According to German health officials, a virulent strain of enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) bacteria has taken the lives of three women and sickened more than 400 individuals. Authorities from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), a German public health institution responsible for disease control and prevention, confirmed that more than 80 individuals have developed hemolytic uremic
CFIA Expands Walnut Recall to Calgary
Early last week, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) along with Amira Enterprises Inc. issued a recall of certain Amira brand walnuts because the products were contaminated with E. coli O157:H7.
Health officials believe that the contaminated walnuts caused thirteen people to become ill as well as the death of one person in Quebec. The
Public Health Agency of Canada Continues to Investigate Recent E. coli Outbreak Potentially Linked to Walnuts
The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) announced in a press release on Monday, April 4, 2011, that there have been 13 reported E. coli O157:H7 illnesses likely linked to recently recalled Amira Enterprises walnuts. Although the agency is still trying to ascertain the definitive source of the outbreak, it reported that several individuals who
Walnuts Recalled Because of Possible Link to E. coli Outbreak in Canada
Yesterday, April 3, 2011, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and Amira Enterprises Inc., a distributor of dried fruits and nuts based in St. Laurent, Quebec, warned the public not to eat certain bulk and prepackaged raw shelled walnut products because they may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7.
The company announced that it was
Pennsylvania E. coli Litigation: outbreaks past
A national food poisoning litigation practice has brought us to all corners of the country, and sometimes even internationally in outbreaks where foreign ompanies have sickened residents of the US. E. coli, Salmonella, and hepatitis A outbreaks have brought us to Pennsylvania more than a few times. After the announcement of a multi-state
Palmyra Bologna and other E. coli outbreaks (past) in Pennsylvania
The Palmyra bologna E. coli outbreak hasn’t been kind to Pennsylvanians. Six of them are included in the CDC’s updated case count, released last night. As of March 22, including the 6 Pennsylvania cases, the Palmyra bolgna outbreak has sickened 14 people with E. coli O157:H7 in Maryland (3 cases), New Jersey (2 cases), North Carolina (1
CDC statement on Palmyra bologna E. coli outbreak
CDC is collaborating with public health officials in many states and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA/FSIS) to investigate a multistate outbreak of Escherichia coli O157:H7 infections. Investigators are using DNA analysis of E. coli O157:H7 bacteria obtained through diagnostic testing to identify cases of illness that may
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
E. coli O145 lettuce outbreak: how many people sick?
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The E. coli O145 outbreak in Michigan, Ohio, and New York, which has long had a suspected lettuce link (and was publicly confirmed today), has no doubt sickened quite a few people. Just how many, however, is hard to know for sure. Some reports put the number as high as 60. Some say 47. Today, the FDA stated
Freshway lettuce E. coli outbreak: more grist for the S 510 mill
Today, Freshway Foods announced a recall of romaine lettuce products that have been implicated as the source of a large E. coli O145 outbreak that has sickened more than 60 people in New York, Michigan, and Ohio. The victims of this outbreak appear to be primarily college students at The Ohio State University, the University