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E. coli Outbreak in Washtenaw County – Source Unknown
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Tina Reed of AnnArbor.com reports this afternoon that Washtenaw County officials are warning county residents about a suspected outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 cases among local residents. Ten cases have been reported to public health officials and other cases are being investigated, according to a release. Preliminary tests have come back positive for a toxin
Peekskill Dunkin Donuts, Baskin Robbins customers warned of Hepatitis A exposure
The Westchester County Department of Health is offering free post-exposure treatment for hepatitis A for any customers of the Dunkin Donuts/Baskin Robbins at 422 Washington Street in Peekskill who consumed drinks containing ice between April 1 and April 6.
Those costumers may have been exposed to hepatitis A by an infected employee.
The health department
Winco Expands Hamburger Recall to Washington, Oregon, Idaho, California, Nevada and Utah
WinCo Foods on Saturday expanded its hamburger recall to include ground beef sold at its stores Washington, Oregon, Idaho, California, Nevada and Utah.
The original recall, announced a week ago, was for ground beef purchased at its Modesto, Calif., store from April 3-9. An independent lab involved with a survey of supermarket ground beef found
WinCo Foods Expands Recall of Fresh Ground Beef Purchased Between March 26, 2010 and April 9, 2010 to all WinCo Foods Stores Due to E. coli O157:H7 Risk
Well done WinCo!
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Yesterday, WinCo Foods announced that it was issuing an expansion of the Class 1 recall on all fresh ground beef products sold at all WinCo Foods stores: The original recall issued on April 10, 2010 was for ground beef sold from it’s Modesto store only.
Originally an independent lab had tested two
KCTS 9 Series April 16, 2010 Lead Story – How Safe is your Burger?
If you are not fortunate enough to live in viewing range of KCTS 9 TV for tonight’s show, here is the online version (click on image)
An Outbreak of Acute Bacterial Gastroenteritis Is Associated With an Increased Incidence of Irritable Bowel Syndrome in Children
Am J Gastroenterol advance online publication 23 February 2010; doi: 10.1038/ajg.2010.74 – Marroon Thabane MSc1,2, Marko Simunovic MD, MSc, FRCPC2,3, Noori Akhtar-Danesh PhD2,4, Amit X Garg MD, PhD, FRCPC2,5, William F Clark MD, FRCPC5, Stephen M Collins MD, FRCPC1, Marina Salvadori MD, FRCPC5 and John K Marshall MD, MSc, FRCPC, AGAF1,2
OBJECTIVES:
Acute bacterial gastroenteritis
Food Safety News Refrigerator Magnet
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KCTS 9 Series April 16, 2010 Lead Story – How Safe is your Burger? A look at food safety since the Jack-in-the Box E-coli outbreaks
The above will air Friday night at 7:30 PM on KCTS 9 – Seattle’s Public Television Station. Do not miss it.
Is E. coli O157:H7 really down since 2004, or is it “Fuzzy Math?”
Where is George Bush when you really need him?
I was pleasantly surprised this morning reading the 2009 CDC FoodNet data from MMWR (Yes, Morbidity, Mortality Weekly Review – Seriously) on the plane back from Washington D.C – perhaps.
Along with the FDA, FSIS, and 10 state health departments, the CDC has been tracking illnesses