The CDC reported that since the last update on April 23, 2019, 21 more ill people were added to this outbreak.
As of April 25, 2019, 177 people infected with the outbreak strain of E. coli O103 have been reported from 10 states. CDC is reporting the 177 illnesses that the PulseNet laboratory network has
In the past weeks, we have seen outbreaks of Salmonella in sprouts and lettuce, E. coli O145 in lettuce, E. coli O157:H7 in raw milk, Salmonella in raw milk, and campylobacter in raw milk. Still, as Lynn Terry wrote Friday in the Oregonian, many severe food poisoning incidents are never connected with
Massachusetts is another battleground between advocates of raw-milk and those who point out its association to outbreaks of pathogens like E. coli O157:H7, Salmonella, and Campylobacter. Massachusetts officials have been making efforts to enforce a ban on the sale of raw milk outside of the producing farm:
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Seattle Times staff reporter, Maureen O’ Hagen, writes in today’s paper about the role our firm, Marler Clark, played in the recent WinCo Foods meat recall related to potential E. coli O157:H7 contamination. Positive E. coli O157:H7 test results revealed in a study that Marler Clark has commissioned revealed the contamination:
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It seems the incredible rise of hand sanitizers over the last decade have turned the now-ubiquitous goo into the equivalent of a portable sink for millions of Americans. "Don’t have access to running hot water and soap? Just use a squirt of easy-to-carry hand sanitizer".
While hand sanitizer can certainly be useful in a pinch
The day care in Vancouver, Washington associated with the recent outbreak of E. coli 0157:H7 is to
remain closed while workers continue to undergo testing, according to a report in the Clark County Columbian:
Dr. Alan Melnick, county health officer, said Fletch Family Daycare will remain closed until staff members who have tested positive for
TradingMarkets.com reports another development in the food industry’s fight against E. coli contamination:
Strategic Diagnostics Inc., a leading provider of biotechnology-based detection solutions for food safety and life science applications, today announced that its recently improved RapidChek(R) E. coli O157 (including H7) System has earned Performance-Tested Methods(SM) certification from the AOAC Research Institute (License Number
Scott Dye, program director for The National Sierra Club Water Sentinels Program was spot on today when he said “DNR stands for Do Not Release.” The State of Missouri’s Department of Natural Resources decided not to release evidence of excessive E. coli levels in the Lake of the Ozarks in an ill-conceived and dangerous attempt
The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) is waging a fight against food saftey refoms in the pending "Food Safety and Enhancement Act of 2009" according to Wisconsin Ag Connection. The bill was recently approved by in subcommittee and will head next to a full comittee in the House.
The NPPC claims to support efforts to