Whole genome sequencing results show that the beef kofta samples collected by FSIS and produced at Olympia Food Industries (Est. 18743) matched the outbreak strain of E. coli O157:H7. FSIS continues to coordinate with the California Department of Public Health and local health departments in California on the outbreak investigation.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s
I have spent more than thirty years representing the people who get left holding the bill for someone else’s contaminated food. I have read more outbreak reports than I can count. And in all those years, I have learned to pay close attention not just to what a government agency tells the public, but to
Most people who survive Shiga toxin–producing Escherichia coli hemolytic uremic syndrome (STEC-HUS) recover, yet a meaningful minority are left with lasting neurological problems, and in adults some of that injury declares itself only well after the acute illness has resolved.
The baseline recovery figures are broadly consistent. Spinale and colleagues’ review concluded that roughly 70%
Infant botulism is a rare but serious illness affecting babies under one year of age. It is caused by the toxin made by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum (and, rarely, related Clostridium species). It develops when a baby swallows bacterial spores that take hold in the immature intestine, grow, and release a
Since 2000, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), working with state and local partners, have publicly reported a series of multistate Escherichia coli outbreaks linked to romaine lettuce (and, in several cases, to leafy-green products in which romaine was the implicated or strongly suspected
A pathogen-by-pathogen look at the seasonality of food poisoning in the United States
Partly fact, partly fiction — and which one depends entirely on how you count. If you measure food poisoning by the raw number of illnesses, the single largest cause is norovirus, a virus that peaks in winter, so the
LOS ANGELES, CA — On May 29, 2026, attorneys William Marler of Marler Clark, Inc., PS and Trevor Quirk of Quirk Law Firm LLP filed a personal injury lawsuit in Los Angeles County Superior Court on behalf of Samantha Sabaite and her minor child, J.A.K., arising from a confirmed E. coli O157 infection that left
As of May 19, 2026, nine California residents have been infected with the outbreak strain of STEC O157:H7. Illness onset dates range from March 27 through April 30, 2026. Six illnesses are in children. Five individuals have been hospitalized, and two have developed HUS. No deaths have been reported. No individuals from other states are
Illnesses have been reported in Alaska, Alabama, Arizona, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Vermont, Washington and Wisconsin.
The FDA and CDC, in collaboration
“Where people typically thought of food safety as this three-legged stool — the consumer groups, the government, and the industry — Bill sort of came in as a fourth leg and actually was able to effect changes in a way that none of the others really had.” Former FDA Official
The Beginning: Jack in the
