The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the salmonella outbreak that’s sickened more than 1,440 people appears to be over. A joint probe by the CDC and the Food and Drug Administration has found strong evidence that jalapeno peppers were a major carrier of the bacteria, and that serrano peppers were also a carrier.
Raw Milk Debate Continues with SB201
Dear Senator,
I am writing to you because I have grave concerns with a bill currently before you – SB201. I urge that you vote against the bill as written.
Raw milk is at the center of a nationwide controversy over its potential value as a nutritional food versus the severe illnesses that can result
40 sickened, 17 hospitalized and 1 death in Oklahoma E. coli Outbreak in Bixby, Broken Arrow, Locust Grove, McAlester, Peggs, Pryor, Sand Springs and Tulsa. Answers are needed.
Oklahoma State health officials say at least 17 people have been hospitalized and 40 or more cases are being investigated after a severe illness outbreak in northeast Oklahoma.
At least one person — 26-year-old Pryor bank employee Chad Ingle — has died as a result of the illness.
Oklahoma State Department of Health officials are
Maple Leaf Listeria linked to 12 deaths: health officials
Canadian health officials now say 12 deaths have been linked to a listeriosis outbreak from a Maple Leaf Foods plant in North York, Ontario.
The spike in deaths is because they have reworked the definition to include any cases where Listeria is an underlying or contributing factor to a person’s illness, said Agricultural Minister Gerry
Oklahoma E. coli Outbreak Claims One Life, Sickens Many
A food borne illness outbreak in northeastern Oklahoma has sickened as many as 30 and taken one life. Although lab results are not in, signs point to the highly toxic E. coli O157:H7 bacteria as the culprit. Many of the ill have eaten at the same restaurants, and leads are being followed to determine the
Chad Ingle, 28, dies of E. coli after eating at Country Cottage in Locust Grove
The Oklahoma State Department of Health has issued a press release regarding the illnesses of nearly three dozen people, including one person who died over the weekend.
The outbreak affected people from several communities, including Bixby, Pryor, Sand Springs, Locust Grove, Broken Arrow, Peggs, Tulsa, and McAlester. At least 14 people have been hospitalized, including
E. coli Outbreak Linked to Country Cottage in Locust Grove – Ill from Tulsa, Locust Grove, Bixby, Beggs and Pryor – Over 30 sickened, one death.
A spokesperson with St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa says doctors are treating 12 patients suspected of E. coli poisoning. The health department says between 10-20 people have been treated and released from other hosptitals in northeastern Oklahoma.
The Health Department has not released the source of the illnesses, but readers of the Tulsa World and
One dead, 11 sickened in possible E. coli outbreak – Locust Grove, Oklahoma Implicated
One person died and 11 others are suffering from illnesses possibly related to E. coli, a St. Francis Hospital spokeswoman confirmed late Sunday. The 11 people with illnesses remained as St. Francis patients late Sunday, the spokeswoman said. Leslea Bennett-Webb, communications director for the Oklahoma Department of Health, confirmed at least 10 people were taken
Governor Schwarzenegger, Veto This Bill!
An ambitious and well-meaning attempt to make California’s dairy products safer arrives this week in the California Assembly in the form of State Bill 201—but the country’s top food safety advocates are calling on California legislators to vote against it. The bill places regulations on producers of raw milk dairy products and lays groundwork
Nebraska Beef, are you really dropping the suit against the Church Ladies?
On August 10, 2008 the following appeared in the Washington Post:
In August 2006, federal meat inspectors threatened to suspend operations at the packing house for not following requirements for controlling E. coli. The company corrected the problem a week later, USDA records show.
That year, Minnesota health officials blamed Nebraska Beef for sickening