The New England Journal of Medicine has published the results of a study into the catastrophic E. coli 0104 outbreak linked to sprouts that occurred predominantly in Germany in the late spring and summer. Residents of other countries, including the US, were sickened in the outbreak, but in Germany alone, the outbreak sickened 3816, killed
7 E. coli illnesses in Wake County, North Carolina
Media reports indicate that the North Carolina Division of Public Health is investigating an E.coli cluster in Wake County, North Carolina. The cluster has sickened at least six children and one adult. Four of the people sickened have required hospitalization, and 2 were treated in intensive care, likely because they had developed hemolytic uremic syndrome
Where’s the beef? Tyson recall yields little returned product
Jeremy Shapiro at the Emporia Gazette says that the retail stores where Tyson’s E. coli O157:H7 contaminated ground beef was sold have not gotten much of it back, after Tyson’s September 27, 2011 recall of over 131,000 pounds. The contaminated beef caused an E. coli O157:H7 outbreak in and around Butler County, Ohio in September.
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Few answers in Wisconsin E. coli outbreak: 1 dead, 12 ill
Thirteen people, in total, have been sickened or killed by E. coli O157:H7 in Green County, Wisconsin since mid-July. According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, the Green County Health Department has not been able to link the cluster of illnesses to any particular source. On Thursday, the health department said only that E. coli bacteria have been
“Insanitary Conditions” prompt ground beef recall due to E. coli contamination
Manning Beef, LLC, a Pico Rivera, Calif. establishment, is voluntarily recalling approximately 80,000 pounds of 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.
The following products are subject to recall:
- Combo bins of BroPack Inc Beef Manufacturing Trimmings “65/35,
Ohio ground beef E. coli outbreaks past
Todays announcement of an E. coli ground beef outbreak that has caused illnesses in Butler County, Ohio, might make some people wonder how often it has happened in the state. Or, at least, how many times ground beef has caused E. coli illnesses in Ohio residents (Tyson’s facility in this outbreak is in Kansas).
Ohio E. coli outbreak prompts Tyson ground beef recall
Tyson Fresh Meats Inc., an Emporia, Kan. establishment, is recalling approximately 131,300 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.
The following products are subject to recall:
- 5-pound chubs of Kroger-brand “GROUND BEEF 73% LEAN –
Food Safety News feature: Meat Industry Told to Brace for ‘Big Six’ Listing
Maybe it was Bill Marler’s $500,000 study on non-O157 STECs (finding non-O157 STEC contamination of retail ground beef in about 1% of samples), or maybe it was his petition to USDA-FSIS to finally call a spade a spade and declare that the “big six” non-O157 STECs are “adulterants.” Whatever the case, the case for outlawing things in our
A history of litigating ground beef E. coli cases
Twenty years is a long time for a law firm to focus exclusively on litigating just food cases, but the food industry seems hell-bent on keeping Marler Clark in business. And with two more late-summer E. coli ground beef outbreaks to contend with (McNees Meats in Michigan, and JB Meats in Ohio)
E. coli updates: more ground beef cases in Michigan; more Cowans Gap cases in PA
Michigan now counts 9 people from Lapeer, Genesee, Isabella, and Sanilac counties as victims of the ground beef E. coli O157:NM outbreak associated with beef from McNees Meats and Wholesale LLC. The Michigan Departments of Community Health (MDCH) and Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) have issued a public health alert concerning the outbreak. Among the