The Journal of Clinical Infectious Diseases yesterday published an article reporting on the 2009 outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 caused by commercial cookie dough. In all, the outbreak sickened 77 people in 30 states between March 16 and July 8, 2009. 35 of the ill were hospitalized and 10 developed hemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS).
Among those ill was
At 60 confirmed cases, and many more ill people whose stool samples, for a variety of reasons, did not test positive for E. coli, the Schnuck’s romaine lettuce E. coli outbreak has caused more illnesses than all but 6 lettuce and leafy greens E. coli outbreaks in the last decade and a half. In the
E. coli lawyers at Marler Clark, the nation’s leading law firm representing victims of foodborne illness, have filed a lawsuit on behalf of St. Louis woman who allegedly contracted E. coli after eating romaine lettuce at a salad bar in a local Schnucks supermarket
Marler Clark, the nation’s leading law firm representing victims of
The CDC announced yesterday that 60 persons infected with the outbreak strain of E. coli O157:H7 have been reported from 10 states. The number of ill persons identified in each state is as follows: Arizona (1), Arkansas (2), Georgia (1), Illinois (9), Indiana (2), Kansas (3), Kentucky (1), Minnesota (3), Missouri (37), and Nebraska (1).
First Lawsuit by Marler Clark on behalf of 60 sickened in 10 states by E. coli-tainted romaine lettuce.
A St. Louis County woman has sued Schnucks for damages after experiencing kidney failure due to an an E. coli bacterial infection, according to a lawsuit filed today in the county’s circuit court.
Mary
The CDC just published its final report on the Jensen Farms Frontera Listeria Outbreak. With 30 dead and 146 sickened it has moved into first place in the United States in most deadly foodborne illness outbreaks (at least in the last several decades). Here is a list of outbreaks in recent history:
1. Jensen
60 sick people certainly have a right to know who produced the lettuce that made them ill, particularly the families of those folks who developed hemolytic uremic syndrome. The CDC reports that there are 2 cases of HUS in the romaine lettuce E. coli outbreak, which caused most of its damage amongst customers of
A total of 146 persons infected with any of the four outbreak-associated strains of Listeria monocytogenes were reported to CDC from 28 states. The number of infected persons identified in each state was as follows: Alabama (1), Arkansas (1), California (4), Colorado (40), Idaho (2), Illinois (4), Indiana (3), Iowa (1), Kansas (11), Louisiana (2)
Contamination with different strains of E. coli, and in particular E. coli O157:H7, has been a recurrent problem in lettuce and other leafy greens. Yesterday, the CDC reported that 60 people were infected with E. coli O157:H7 in 10 states as a result of exposure to romaine lettuce from a single grower and distributor.
Bill Marler has
Missouri is no stranger to E. coli O157:H7. Strong public health surveillance and investigation has helped to identify multiple E. coli outbreaks in the last decade and a half, not least of which the Schnuck’s E. coli outbreak, yesterday linked to romaine lettuce from a California farm, which has sickened at least 60