Indiana State health officials report the source of the recent salmonella outbreak is the Wal-Mart on 1133 North Emerson in Greenwood. The deli and bakery departments have been identified as the source of the recent salmonella outbreak impacting at least 84 people in northern Johnson and southern Marion counties. Wal-Mart officials report that all employees
E. coli strikes again in Utah
Andrew Weeks of the Standard-Examiner reports that at least five more people, two of them children, have contracted E. coli from an unknown source in Weber County, according to officials from the Weber-Morgan Health Department. No common food source has been linked to the bacteria, though officials say there seem to be no ties to
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Indiana State health officials over the last two weeks reported that the source of the recent salmonella outbreak as the Wal-Mart on 1133 North Emerson in Greenwood. The deli and bakery departments were identified as the source of the recent salmonella outbreak in northern Johnson and southern Marion counties. The likely cause of the outbreak
Great post and comments on the Wal-Mart Salmonella Suit by www.bloggingstocks.com
Brian White at bloggingstocks.com has written an interesting post about the Wal-Mart sued in Indiana over the salmonella outbreak. Brian writes:
When someone sues Wal-Mart these days, it usually doesn’t even make headlines anywhere. This is a tad bit different, as a Greenwood, Indiana family is suing the global retailer for damages after a boy
Man sues Wal-Mart over salmonella
As the Indy-Star reports, Marler Clark is representing a Greenwood man in a salmonella lawsuit against Wal-Mart Stores. The suit follows a salmonella outbreak this summer in which at least 84 people became ill. The Indiana State Department of Health traced the outbreak to the deli and bakery departments at the Wal-Mart on Emerson Avenue in Greenwood. The suit, filed on Thursday in Johnson County Superior Court, says the bacteria caused Noah Merritt, the son of Ryan Merritt of Greenwood, to become ill in August. Noah Merritt was briefly hospitalized because of the outbreak, the lawsuit claims. (See also: the full press release from the Indiana Department of Health that implicated Wal-Mart, below)
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USDA fails – Miserably – To protect public from E. coli (Part Two)
On August 26 I posted that USDA fails – Miserably – To protect public from E. coli. Well, I was wrong -sort of. It is clear that the USDA or the Nebraska plant (USDA has not named the plant and may take the position it does not have to) had a positive test for the deadly E. coli O157:H7 pathogen in "trim" (basically fat) and held that product in the plant. However, it let out the door the meat (that was bound to be turned into hamburger) that the trim was cut from. What is the USDA thinking? The USDA takes the position that hamburger and trim that contains E. coli O157:H7 is adulterated, and for good reason. But, when the meat is intact (not trim or hamburger) it is not adulterated, even if it is contaminated and may be used to make hamburger at a later stage, when it then would be adulterated. This makes my head hurt.
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Caution Prevails Against Hepatitis A
Michael Schroeder of the Journal Gazette reports that since a server at the Coventry Pizza Hut was diagnosed with hepatitis A nearly two weeks ago, no related cases have been reported. But health officials – fully aware of the virus’ average month-long incubation period during which infected persons exhibit no outward symptoms – are keeping
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In an article titled "Eateries fear ugly backlash: E. coli in hamburger," Chris Kitching of the Winnipeg Sun reports that a Winnipeg burger joints that unknowingly sold E. coli-contaminated beef from an outside source are worried the publicity will turn people away from their food.
Mrs. Mike’s, Dairi-Wip Drive-In on Marion Street, and VJ’s Drive-In on Main Street get their ground beef from Dutch Meat Market, a butcher shop that was also cleared during inspections. Owners of the meat store believe the source of the bad beef may be traced to one of its suppliers — a Manitoba slaughterhouse or Alberta farm.
Dutch Meat Market was cited in the outbreak because it’s a common link in the chain. Twenty-four food-poisoning cases in August are related to the store or burger joints.
There have been 65 E. coli infections in Winnipeg this year. Two people — a senior over 65 and a child under 15 — remain in intensive care. Many became sick after handling or eating infected meat from several stores and restaurants in the city, according to Winnipeg Regional Health Authority officials.Continue Reading I SHOULD HOPE SO