Georgia has 5 confirmed illnesses in the E. coli O145 outbreak that was recently announced, and has claimed the life of a young Louisianna girl. It has been reported that the 5 Georgia cases are from Cobb County (2), one each in Cherokee, Coweta and Forsyth counties.
Also, four of the five cases are female, and their
Food Safety News reported today that the recently announced E. coli outbreak that has caused the death of a young girl in Louisianna, and at least 5 confirmed cases in Georgia as well, was due to infection by E. coli O45. In total, the outbreak, which has not yet been linked to a specific
According to the Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) is working with CDC to investigate a cluster of cases of E. coli 0145 infections. These cases were reported to public health and tested at the Georgia Public Health Laboratory, which was able to determine the molecular fingerprints of the isolates. Those molecular fingerprints are identical
Marler Clark, The Food Safety Law Firm, is the nation’s leading law firm representing victims of E. coli outbreaks and hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS). The E. coli lawyers of Marler Clark have represented thousands of victims of E. coli and other foodborne illness infections and have recovered over $600 million for clients. Marler
North Carolina has been the site of many Salmonella illnesses in recent months. As has been diligently reported at Marlerblog, a salmonella outbreak linked to tempeh sold by an Asheville, N.C., company called Smiling Hara Tempeh Company has sickened — people, and a recall of the contaminated product has been issued by the Rockville, Maryland
As federal and state health officials in the South work to find the source of what appears to be a multistate E. coli outbreak that recently took the life of a 21-month-old child in Louisiana, attorneys at Marler Clark, The Food Safety Law Firm are urging the public to stay informed on issues surrounding E.
On the heels of 6-year-old Owen Carrignan’s death in Massachussetts, health officials from Louisianna, the CDC, and several other southern states are trying to pinpoint the source of an E. coli outbreak that has sickened multiple people in the south. In Louisianna, the E. coli outbreak has claimed the life of a 21-month-old child.
In 2011, at least 98 people fell ill with two different strains of Salmonella, both linked to an Ohio-based hatchery called Mt. Healthy Hatchery.
Now, Mt. Healthy Hatchery has been linked to another series of Salmonella illnesses, this time from three separate strains: Salmonella Infantis, Salmonella Newport and Salmonella Lille. The bacteria have sickened at
A Rockville, MD company is recalling its Tempeh Starter Yeast and Super Starter Yeast because the products may be contaminated with Salmonella.
The tempeh starter, a fungal culture imported from Indonesia and sold over the Internet, has been linked to an outbreak of Salmonella Paratyphi B infection that has sickened 88 people, 64 of them
A total of 316 persons infected with the outbreak strains of Salmonella Bareilly (304 persons) or Salmonella Nchanga (12 persons) have been reported from 26 states and the District of Columbia. 37 ill persons have been hospitalized, and no deaths have been reported.
Collaborative investigation efforts of state, local, and federal public health agencies indicate