This is not meant as a criticism of my friends at the FDA or the good people at LGMA – California and Arizona – or at Western Growers, United Fresh or PMA. But seriously, since leafy green E. coli O157:H7outbreaks spiked in the early 2000’s, is anyone surprised by the following conclusion by the FDA
So, what’s causing a 5 state, 96 person E. coli O103 Outbreak?
As of April 8, 2019, 96 people infected with the outbreak strain of E. coli O103 have been reported from five states. CDC is reporting the 96 illnesses that the PulseNet laboratory network has confirmed are part of this outbreak. States are investigating additional illnesses that might be a part of this outbreak.
Illnesses started
FDA’s Environmental Assessment – Romaine Lettuce from Yuma – “210 reported illnesses from 36 states, resulting in 96 hospitalizations, 27 cases of hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) and five deaths”
And, they forgot the eight sick in Canada.
Today, the FDA came out with its “Environmental Assessment of Factors Potentially Contributing to the Contamination of Romaine Lettuce Implicated in a Multi-State Outbreak of E. coli O157:H7.”
I shortened it a bit and bolded the highlights.
In early April 2018, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA),
When is a CDC Reported Death not a Listeria Death? And, Lawyers complaining badly
Yesterday I was speaking to a prominent lawyer who defends companies that are caught up in foodborne illness outbreaks and the recalls of the food products that sickened consumers. The lawyer was complaining (more on other lawyers complaining about the CDC below) about the CDC’s announcing deaths arguably related to the tainted product, specifically the
Costco Chicken Salad with E. coli Sickens 19 – 2 with Kidney Failure
CDC, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service, and public health officials in several states are investigating an outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O157:H7 (STEC O157:H7) infections.
A total of 19 people infected with the outbreak strain of Shiga toxin-producing STEC O157:H7 have been reported
Multiple E. coli Positives Prompt Beef Recall
The product was distributed to certain Brookshire Food Stores, Krogers and Walmarts in Louisiana and Texas, as well as certain Super 1 Foods Stores in Louisiana and Market Latina and Super 1 Foods Stores in Texas.
Another Salad Mystery Revealed
Over the years we have investigated, and pieced together, several leafy green outbreaks that are never publicly announced despite being the cause of severe illness. Here is an outbreak from 2009 that should have prompted a multi-state public health warning and recall, but was instead quietly put under the “leafy green cone of silence” as
Settlements Reached in E. coli and Campylobacter Raw Milk Outbreaks
Late last week we reached yet another (actually two) settlement(s) in (a) raw milk outbreak(s) – one, an E. coli O157:H7 outbreak and the other a Campylobacter outbreak.
In 2012 the Missouri State Department of Health and Senior Services reported 14 confirmed cases of E. coli O157:H7 linked to raw milk. Two E. coli cases
E. coli Poisons 293 in Belfast – Someone Needs to Read Poisoned
I had a long talk today with a great barrister from Belfast Northern Ireland who asked that I send him a copy of the book Poisoned.
There are now 130 confirmed cases of E. coli in Northern Ireland’s worst ever outbreak, the Public Health Agency has confirmed.
There are a further 163 probable cases