According to a news article today by Steven Elbow of The Capital Times, it appears that health officials from State and Green Counties in Wisconsin are investigating an E. coli outbreak that has claimed the life of a 1-year-old girl and has sickened several others.
Elbow wrote:
“The Wisconsin Division of Public Health and
CDC announced that it is currently collaborating with public health officials in several states, including Colorado, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to investigate a multistate outbreak of listeriosis that has been linked to a type of cantaloupe, called Rocky Ford cantaloupes, which are grown in the Rocky Ford region of southeastern Colorado.
Statement of CSPI Food Safety Director Caroline Smith DeWaal
August 31, 2011
Most responsible food companies would be horrified to learn that customers who purchased their products became sickened with Salmonella. But after 20 people in 10 states fell ill after purchasing Del Monte cantaloupes traced back to one particular farm in Guatemala, Del Monte
Given that Salmonella-contaminated ground turkey produced by Cargill, Inc. had already sickened more than 100 people and killed one, William Marler’s offer to the Minneapolis-based company early last month seemed worth considering: Regularly test your meat for antibiotic-resistant Salmonella, and I won’t sue you.
Suing corporations that sicken their customers is something
Today marks the last day that the Cumberland County Health Department will be administering the Hepatitis A vaccine to those patrons of the Olive Garden restaurant in Fayetteville, North Carolina who may have been exposed to Hepatitis A.
The health department announced that it will be offering the free shots at their clinic at
At least 35 players and several coaches from the Illinois State football team became ill with apparent food poisoning. The illnesses caused many of the players to miss practice. In addition, it seems that whatever caused the players to become ill has spread to other individuals on Illinois State’s campus.
According to a report
Today a class action lawsuit was filed in Cumberland County on behalf of those individuals who were required to receive a Hepatitis A after potentially being exposed to the virus while dining at a Fayetteville, North Carolina Olive Garden restaurant.
The Hepatitis A scare began when Cumberland County Health Department officials announced that anyone who
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
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.
Best-selling author Jeff Benedict this year released Poisoned: The True Story of the Deadly E. coli Outbreak that Changed the Way Americans Eat, which chronicles the history-making 1993 Jack in the Box outbreak that introduced the nation to a deadly foodborne pathogen: E. coli O157:H7. Poisoned has received rave reviews from news outlets like