According to Washington State Health, two Whatcom County residents are known to have been sickened by cheese tainted with E. coli O103, and test results showed a genetic link between their illness and Twin Sisters Creamery products. An additional case in Oregon has also been genetically linked. One is a child under five years old
E. coli Cheese 2025: Washington State Department of Health is working with local, state, Oregon Health Authority and federal public health partners to investigate Shiga Toxin-Producing E. coli (STEC) infections linked to consumption of aged, raw milk cheese. Two Washington residents and one Oregon resident have developed STEC infections caused by E. coli O103. Molecular
As of October 2025, the German Robert Koch Institute (RKI) and public health officials have confirmed an E. coli O45:H2 outbreak that has sickened hundreds of people. The outbreak originated in the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania region in August and later spread to Nordrhein-Westfalen.
Key details of the outbreak:
• Case numbers: As of early October, there
Two Whatcom County residents are known to have been sickened, and test results showed a genetic link between their illness and Twin Sisters Creamery products. An additional case in Oregon has also been genetically linked. One is a child under five years old, and two are adults. One person was hospitalized. All illnesses occurred between
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New GW study finds people in underserved neighborhoods face the highest risk of foodborne infections
A new study estimates that nearly one in five urinary tract infections in Southern California may be caused by E. coli strains transmitted through contaminated meat – and pose a hidden foodborne risk to millions of people not just in California
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The Food and Drug Administration has closed investigations into
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M.C.I. Foods Inc., a Santa Fe Springs, Calif., establishment, is recalling approximately 91,585 pounds of specific lots of ready-to-eat (RTE) breakfast burrito and wrap products containing egg that may be adulterated withListeria monocytogenes (Lm), the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.
The individually packaged and bulk
