Between Friday, August 23 and Monday, August 26, 2013, the San Francisco Department of Public Health Communicable Disease Control Unit (SFDPH CDCU) received eight reports of laboratory-confirmed Escherichia coli (E. coli) O157 infection in unrelated San Francisco residents. This number of reports represented a marked increase over the background incidence of E. coli
2013 Ambassel Restaurant and Bar E. coli O157:H7 Outbreak
On March 6, 2013 environmental health inspectors at Public Health Seattle & King County (PHSKC) were sent to Ambassel Restaurant & Bar located at 1224 E. Jefferson Street in Seattle due to a possible foodborne illness outbreak. Epidemiologists at PHSKC and the Washington State Department of Health (WDOH) had identified two patients infected with an
Evergreen Fresh E. coli Sprout Outbreak Sickened 19 in 6 States
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A total of 19 persons infected with the outbreak strain of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O121 (STEC O121) were reported from six states.
The number of ill persons identified in each state was as follows: California (1), Idaho (3), Michigan (1), Montana (2), Utah (1), and Washington (11).
44% of
My Favorite Sprouts Lawsuits – E. coli and Salmonella
As of December 15, 2014, a total of 111 people infected with the outbreak strains of Salmonella Enteritidis have been reported from 12 states linked to Wonton sprouts. Illnesses have surfaced in Connecticut (8), Maine (4), Maryland (5), Massachusetts (35), Montana (1), New Hampshire (6), New York (21), Ohio (3), Pennsylvania (17), Rhode Island
Marler Clark Files Massachusetts E. coli Case
AP reports that our clients, Melissa and Andrew Kay, whose 8-year-old son Joshua died after eating ground beef contaminated with E. coli O157:H7 filed suit against Whole Foods Market and Doniphan, Missouri-based Rain Crow Ranch, according to court documents. The couple is seeking unspecified damages.
The couple bought the grass-fed ground beef at a
Salmonella and E. coli Found at Los Angeles and Seattle Farmer’s Markets
Researchers in Chapman University’s Food Science Program and their collaborators at University of Washington have just published a study on the presence of Salmonella and E. coli on certain herbs sold at farmers’ markets. The study focused on farmers’ markets in Los Angeles and Orange counties in California, as well as in the Seattle, Washington,
Settlement Reached in Wolverine E. coli Outbreak
In late April 2014, public health and agriculture officials at the federal, state, and local levels initiated an outbreak investigation after receiving reports of reports of persons who had lab-confirmed E. coli O157:H7 infections.[1] Ultimately, a total of twelve persons from four states were identified as having been infected with the outbreak strain, which
Jimmy John’s and Cucumbers and E. coli O157:H7
Friday the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (“CDPHE”) and several Denver metropolitan area public health departments released a report of their investigation of an outbreak of Escherichia coli O157:H7 (E. coli O157:H7) that occurred in October 2013 at Denver Jimmy John’s restaurants.
Nine cases were identified, including 1 probable case and
E. coli Attorneys and Lawyers in Minnesota
Goodness, what’s going on in Minnesota with E. coli?
- AFG / Supervalu E. coli Outbreak Lawsuits – Minnesota (2000)
- Cargill E. coli Outbreak Lawsuits – Minnesota, Tennessee (2007)
- Carneco / Sam’s Club E. coli Outbreak Lawsuits – Wisconsin & Minnesota (2004)
- China Buffet E. coli Outbreak Lawsuit – Minnesota (2001)
- Dole Lettuce E. coli Outbreak
Minnesota Firm Recalls 1,200 Pounds of E. coli Tainted Burgers
Ranchers Legacy Meat Co., of Vadnais Heights, Minn., is recalling 1,200 pounds of ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.
Products subject to the recall are packaged in plastic cryovac sealed packets, and contain various weights of ground