Mark Johnson of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel posted last night on the online edition that now “five people in Wisconsin have been infected with E. coli O157:H7, three of whom consumed beef at the same event in the Milwaukee area in mid- or late September, according to the Milwaukee Health Department. The Cargill patties
Six year old Sidney Jacobi remains on dialysis, in lots of pain
WAVE Shayla Reaves reported that the E. coli outbreak at Galena Elementary School in Indiana continues to cause major problems for some of the kids who were infected. A 6-year-old girl is now on dialysis, and has been in the hospital for weeks.
According to the CDC, 32 cases of E. coli O157:H7 infection have been identified with PFGE patterns that match at least one of the patterns of E. coli strains found in Topp’s brand frozen ground beef patties. Ill persons reside in 8 states – Connecticut (2), Florida (1), Indiana (1), Maine (1), New Jersey
According to Milwaukee AP, Wisconsin Woman Tests Positive For E. Coli Infection, an 18-year-old Milwaukee County woman tested positive for the same strain of bacteria that sickened four Minnesota children last week, the state Department of Health and Family Services said Monday. The E. coli strain, O157:H7, is identical to the one linked to
Salmonella typhimurium is a leading cause of human gastroenteritis. The genus Salmonella contains over 2,000 sero-species and is one of the most important pathogens in the family Enterobacteriaceae. Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium is the among the most common Salmonella serovars causing Salmonellosis infections in the US. In humans, Salmonellosis causes diarrhea, fever, and abdominal cramps
It will be busy week at Marler Clark judging from the phone calls and email traffic over the weekend. We expect to file additional lawsuits against Cargill and Topps on behalf of families of children sickened by E. coli from the recall of 23,000,000 pounds of frozen hamburger. We will also be doing testing on
Some questions that need to be answered:
1. When did Topps know that there was a possible E. coli O157:H7 illness tied to its product? Given that USDA/FSIS was testing Topps product by September 7,
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CLASS I RECALL – HEALTH RISK: HIGH
Cargill Meat Solutions Corporation is voluntarily recalling approximately 845,000 pounds of frozen ground beef patties produced at its Butler, Wis., location because they may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced today. We have been contacted by the families of two of the four ill children. It is not our first dance with Cargill – See 1 and 2 and 3. It is also not Cargills or one of its subsidiaries experience with RECALLS. All this after Cargill reported in 1995 that “End To E. Coli Is Found”
The frozen ground beef patties were produced on various dates from Aug. 9 through Aug. 17, 2007, and were distributed to retail establishments, restaurants and institutions nationwide. Each label bears the establishment number “Est. 924A” inside the USDA mark of inspection.
* 6-pound boxes of “American Chef’s Selection Angus Beef Patties 18-1/3 Pound Patties.” Each package bears a case code of “7703100” and various package codes of Best If Used By dates of “02/05/08,” “02/06/08,” “02/12/08,” and “02/13/08.”
Products distributed to restaurants and institutions and subject to recall include:Continue Reading Cargill Recalls nearly 1 million pounds of Ground Beef Products Due to E. coli O157:H7 Contamination – CLASS I RECALL – HEALTH RISK: HIGH
William D. Marler
Op-ed
Dr. Richard Raymond, Under Secretary for Food Safety at the USDA/FSIS told us last week: “our meat supply is the safest in the world.” This when in the past days Topps, a company in operation for nearly 70 years closes its doors and recalls 21 million pounds of ground meat after
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