As of September 19, 2018, 18 people infected with the outbreak strain of E. coli O26 were reported from 4 states – Colorado (10), Florida (15), Massachusetts (1) and Tennessee (1). Illnesses started on dates ranging from July 5, 2018 to July 25, 2018. Ill people ranged in age from one year to 75, with
Dungeness Valley Creamery Raw Milk linked to E. coli Illnesses – Again
Prior E. coli outbreak in 2009 and recall in 2013.
The Department of Health cautioned consumers today to be aware of the risks of drinking raw milk especially for infants and young children, older adults, pregnant women, and people with weakened immune systems.
“Raw milk doesn’t go through the pasteurization process where harmful germs and
Romaine Calm, it’s not just E. coli O157 that is making us sick – Try E. coli O26 and Hamburger – Not
On Aug. 16, 2018, FSIS was notified of an investigation of E. coli O26 illnesses. FSIS, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and state public health and agriculture partners determined that raw ground chuck was the probable source of the reported illnesses. The epidemiological investigation identified 18 case-patients, predominantly from Florida, with illness onset
Thinking about E. coli and Romaine Today
I have been thinking today about what growers in Yuma are going to do next season? With the FDA and CDC fingering the water from an irrigation canal that flowed by a feedlot with some 100,000 cows, you have to wonder what is going to happen next season if nothing changes? What are grocery stores
FDA’s “Preliminary Hypotheses” on cause of deadly E. coli Outbreak – Cow Feces
Surprised? I did not think so. Cattle feces from a CAFO gets into the water supply that is used to irrigate romaine lettuce – what possibly could go wrong?
Of note, the FDA still has not been transparent (except that “romaine [lettuce] from the Yuma growing region as the likely source of contamination”) as to
FDA, why remain silent on how E. coli made it through the chain of distribution?
As of June 27, 2018, the CDC reported 210 people infected with the outbreak strain of E. coli O157:H7 were reported from 36 states. Canada reported 8 sickened.
Illnesses started on dates ranging from March 13, 2018 to June 6, 2018. Ill people ranged in age from 1 to 88 years, with a median age
Dr. Scott Gottlieb: It is time for the FDA to be transparent about the Romaine E. coli Outbreak
Here is what the FDA has told the public thus far about the source of the 2018 Yuma Romaine Lettuce Outbreak that has sickened over 200 in the US and Canada and killed 5 in the US:
Eventually, at least for the 105 people who have hired us, we will fill in all the blanks.
POLITICO – Victims blame FDA for food-recall failures
Thanks to my great clients for being willing to tell their stories. It put what the FDA does – and does not do – in context.
Victims blame FDA for food-recall failures
‘If I had heard about the problem even one week earlier … life today would be very different.’
Peter Ebb
FDA: What Canal did the Positive E. coli O157:H7 samples come from? With Updated Trace Forward and Trace Back – Again
The CDC reports today that 210 people in 36 states have become ill with the outbreak strain of E. coli O157:H7. These people reported becoming ill in the time period of March 13, 2018 to June 6, 2018. There have been 96 hospitalizations and five deaths. There are cases in 36 states: Alabama (3) Alaska
Yuma Irrigation Canal Link in Deadly Romaine Lettuce E. coli Outbreak
Given the size of the outbreak, at least 218 in the US and Canada, and the number of unnamed farms and fields implicated, I am not surprised that the source of the outbreak was broad environmental contamination – like water. As a study that was performed in the Yuma growing area from 2007-2009 said: “Despite