This email notification just dropped into my inbox from Eau Claire, Wisconsin:
Over the past 5 days, our health care facility in northwest Wisconsin,
USA, has seen 3 women hospitalized with E. coli O157 infection. All
presented with significant abdominal pain without fever and watery
diarrhea which in 2 progressed to bloody diarrhea. None of
New Seasons Market is recalling fresh ground beef sold at meat counters in three of its stores because it may be contaminated with Escherichia coli O157:H7.
Three people in the Portland metro area have become ill with E. coli O157:H7 infection after having eaten ground beef purchased at different New Seasons outlets. All are recovering
Being in the “food industry” for the last 26 years has given me a lot of insight into the good and the bad of how our food is produced. Late last week when I stumbled upon yet another E. coli outbreak linked to leafy greens – specifically romaine – that had been hidden from public
Salmonella: The Public Health Agency of Canada issued a news release this week announcing that 110 Canadians have been sickened by the Reading strain of salmonella.
There have, however, been no product recalls issued by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.
“Based on the investigation findings to date, exposure to raw turkey and
I.M. Healthy – goodness the irony.
For a bit(e) of history: In the Spring of 2017, the CDC reported that thirty-two people infected with the outbreak strains of E. coli O157:H7 were reported from 12 states – Arizona 4, California 5, Florida 2, Illinois 1, Massachusetts 1, Maryland 1, Missouri 1, New Jersey 1, Oregon
I am working on yet another E. coli HUS case linked to a food product that should never had been tainted in the first place. I had asked a parent of a client to give me a sense of the worst of the many bad times. I deleted information that could identify the case.
On
And, I really LOVE emails.
Here is the CDC Abstract:
Authors: Amelia Keaton, R. Hassan, S. Luna, I. Lee, R. Magalhaes, M. Bidlack, L. Smith, R. Maves, D. Freer, K. Flinn, G. Monk, P. Graf, K. Trinh, J. Crandall, D. Noveroske, G. Fortenberry, L. Ramos, R. Recio, C. Peak, E. McDonald, T. Waltz, K. Patel,
Berry, Elaine D., James E. Wells, Lisa M. Durso, Kristina M. Friesen, James L. Bono, and Trevor V. Suslow (2019) Occurrence of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in Pest Flies Captured in Leafy Greens Plots Grown Near a Beef Cattle Feedlot. Journal of Food Protection: August 2019, Vol. 82, No. 8, pp. 1300-1307.https://doi.org/10.4315/0362-028X.JFP-18-601
Leafy greens are leading
E. coli, and my clients, have been part of my life since 1993. Someone sent the video to remind me.
https://youtu.be/uuS5VRcp3e0
The 2015 OXFORD COUNTY FAIR E. COLI O111:H8 Outbreak
E. coli Outbreaks in these types of settings are nothing new. On October 1, 2015 Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (ME CDC) staff was notified that a child was hospitalized at Maine Medical Center with Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS). The next day St. Mary’s
