Thanks to the Marler Clark Epidemiology team for keeping up with foodborne illness outbreaks. Candidly, I could not recall any outbreak ever linked to walnuts. However, look what I found dating back to 2011 in Canada – 14 ill, 10 hospitalized and 1 death.
This is Nuts – California and Washington E. coli Outbreak linked to Gibson Farms Walnuts
12 sick, 7 hospitalized, 2 with acute kidney failure.
Illness linked to bulk bins in food co-ops or natural food stores.
As of April 30, 2024, 12 people infected with the outbreak strain of E. coli have been reported from 2 states. Illnesses started on dates ranging from February 1, 2024, to April 4, 2024.
WGS doesn’t lie – E. coli outbreak linked to Raw Milk Cheese
As of March 26, 2024 a total of 11 people infected with the outbreak strain of E. coli were reported from 5 states – California, Utah, Colorado, Texas and New Jersey. Illnesses started on dates ranging from October 18, 2023, to February 5, 2024. Of 11 people with information available, 5 were hospitalized and 2
FDA opens investigations into E. coli and Salmonella clusters
Here is the latest from the FDA on active investigations:
E. coli Outbreak linked to PCC Guacamole
Summary
Public Health is investigating an outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli O157:H7 (also known as STEC). Three of the five people who got sick had testing that matched by genetic fingerprinting. This means they most likely got sick from the same source. Based on information collected, we found one common source for all sick
Mrs. Kirkman’s cheese confirmed as link in 36 E. coli O145 illnesses in the UK
According to Food Safety News, the outbreak strain has been found at a farm that supplied the milk used to make Mrs Kirkham’s unpasteurized cheese, which was linked to an E. coli outbreak in the UK.
In total, 36 confirmed and one probable Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) O145 infections have been reported, with 29
Yet another E. coli Outbreak in Children linked to Animal Exhibit – this time in Tennessee – Again
Summary
On October 3, 2023, the Tennessee Department of Health (TDH) Northeast Regional Office was notified of two cases of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC). Over the next two weeks a total of ninepatients with STEC infections were reported, seven (78%) were hospitalized, and four (44%) developed hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), a type of kidney
More ill with E. coli linked to Raw Farm brand Cheddar Cheese – 2 with Kidney Failure
CDC, public health and regulatory officials in several states, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), are collecting different types of data to investigate a multistate outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 infections. Epidemiologic data show that Raw Farm brand raw cheddar cheese is making people in this outbreak sick.
Since the last update, one
Marler Clark hired to investigate E. coli Outbreak
As of February 16, 2024, a total of 10 people infected with the outbreak strain of E. coli have been reported from four states – California, Utah, Colorado and Texas. Illnesses started on dates ranging from October 18, 2023, to January 29, 2024. Of 9 people with information available, 4 have been hospitalized and 1
Marler on Salmonella Charcuterie, Salmonella Cantaloupe, Listeria Cheese and E. coli Cheese
It has been a busy few months on outbreaks and recalls.
As of February 15, 2024, a total of 87 people infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella have been reported from 30 states – Arizona 2, California 1, Colorado 1, Connecticut 1, Florida 2, Idaho 2, Illinois 1, Iowa 2, Kentucky 1, Louisiana 1