June 2015

Screen-Shot-2015-06-15-at-8.45.06-PM-300x140Health officials in northwest Ohio are investigating a salmonella outbreak they say has sickened 18 people at an assisted living facility.  Two with Salmonella have died.

The Wood County Health District and the Ohio Department of Health began investigating the outbreak at Heritage Corner Health Care Campus in Bowling Green last week. Officials say reported

Learning-Vine-daycareThe South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) has provided the following update to a E. coli investigation at Learning Vine Daycare in Greenwood County:

  • DHEC has confirmed eleven (11) cases of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) in Greenwood County.
  • As of today, 186 test results are negative for STEC. The three new

listeria-monocytogenesUpdate from Jeni’s:

We have found Listeria in our production kitchen again. We have stopped making ice cream and are investigating where and how it may have re-entered the facility. Since resuming production on May 13, we have been testing every batch of ice cream we have made and holding it until we learned that

AR-150619885.jpg&updated=201506111146&MaxW=800&maxH=800&updated=201506111146&noborderAccording to press reports, the Kane County Illinois Health Department is investigating reports of possible food poisoning among people who ate at the Grumpy Goat Tavern in Elgin, Illinois.

Seventeen people have reported suffering from “gastrointestinal disorders” after eating at the restaurant at The Highlands of Elgin golf course Saturday, as part of a golf

Screen Shot 2015-06-11 at 8.58.09 PMThe Cowfish restaurant in the Southpark Charlotte Mecklenburg County, North Carolina area has voluntarily closed for the rest of the week after two additional patrons and an employee developed stomach flu symptoms.

Cowfish management has been proactive and in constant contact with the Health Department since multiple customers and employees became sick last week. The

jjthAccording to the Salt Lake City Department of Health:

This establishment was closed for an imminent health hazard in response to a foodborne illnesses outbreak and ongoing illness connected to this establishment and the following violations:

  1. Food employees worked in the establishment while ill.
  2. An employee did not wash hands when changing gloves.
  3. An