The New England Journal of Medicine today published an article profiling the investigation into the 2009 Peanut Corp. of America Salmonella Typhimurium outbreak. The outbreak killed 9 and sickened more than 700 people (confirmed cases), requiring 166 people to be hospitalized. Our clients included the families of Cliff Tousignant and Shirley Almer, both of
Mice, Flies, and Dirty Surfaces Force Health Department to Close New York City Restaurant
The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene announced that it is closing Bobo restaurant in the West Village of Manhattan as a result of finding 62 health violations during an inspection on Friday, August 12, 2011, earning the establishment a letter grade of C.
In its inspection report, the health department noted
Lab tests confirm source of E. coli O157 from deer droppings in strawberry fields in NW Oregon
Oregon Public Health Division officials confirmed today that deer feces found in strawberry fields in Washington and Yamhill counties was the source of E. coli O157:H7 infections that sickened at least 15 people in July, including one person who died.
“An Oregon Public Health Communicable Disease team has been investigating the outbreak for several weeks,&rdquo
Cargill to resume operations at Arkansas turkey facility
Cargill has resumed operations at the Springdale, Arkansas facility fingered as the source of the nationwide Salmonella ground turkey outbreak. At least 107 people have been sickened in the outbreak, including a person who died, from an antibiotic resistant strain of Salmonella Heidelberg.
According to an AP report this morning, “Cargill spokesman Mike
Hepatitis A Shot Class Action Filed Against Olive Garden
As of last Friday afternoon, the Cumberland County North Carolina Health Department announced that it had administered an estimated 3,000 doses of Hepatitis A immunizations (immune globulin (Ig) shots) to people who may have been exposed to the virus at a Fayetteville, North Carolina Olive Garden. More Ig shots will be given in the coming
13 Confirmed E. coli Infections from Water at Cowans Gap; 8 With Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome
According to the most recent updates from Pennsylvania news sources, the Pennsylvania Department of Health has received reports of at least 13 people infected with E. coli O157:H7 who swam in the lake at Cowans Gap State Park.
Out of those 13 individuals, Penn State Hershey Medical Center has reported that a total of
E. coli in Water Sickens 11 at Ogden Valley Campground
Weber-Morgan Health officials alerted campers to E. coli contamination discovered in the water at two Ogden-area campgrounds that has sickened several young girls at Camp Shawnee. The health department has asked that users of the campgrounds bring their own supply of bottled water with them to use for drinking, cooking, cleaning and personal hygiene purposes.
Pennsylvania Department of Health investigation into E. coli outbreak, 5 HUS illnesses, continues
At last count, 11 children have been sickened in the Chambersburg, PA area by E. coli O157:H7, possibly from exposure to the bacteria at the Cowans Gap State Park lake. 8 of those children have gone on to develop kidney failure and hemolytic uremic syndrome, or HUS. At least one of those 8 remains hospitalized at
Michigan, Illinois, and Ohio still tops in Salmonella illnesses linked to ground turkey
Will more cases be reported in Cargill’s ground turkey Salmonella outbreak? To date, 107 illnesses and one death due to infection by antibiotic resistant Salmonella Heidelberg. Consumers need to still be wary of potentially contaminated product. Given the widespread distribution of recalled 36 million pounds of product, it may still be in
Federal Court Oregon Ground Turkey Salmonella Lawsuit Filed Against Cargill
The family of a 10-month-old Troutdale, Oregon child filed a Salmonella lawsuit against Cargill Meat Solutions Tuesday, alleging that the child is one of over 107 people nationwide who became seriously ill with an antibiotic-resistant Salmonella Heidelberg infection linked to ground turkey produced by the food giant. The lawsuit was filed in Oregon Federal District