway restaurant in Lombard.
The DuPage County Health Department closed that Subway on