John Lauritsen of WCCO TV reported:
E. coli Victim Awake After 9 Weeks In Coma
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Stephanie Smith’s family is calling her recovery a miracle. The 20-year-old Cold Spring woman recently regained consciousness after spending more than nine weeks in a drug-induced coma. Stephanie Smith contracted the E. Coli bacteria after eating Sam’s Club hamburger in
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$10,000 reward still offered for information leading to the arrest of the persons who stole the meat-filled trailer.
Quote of the day:
"The bottom line is, it’s never safe to buy meat on the street."
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Susan Tallant and the Fort Worth Star-Ledger is on the trail of the E. coli-tainted trailer stolen from American
Well, the stocking are hung and the presents are all wrapped, and I am surfing the net to see what there is to blog about (my version of the “Night Before Christmas”) when I found this quote:
“Nine billion food animals are produced and slaughtered in the United States annually, and all of those animals
As Dawn Withers of the Salinas Californian wrote this morning, “E. coli cases at talk stage,” I am actually in Salt Lake City meeting with representatives from Dole, Natural Selection Foods and Mission Organic and their insurers to talk about resolving several cases involving Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome. As Dawn wrote:
Bill Marler, a Seattle-based attorney
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Andrew Martin, well known as the “E. coli guy” in the NYT’s Newsroom, has been spending a bit too much time in slaughterhouses and talking to at least one trial lawyer. One will make you a vegetarian, the other, well, might make you a Republican. Mr. Martin’s story – “Meat Processors Look for Ways
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Not too long ago, I wondered if the beef industry had actually wised up, and was about to put me out of the business of representing the people they make sick. After a decade of nearly continuous outbreaks of deadly E. coli O157:H7, from Jack in the Box to ConAgra, the beef industry seemed
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Knox Times-Tribune staff writer Heather Cole wrote, “the death of a Knox County woman is under investigation and E. coli O157:H7 bacteria is believed to be the source of her illness. Vickie Shelton, 47, died Monday afternoon at Central Baptist Hospital in Lexington after being admitted.” She also wrote “officials at the U.S. Department of
According to press reports, an FDA requested panel says food safety in particular is in crisis. (Full Report) Questions about the FDA’s effectiveness have been underscored by alarming headlines in recent years — including E. coli in spinach, deadly chemicals in pet foods, toxic toothpaste and the heart-damaging side effects of drugs. The report says
John Green of The Hutchinson News in Sterling Kansas wrote "5-year-old who had E. coli goes home" about the homecoming of Aubrey Anderson after a long battle with E. coli O157:H7 and HUS. To date the family has not learned how Aubrey contracted the sometimes fatal infection.
“It will be weeks, and perhaps months,
I am still in New Orleans. I must admit, I expected a bit more devastation here in the downtown area from Katrina, but things looked great – especially in the French Quarter. We made some slow progress in talking to ConAgra, its lawyers and insurers about the status of the Peanut Butter cases. Hopefully, at
