Also, farm linked to raw milk E. coli O157:H7 illnesses in Missouri.
According the Lynne Terry of the Oregonian, Oregon health authorities have confirmed a fifth case of E. coli infection in an outbreak traced to raw milk. All five patients are younger than 15 and three, including a toddler, are hospitalized with acute kidney
I am giving a talk later this week to the Washington Restaurant Association.
With raw milk outbreak in both Oregon and Missouri, it is hard to keep up on the outbreak and recalls. This line list was compiled through searches for government and dairy industry press releases, reports, and newsletters announcing dairy-related outbreaks and recalls. The data precedes official statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services has confirmed 13 cases of E. coli bacterial infection in central and western Missouri. Six of the cases involved people who drank raw milk purchased from the same farm, said Gena Terlizzi, an official with the Missouri health department. Still, the state doesn’t have enough evidence to
The Oregon Public Health Division, Department of Agriculture and several local Oregon health departments are investigating an outbreak of Escherichia coli O157:H7 (E. coli) infections that have left three Portland-area children hospitalized, two with hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), a complication of E. coli infection that can lead to kidney failure. All of
The Portland Oregonian reported that raw milk from cows at Foundation Farm in Wilsonville has sickened at least 11 people (two children with acute kidney failure or HUS) with E. coli O157:H7 in Washington, Clackamas and Multnomah counties, Oregon health officials said Friday. The farm has sold raw milk to 48 families through a
“Nakaochi Scrape” associated with a multistate outbreak of Salmonella Bareilly infections
FDA Fast Facts
• Moon Marine USA Corporation (also known as MMI) of Cupertino, Calif. is voluntarily recalling 58,828 lbs of a frozen raw yellowfin tuna product, labeled as Nakaochi Scrape AA or AAA. Nakaochi Scrape is tuna backmeat, which is specifically scraped off
The Oregon Public Health Division, Department of Agriculture and several local Oregon health departments are investigating an outbreak of Escherichia coli O157:H7 – E. coli infections that have left three Portland-area children hospitalized, two with kidney failure (hemolytic uremic syndrome – HUS) – all of whom drank raw milk from the same small
According to news reports, Missouri state health officials have confirmed nine cases of E. coli in Missouri. Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services confirmed cases in Boone, Cooper, Howard, Camden and Jackson counties.
Health officials say a 2-year-old girl a 17-month-old child have developed symptoms of a condition that can cause kidney damage (
This morning, the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) released a video taken undercover at Kreider Egg Farms, a major egg producer in Pennsylvania. The living conditions in the video moved New York Times writer Nicholas Kristof to dedicate an entire column to the subject after he saw an advance copy of the
