An E. coli O157:H7 outbreak linked to BBQ Shack in Toccoa Georgia sickened as many as 18 people, health officials announced Friday.
Several of the victims were hospitalized as a result of their infections, and five developed hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), a complication of E. coli infection that leads to kidney failure.
The outbreak appears
According to the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment, Townsend Farms Organic Antioxidant Blend frozen berries purchased from Costco appear to be the source of a five state Hepatitis A outbreak. Approximately 30 cases of hepatitis A have been reported from Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, Arizona and California. The first people became ill on
A total of 35 persons infected with the outbreak strain of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O121 (STEC O121) were reported from 19 states.
82% of ill persons were 21 years of age or younger.
31% of ill persons were hospitalized. Two ill persons developed hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), a type of kidney failure, and no
We have filed two lawsuits on behalf of sickened customers.
The Cumberland County Department of Public Health continues to investigate the source of a Salmonella infection outbreak announced May 14 at the Holiday Inn Bordeaux, 1707 Owen Drive.
To date, 99 cases of individuals with signs and symptoms consistent with Salmonella infection have been reported.
The Pennsylvania Departments of Agriculture and Health today advised consumers to discard raw milk produced by The Family Cow in Chambersburg, Franklin County, because of potential bacterial contamination.
Agriculture and Health Department laboratory tests and several recent illnesses indicate the raw milk may contain Campylobacter bacteria.
The Department of Health has confirmed five cases of
Last week the Brazos County Health Department appropriately announced that the source of the E. coli O157:H7 outbreak that sickened 10, putting two young brothers in a Houston hospital with acute kidney failure (HUS), was traced to ground beef from a College Station restaurant. According to those health officials, the Coco Loco restaurant across the
A man fought for our country in World War II and earned a Purple Heart, and then he died 57 years later after eating a Listeria-tainted cantaloupe grown here in the United States – the country he fought for.
Food Safety and the CEO – Keys to Bottom Line Success
Foodborne illness has, of course, been around as long as there has been food. But the identification and diagnosis of these diseases is an emerging science that is changing all sectors of the food business, and those chief executive officers (CEOs) and senior level
With nearly 150 Firefly Salmonella victims as clients, it did not take long for one of the locals to send a picture of the new, hopefully Salmonella free, location.
Questions that I plan on asking is how long had the new location been in the works? And, did the focus on the new facility take
Food Safety News reports that at least 86 people fell ill after eating at one of two restaurants within the Holiday Inn Bordeaux in Fayetteville, N.C., as of Friday, according to Cumberland County Department of Public Health Director Buck Wilson. That number is up from 70 cases counted on Monday.
Seven of the patients have
