An outbreak of at least 12 campylobacter illnesses in Saratoga Springs, Utah has prompted city officials to issue a boil water order. The Deseret News reports as follows:
Officials say boiling the drinking water of all users of the culinary water system located north of 400 South in Saratoga Springs for at least one minute could
Short answer: probably not. The E. coli O145 outbreak linked to romaine lettuce from Freshway Foods has lots of people wondering whether produce is safe to eat right now. In addition to the Columbus resident who we represent in a lawsuit in the lettuce outbreak, we have been contacted by a number of other families
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It was announced today that Ohio company, Amish Wedding Foods, Inc., is recalling all lots of 9, 16, and 18-ounce pumpkin butter, and 16 and 18-ounce sweet potato butter due to possible botulism contamination. Thus far no illness have been reported.
The pumpkin and sweet potato butters were sold around the US under
A group of food-safety advocates from a broad spectrum of backgrounds has launched realrawmilkfacts.com to provide potential consumers with information about unpasteurized milk. The website draws contributions from "Scientists, food safety advocates and health educators from universities, government, industry, and professional organizations."
There have been numerous media reports lately of the growing popularity of raw
The romaine lettuce outbreak has caused at least 23 confirmed illnesses in four states, according to the CDC’s most recent update. At least three people have developed hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), and Freshway Foods has recalled implicated lettuce products from 23 states and the District of Columbia.
We are currently investigating a series of listeria illnesses that have occurred in Texas over the first several months of this year. The cluster of illnesses appears to be an outbreak–i.e. the illnesses are likely related to the same food source–because the DNA pattern isolated from the stool or blood samples of sickened individuals is
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In the lettuce E. coli O145 outbreak, we have long suspected that illnesses were confined to three states only—New York, Ohio, and Michigan–despite a recall that extended to 23 states. That was wrong though, as the CDC reported today. A Tennessee resident was today confirmed today as having been infected by E. coli O145 in the outbreak as
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) updated their investigation information today into the developing E. coli O145 outbreak in Michigan, New York, Ohio, and Tennessee linked to shredded romaine lettuce sold by Freshway Foods.
To date, there are 23 confirmed and 7 probable cases related to this outbreak from MI, NY, OH, and TN. Among
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The E. coli romaine lettuce outbreak case-count has expanded again, this time to 23 confirmed illnesses, which is up 4 illnesses from the CDC’s last report. The most recently included case came from Tennessee, and was also caused by associated with recent exposure to romaine lettuce contaminated by E. coli O145. The contaminated lettuce was
The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) has announced that at least 14 people are ill as a result of drinking water at a sports complex. The illnesses have been linked to E. coli in water at Class Act Sports Complex in Jackson, Missouri.
DHSS reports that:
Officials with the Cape Girardeau County Public