Listeria and cantaloupes have dominated food safety headlines lately, after a strangely quiet summer season that fortunately saw little E. coli O157:H7. But a bad bug like E. coli won’t stay down for long. And we are now in the midst of several significant E. coli outbreaks in Missouri, Michigan, and North Carolina, which follow
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North Carolina E. coli Outbreak Update: 21 Sick
North Carolina Public Health officials updated the number of E. coli illnesses possible linked to attendance at the North Carolina State Fair. Of the 21 cases, 8 are confirmed and 13 cases still being investigated. All cases either reside in or traveled to Wake County in the 10 days prior to becoming ill. Additionally, 4
More foodpoisoning illnesses in Missouri: this time, it’s E. coli
AP reports that Missouri and St. Louis County Health Officials are trying to determine the cause of an outbreak of E. coli in St. Louis County that has sickened 14 people this week. St. Louis County’s health department spokesman John Shelton said Thursday that all of the cases have been reported since Tuesday. Shelton said the
More McNees Meats E. coli O157:NM illnesses in Michigan?
Linda Gittleman of the Morning Sun reported this morning that 3 more people have become ill with the same strain of E. coli that (1) infected one of our clients in a ground beef outbreak this summer, and (2) we see relatively infrequently nationally. The strain of E. coli involved in this summer’s McNees Meats outbreak was
Pine nuts cause Salmonella outbreak; Wegmans issues recall
The CDC announced today that a Salmonella outbreak has sickened 42 people in six states, including 26 confirmed cases in New York alone. Wegmans has recalled the pine nuts that the CDC and state health departments have identified as the source of the outbreak.
The CDC’s statement about the outbreak:
CDC is collaborating with public
Profiling the European Sprouts E. coli Catastrophe of 2011
The New England Journal of Medicine has published the results of a study into the catastrophic E. coli 0104 outbreak linked to sprouts that occurred predominantly in Germany in the late spring and summer. Residents of other countries, including the US, were sickened in the outbreak, but in Germany alone, the outbreak sickened 3816, killed
Outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 May Be Linked to 2011 North Carolina State Fair
Wake County health officials are currently investigating an apparent outbreak of E. coli O157:H7. According to a report, health officials stated that eight of nine cases being investigated “involve people who attended the North Carolina State Fair.”
The investigation is ongoing, and there does not appear to be a definite time-table for completion.
Listeria Illnesses Past Thanksgiving? What the Hell is Listeria?
How long will the illness and death toll go on?
The CDC reports today 133 ill with 28 deaths in what has become the second most deadly foodborne illness outbreak in United States history. According to the FDA, tracing of the cantaloupes that ill persons ate show that they came from Jensen Farms and Frontera.
7 E. coli illnesses in Wake County, North Carolina
Media reports indicate that the North Carolina Division of Public Health is investigating an E.coli cluster in Wake County, North Carolina. The cluster has sickened at least six children and one adult. Four of the people sickened have required hospitalization, and 2 were treated in intensive care, likely because they had developed hemolytic uremic syndrome