Today, Kai Kupferschmidt of Science Insider reported that the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) has confirmed that there are now nearly 140 patients in Germany who have developed Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS) since the second week of May as a result of enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) infection, compared with the estimated 60 HUS cases that occur
Bologna E. coli Outbreak: where the bad stuff is
USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service just released the list of retail establishments that may have received E. coli contaminated bologna that has been recalled by Palmyra Bologna Company. The bad bologna, which has caused at least 14 confirmed illnesses in Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, and Pennsylvania, was distributed to the following
E. coli bologna outbreak not Palmyra’s first rodeo
The E. coli O157:H7 bologna outbreak linked to Palmyra Bologna Company’s bologna products is not the first outbreak associated with the company’s products. Thanks to quick research at www.outbreakdatabase.com, Palmyra bologna caused a Salmonella outbreak in 1995. Here are the details.
In 1995, an outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium occurred in south central Pennsylvania and
The Poughkeepsie Problem: E. coli contaminated romaine lettuce
The E. coli O145 outbreak linked to romaine lettuce has reached Wappinger Falls, New York, which is separated from the town of Poughkeepsie by Wappinger Creek. Early reports were that students from Daemen College, which is located in Buffalo, New York, were the only New Yorkers affected, but the Wappinger School District was, in fact
Marler Clark, food safety advocates and lawyers, provide consumer informational site on E. coli O145 complication – hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS)
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Ongoing outbreak and recall of Romaine Lettuce tainted with E. coli O145
Freshway Foods and the Food and Drug Administration announced yesterday. An a press release, Freshway Foods said the E. coli O145 – tainted Romaine Lettuce was sold to wholesalers, food service outlets, in-store salad bars and delis in Alabama, Connecticut, District of Columbia
College E. coli outbreaks: 3 more schools on the distinguished list
E. coli outbreaks and college life are becoming more and more synonymous. Most parents of incoming freshman worry about alcohol and other extracurricular activities, but several recent E. coli outbreaks might cause a shift in the worry paradigm. Maybe not. Nevertheless, today, lettuce was finally announced as the source of the large E. coli O145
Lettuce and leafy greens E. coli outbreaks: a continuing problem
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E. coli outbreaks linked to lettuce and other leafy green vegetables have happened again and again, particularly over the past decade and a half. Not all have garnered the media attention that the 2006 spinach outbreak did, and some have even gone unreported publicly. Here is a list of lettuce and other leafy green outbreaks
Help wanted: time for government to act on food safety
Circumstances have long been ripe for calling all shiga-toxin producing strains of Escherichia coli (E. coli) “adulterants” in our food supply. The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service, which is the entity that has the regulatory capacity to do just this, currently has in its possession two citizen petitions to take this action. In our
CDC to become involved in E. coli outbreak in Ohio, Michigan, and New York
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Misti Crane of the Columbus Dispatch, who keeps us all up-to-speed on the E. coli O145 outbreak in Ohio, Michigan, and New York, reported early this morning that the CDC is headed to Columbus. Their purpose: to help identify the food item that has caused at least 47 people to become infected by E. coli
47 E. coli O145 illnesses now thought to be part of Ohio/Michigan E. coli outbreak
The E. coli O145 outbreak that has sickened as many as 47 people in Michigan and Ohio continues to evolve. Misti Crane of the Columbus Dispatch today reported that the State of New York has confirmed that one of its residents was infected with a genetically indistinguishable strain of E. coli O145. The outbreak is