The CBC reported yesterday that romaine lettuce is the likely source of an E. coli O157:H7 outbreak in Miramichi in April that sickened 18 at a Jungle Jim’s Restaurant. Dr. Eilish Cleary, the chief medical officer of health, said all of those in the study who were sick with E. coli O157:H7 appear to have
Shigella Outbreak Growing in New York
Florida sees spike in Shigella too.
James Mulder of the Syracuse Post-Standard reported to today that the Onondaga County Shigella outbreak has increased to 21 confirmed cases and 13 probable cases. This is up nine from last week.
Dr. Cynthia Morrow, the county’s health commissioner, said her department has not yet pinpointed the source of
Salmonella Escapes for Clark College Lab
KOIN TV Sally Showman reported on a very interesting way of contracting Salmonella.
A teenager was sickened by a strain of Salmonella that originated inside a Clark College microbiology lab earlier this month.
“We believe the child could have been infected one of two ways,” Catherine Kroll, an epidemiologist with the Clark County Public
Pink Slime Lawsuit Press Conference (and book signing) Postponed
According to KTIV this morning:
We’ll have to wait a while longer to learn the details of a lawsuit being filed by a former employee of Dakota Dunes-based Beef Products Incorporated. Bruce Smith has postponed a news conference he had scheduled for this afternoon at company headquarters. No explanation was given for the postponement and
CDC: “chicks, ducklings, and other live baby poultry” linked to yet another Salmonella Outbreak
According to the CDC, epidemiologic, laboratory, and traceback findings have linked this outbreak of human Salmonella infections to contact with chicks, ducklings, and other live baby poultry from Estes Hatchery in Springfield, Missouri.
A total of 66 persons infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Montevideo have been reported from 20 states.
The number of
Pink Slime Headed to Court?
According to KTIV TV, a “former BPI employee will file a civil lawsuit following the controversy surrounding lean, finely textured beef — or LFTB” (a.k.a. Pink Slime). “[T]he civil suit he’ll file against a ‘national news broadcasting company,’ and other individuals involved.” Here is the press release that propmted the story:
“PINK SLIME” Press
Cantaloupe Listeria Outbreak: 146 Sickened with 36 dead – CNN Reports
CNN’s Scott Bronstein and Drew Griffin did a great job of telling the back-story on the deadliest foodborne illnesses outbreak in the US in 100 years.
A Smorgasbord of Outbreaks and Recalls – We should do better
Looking at the Salmonella Tuna Scrape (they really need a better name for it) outbreak numbers yesterday, it got me spending some of my day at work today looking at CDC data over the last few years on outbreak surveillance, investigations, announcements and governemnt or business recalls.
Looking at the data, it is fairly clear
When is a Recall not a Recall? Perhaps when people keep getting sick by the “recalled” product?
The CDC reported this week that a total of 390 persons infected with the outbreak strains of Salmonella Bareilly (376 persons) or Salmonella Nchanga (14 persons) have been reported from 27 states and the District of Columbia. Of those sickened, 47 people have been hospitalized – fortunately no deaths have been reported.
Investigation efforts of
Marler to Congress – “Put me out of Business”
This was testimony i gave before the House Energy and Commerce Committee which has oversight of the FDA. My testimony, along with that of over a dozen Marler Clark clients, was part of a years long push for passage of the Food Safety Moderization Act.