39 cases

18 states

Illnesses onset: September 6, 2024 to October 28, 2024

Of 38 people with information available, 15 hospitalizations

1 death (California)

27 people interviewed, 26 (96%, 67% overall) reported eating carrots. (63% of respondents who reported eating organic carrots in the FoodNet Population Survey)

173 isolates in cluster

Outbreak sub-cluster:

35 Isolates 

Marler Clark, the leading firm specializing in food safety and personal injury cases, has filed a lawsuit on behalf of A.M a student who contracted a severe E. coli O157:H7 infection traced back to food provided by Andre’s Banquets and Catering. The lawsuit, filed in the  Saint Louis Circuit Court seek to hold the responsible parties accountable

The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) has identified 10 cases of E. coli O157:H7 infection in people who had eaten burgers at multiple locations of Red Cow, a table-service restaurant chain with locations in Hennepin, Ramsey and Olmsted counties. One additional case reported dining at Hen House Eatery in Minneapolis, which received the same ground

You would have thought that the McDonalds E. Coli Outbreak and the Boar’s Head Listeria Outbreak was enough to keep me busy, but then these came along too.

Baby Carrot E. coli Outbreak. Grimmway Farms has issued a recall of select organic whole carrots and organic baby carrots that should no longer be in grocery

Grimmway Farms has issued a recall of select organic whole carrots and organic baby carrots that should no longer be in grocery stores but may be in consumers’ refrigerators or freezers.

The company is voluntarily recalling these carrots after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that these products may be associated with an

Seattle-King County Public Health (Public Health) investigated an outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli O157:H7 (STEC) in the spring of 2024. This outbreak was associated with PCC Community Markets. 

A confirmed case was defined as an individual who was culture positive for STEC, specifically serotype O157:H7, and had a history of consuming organic guacamole from