Northstar Produce Inc.ofSt. Louis Park, MNthe presence of Listeria monocytogenes, Salmonella, and / or Enterohemorrhagic E. coli. is recalling 33 cases of Granny Smith Size 175ct apples, because a test performed on a sample of the apples indicated the presence of Listeria monocytogenes, Salmonella, and / or Enterohemorrhagic E. coli.
Salmonella, is an organism which
JoNel Aleccia, Seattle Times health reporter, reported yesterday that the family of a 4-year-old Issaquah girl hospitalized with E. coli food poisoning this past summer is suing the operators of a farmers-market food truck tied to her illness and a dozen others.
Elizabeth Buder was among 13 people sickened in August
The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development today issued a consumer advisory for Uncle John’s Old Fashioned Apple Cider produced by Uncle John’s Cider Mill located at 8614 US-127 in St. Johns, MI, because it has the potential to be contaminated with Shiga-toxin producing E. coli bacteria. Consumers who have purchased this product at
High Hill Ranch unpasteurized apple juice has been linked to an E. coli outbreak in the Sacramento California area. It is hard to understand why – after a number of prior outbreaks – that unpasteurized juice is still being sold.
FDA, State and Local regulations generally say that apple cider can only be sold as
High Hill Ranch, located in the community of Camino in El Dorado County, has initiated a voluntary recall of its unpasteurized apple juice following notification from local health officials of suspected contamination with bacteria, likely Escherichia coli (E. coli.). El Dorado County health officials are warning consumers to not drink and dispose of any unpasteurized
Escherichia coli (E. coli) are bacteria that live in human and animal intestines. Shiga toxin-producing strains of E. coli, or STECs, are responsible for most food-related E. coli infections. E. coli O157:H7 and other STECs like E. coli O111, E. coli O145 and E. coli O121:H19 produce a toxin called Shiga toxin,
Matt Hongoltz-Hetling reports that South Royalton Worthy Burger is the likely link to a recent E. coli outbreak, which is now thought to have sickened at least 11 people from three states. As with the nine previously identified cases, the illnesses involve people who ate at Worthy Burger, which features locally-sourced beef.
Ten of the
I can hear the wailing and gnashing of teeth over such an un-American suggestion.
A Maine child is dead and another suffers from hemolytic uremic syndrome brought on by E. coli O157:H7 likely picked up again from animal contact at a petting zoo. Already the blame game is starting on the victims – “they did
Livestock exhibitions, petting zoos, county and state fairs, frankly any “farm experience,” are “as American as apple pie.”
Unfortunately, these same places have been the source of large outbreaks of zoonotic diseases over the last decades. And, just as unfortunately, despite the severe illnesses and a death attributed to these activities, little seems to be
According to AP, two Maine children have been hospitalized with symptoms associated with E. coli, and state health officials said Tuesday they are investigating whether their illness can be traced to the Oxford County fair.
The state Center for Disease Control and Prevention is looking for common links, including that both children from Androscoggin