October 2009

Rhode Island health officials said 15 students from Lincoln Middle School suffered diarrhea after a trip to Camp Bournedale in Cedarville Massachusetts last week. Two of the students tested positive for E. coli O157:H7. Two students were hospitalized for treatment.

Rhode Island health officials said the sixth-grade students from Lincoln attended a three-day session

Not much really.

Last word from US Attorney’s Office on the Peanut Corporation of America Investigation:

For Immediate Release
February 9, 2009 FBI Atlanta
Contact: Special Agent Stephen Emmett
(404) 679-6451

FBI To Assist FDA in Ongoing Investigation of the Peanut Corporation of America

ATLANTA, GA—Special Agent in Charge (SAC) Gregory Jones, FBI Atlanta, announces

“Keeping America’s Families Safe: Reforming the Food Safety System”

Good morning. Food safety is not a partisan issue – we all want the safest food supply possible. The United States has one of the best food safety systems in the world. But even in the best of systems, there is always room for improvement.

The

According to news reports, the Rhode Island Department of Health was notified Monday of several sixth grade students from Lincoln Middle School with diarrheal illness.

The students just returned from Camp Bournedale in nearby Plymouth, Massachusetts which they attended from October 13th through 16th.  As of today (October 21), there have been 15 cases of