Golden Glen Creamery of Bow, WA, in cooperation with the WSDA is voluntarily recalling Red Pepper with Onion & Garlic Cheddar produced on August 30, 2011 because it has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The Creamery agreed to recall the product after a sample taken by the WSDA returned with a positive
June 2012
New York State Agriculture Warns Do Not Drink Castle Farms Raw Milk
New York State Agriculture Commissioner Darrel J. Aubertine today warned consumers in and around Chautauqua County to not consume “unpasteurized” raw farm milk from Castle Farms due to possible E. coli O157:H7 contamination.
Castle Farms, located at 1051 Route 249 in Irving, New York, holds a Department permit to legally sell raw milk at the…
4th North Carolina Salmonella Outbreak Prompts Lawsuit
The food poisoning attorneys at Marler Clark, The Food Safety Law Firm, along with Ashville law firm Roberts & Stevens, have filed a Salmonella lawsuit in Iredell County. The lawsuit, the third Salmonella-related suit filed by the two firms in 2012 [1,2], was filed on behalf of a North Carolina couple who allegedly became ill…
Lawsuit filed in North Carolina Salmonella outbreak
The Salmonella attorneys at Marler Clark, The Food Safety Law Firm, along with Ashville law firm Roberts & Stevens, have filed a Salmonella lawsuit in Iredell County. The lawsuit, the third Salmonella-related suit filed by the two firms in 2012 [1,2], was filed on behalf of a North Carolina couple who became ill with…
E. coli Lawyer and Attorney updates on E. coli O145 Outbreak in Georgia, Louisiana, Alabama, Florida, Tennessee and California
Local and national reporters like MSNBC’s Jonel Aleccia, CNN’s Miriam Falco, The Atlanta Journal Constitution’s Christopher Seward, New Orleans WWLTV’s Meg Farris and Food Safety News’s James Andrews have done a magnificent job piecing together a mysterious and deadly E. coli O145 outbreak that health officials are racing to solve. Though the…
E. coli O145 outbreaks past: what caused the 2010 O145 outbreak linked to Freshway romaine lettuce?
A quick re-cap: 14 are ill across 6 states with E. coli O145 (Alabama (2), California (1), Florida (1), Georgia (5), Louisiana (4), Tennessee (1)). The dates when those people became ill range from April 15 to May 12, 2012. We are also investigating the confirmed E. coli illnesses of people from at least one other state. …
Other Nasty E. coli – E. coli O26, O111, O103, O121, O45 and O145
As of June 8, 2012, the CDC and various State health Departments report that there are 14 cases of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) O145 infection with indistinguishable DNA patterns that have been identified in lab samples from persons in 6 states: Alabama (2), California (1), Florida (1), Georgia (5), Louisiana (4), Tennessee (1). The…
E. coli O145 Outbreak: What States and Cities Have Been Hit The Hardest?
Local and national reporters like MSNBC’s Jonel Aleccia, CNN’s Miriam Falco, The Atlanta Journal Constitution’s Christopher Seward, New Orleans WWLTV’s Meg Farris and Food Safety News’s James Andrews have done a magnificent job piecing together a mysterious and deadly E. coli O145 outbreak that health officials are racing to solve. Though the…
CDC: Background on Multistate Outbreak of E. coli O145 Infections
Alabama (2), California(1), Florida (1), Georgia (5), Louisiana (4), Tennessee (1)
As of June 8, 2012 Outbreak information
As of June 8, 2012, there are 14 cases of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) O145 infection with indistinguishable DNA patterns that have been identified in lab samples from persons in 6 states: Alabama (2), California(1), Florida…
E. coli O145 Outbreak in Tennessee, Louisiana, Georgia, Alabama and Florida
Louisiana 21 month old, Maelan Elizabeth Graffagnini, dies.
Jim Avila, Brian Hartman and David Muir of ABC brought us the story of “Officials in Race Against Time to Stop E. Coli Outbreak.”
As the number of E. coli cases climbs to 11 (actually 12) across four southern states, Georgia officials who say they’re just beginning…