Lindsey Ward of WSLS reported that author Jeff Benedict provided the President, First Lady, Secretary Vilsack and Secretary Sebeilus, along with each member of the House and Senate, a copy of the book ‘Poisoned.’ The book tells the story, from an attorney’s perspective, of the last major headlining E. Coli outbreak at Jack in the
Sprout Seeds likely source of 3330 Illnesses and 36 Deaths in E. coli Outbreak
As of today, new numbers in E. coli O104:H4 outbreak – Robert Koch Institute and the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control – E. coli in Germany – 3228 Ill, 781 with HUS and 35 Dead. 102 Ill, 39 HUS in 14 other countries (including U.S.) and 1 death in Sweden. These numbers
E. coli Outbreak – Joint statement issued by the Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food safety (BVL), Robert Koch Institute (RKI)
Conclusions
1. BfR, BVL and RKI jointly conclude that the current general recommendation to abstain from eating cucumbers, tomatoes, lettuce in northern parts of Germany does not need to be upheld.
2. In addition to adherence to good hygiene practices, BfR, BVL and RKI recommend abstaining from eating raw sprouts. Households and gastronomic businesses should
New Numbers on Sprout E. coli Outbreak – 35 Dead, 3255 Ill, 812 with Kidney Failure
On 10 June, German authorities stated that mounting epidemiological and food-chain evidence indicated that bean and seed sprouts (including fenugreek, mung beans, lentils, adzuki beans and alfalfa) are the vehicle of the outbreak in Germany.
Bean-sprout evidence mounting, new recommendations
On 10 June, authorities from the Robert Koch-Institute (RKI), the Federal Institute for Risk Assessment
E. coli Outbreak – Past Time for Warning Label on Sprouts?
With well over 40 outbreaks linked to sprouts over the last few decades, it should come as no surprise that the 31 dead, 3,086 ill (789 with HUS) in Europe and the United States have been linked to German grown, locally consumed, organic sprouts. In fact (via my friend at efoodalert), the Chemical
E. coli O104:H4 Outbreak Update – 31 Dead, 3,086 Ill – 798 with HUS
The European Center for Disease Prevention and Control reports that Since 2 May 2011, 795 cases of HUS and 2287 non-HUS STEC cases have been reported from European Union Member States, including 759 HUS cases and 2229 non-HUS STEC cases in Germany. There are reports of 4 illnesses in U.S. (3 with HUS). 22 of
Tulsa Oklahoma Finds E. coli Link in Kids
The Tulsa City-County Health Department said three children have been sickened by E. coli bacteria.
Agency spokeswoman Melanie Christian said the department’s lab confirmed the cases in the children, who are under 10 years old. Christian said two of the children were hospitalized but one has gone home.
She says two of the children are
Local Organic Sprouts Cause of German E. coli O104:H4 Outbreak
AP reports a few moments ago that German organic vegetable sprouts have been linked epidemiologically to the E. coli O104:H4 outbreak that has killed 30 people and sickened nearly 3,000 – nearly 750 with Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome. Reinhard Burger, president of the Robert Koch Institute, Germany’s national disease control center, said the pattern of
E. coli Outbreak in Europe Claims More Lives
According to the most recent reports from Berlin, the death toll from the E. coli O104:H4 outbreak in Europe has risen again to at least 30. The latest victim was a 57-year-old man in Frankfurt who travelled with his wife to the northern city of Hamburg where the outbreak struck the hardest. In addition
Legislation Dropped Against non-O157:H7 E. coli
Washington, D.C. – As a previously unknown strain of E. coli is claiming lives in Europe, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is fighting to protect funding for the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, the first major update to America’s food safety laws in nearly a century that Senator Gillibrand fought hard last year to pass. The