January 2016

Lipman-logo--2015-web_0The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) and the Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) have identified tomatoes as the source of the Salmonella Newport outbreak that has sickened dozens of people who ate at Chipotle restaurants in Minnesota since late August. Investigators worked with state and federal partners to trace the tomatoes back to the farm

Screen Shot 2016-01-22 at 8.36.02 PM63 sickened since Summer – CDC to update final reports on outbreak 2 and 3 shortly.

Outbreak 1 – 5 ill: In early August 2015, Public Health Seattle King County (PHSKC) investigated an outbreak of E. coli O157 that occurred among five patrons of Chipotle Mexican Grill located at 1415 Broadway in Seattle, Washington. Illness

big-map-1-22-2016Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania state impacted.

Since September 2015, CDC has been collaborating with public health officials in several states and the FDA to investigate a multistate outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes infections.

Twelve people infected with the outbreak strain of Listeria have been reported from six states since July 5,

007-2016-labelSnapp’s Ferry Packing Company, an Afton, Tenn. establishment, is recalling approximately 410 pounds of beef product that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.

The ground beef item was produced on Nov. 20, 2015. The following product is subject to recall:

5-lb.

Suzanne Kiner passed away late last week. During her daughter’s E. coli illness in 1993 she never left the hospital for over six months and seldom left her daughter’s bedside.  She willed her daughter to survive and to recover as much as the E. coli bacteria would allow.

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I will always be humbled and honored

AlexanderToday, watching the news of Chipotle’s spiraling stock price (down to $410 from a high of $750) and the announcement that the U.S. Attorney’s office is investigating a Norovirus outbreak last Summer in California and a Shareholder’s lawsuit being filed because investors claim that restaurant chain failed to reveal that “its quality controls were inadequate