Health officials suspect another Eight
Matthew Ralph of the News and Tribune has continued to follow this story:
The number of laboratory-confirmed E. coli cases has reached eight with another eight suspected all from the same group of cases linked to Galena Elementary, health officials said Friday. Dr. Tom Harris, Floyd County health officer,
MSNBC and AP reports:
USDA finds that Topps’ plant has inadequate safety measures
Federal inspectors said Friday that they suspended the grinding of raw products at the Topps Meat Co. after finding inadequate safety measures at the plant, which is being investigated because of E. coli bacteria-tainted hamburgers that may have sickened 25 people. U.S.
I tried to take a day off and get in touch with my “inner outdoorsman” by hunting gators and ducks in Southwest Texas, but E. coli O157:H7 would not leave me alone.
Twenty-one people in New York, Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, New Jersey, Ohio and Pennsylvania now have become ill after eating hamburgers contaminated with E.
I have spent the last two days in Houston at the top of the below tower (AIG Insurance Tower) meeting with lawyers in the Con Agra Peanut Butter Litigation. Frankly, there are so many lawyers involved, with so many different agendas, that people are losing sight of the fact that this was a major outbreak
The Effingham County Health Department is investigating several cases of E. coli.
The health department says it has six confirmed cases of E. coli O157:H7. They are all linked to eating at El Rancherito restaurant in Effingham at I-57 and I-70. The health department says the restaurant is cooperating and has been closed since
According to a press released sent by Dole this evening, this product was sold in Ontario, Quebec and the Maritime Provinces in Canada and in Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Michigan, Mississippi, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and neighboring states in the U.S, – whatever that means. Here is a report from the Associated Press of a
Well, I made it back from China this morning only to find the following alert in my email:
OTTAWA, September 16, 2007 – The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is warning the public not to consume Dole brand Hearts Delight lettuce salad (Ready to eat blend of romaine, green leaf & butter lettuce hearts) described
According to CNN Money: Warehouse club operator pulls items from shelves after routine testing
BJ’s Wholesale Club, Inc. said Tuesday it was recalling packages of fresh mushrooms after it a routine inspection revealed the possible presence of the deadly bacteria E. coli. The warehouse club operator said the products affected were Wellsley Farms brand fresh
Over 200 sickened and at least 4 deaths are attributed to eating E. coli contaminated spinach. Now we are seeing the results as consumers turn away from a product that the Spinach/Lettuce industry could have made safer.
Salad plant will close after spinach scare; 200 out of job (Associated Press)
A northern Indiana
This article at the Monterey Herald gives a comprehensive assessment on the problems faced by the lettuce and spinach industry of Salinas over the next year – a solution needs to be found.
From the article:
Bill Marler, a partner in the Seattle law firm Marler Clark, who has represented victims in high-profile foodborne illness
