Jennifer Warner of WebMD Medical News reported today that E. coli food poisoning cases are dropping.
From the article:
A new report shows cases of E. coli O157:H7 infections, one of the most severe food-borne illnesses, dropped by 36% from 2002 to 2003. Most illnesses caused by E. coli infections are the result of eating
Excel Corp., a meatpacking unit of Cargill Inc., is recalling 45,030 pounds of ground beef because it may contain harmful E. coli bacteria. The meat was packed in 10-pound cylindrical tubes with a use or freeze by date of April 29, but the meat likely was repackaged by retail stores.
The meat, which was produced
Kelly Scott of the St. Cloud Times reports Richmond grocery store is voluntarily recalling some ground beef sold Thursday and Friday because of a possible E. coli contamination.
The article says:
Plantenberg Food Pride sold the meat in tube packages that weighed about 10 pounds each, owner Tucker Plantenberg said. Each clear, shrink-wrapped tube has a pack date of April 9 on the package. The tubes were sold during a one-day meat sale and no other products were involved.
The meat was bought for sale by the grocery store for its one-day sale, Plantenberg said. He estimated that the store sold about 5,000 pounds of the meat.
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On April 4, the Associated Press did a story on unpasteurized milk.
From the article:
Unpasteurized milk can be breeding grounds for food poisoning bacteria such as campylobacter, E. coli and salmonella, as well as forms of tuberculosis that can be transmitted from cattle to people.
Fairbairn said her family has not gotten sick.
The Minnesota Ag Connection reported yesterday the state Department of Agriculture announced Friday that a Blaine meat company accused of consumer fraud, false advertising and other deceptive trade practices has given up its food handlers license, the state Department of Agriculture said Friday. More than 100 customers of the company, Farmers Pride Inc., had filed
On March 22, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported that the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal in the case of a deadly E. coli outbreak at Milwaukee area Sizzler restaurants, paving the way for a trial. The court turned down a request from Excel Corp., a Wichita meat company that allegedly supplied restaurants
Marler Clark has extensive experience representing victims of E. coli illnesses. The firm has represented over 1,000 E. coli victims since 1993, when William Marler represented Brianne Kiner in her $15.6 million E. coli settlement with Jack in the Box. In 1998, Marler clark resolved the Odwalla juice E. coli outbreak for the five
E. coli was officially considered an enteric disease in 1982, when it was determined to be the cause of a foodborne illness outbreak. Since that time, widely publicized E. coli O157:H7 outbreaks have devastated families and communities across the globe.
While the majority of foodborne illness outbreaks associated with E. coli O157:H7 have been linked
A recall occurs when a firm voluntarily removes product (i.e. contaminated meat) from channels of distribution. This is done to protect the public from consuming adulterated products.
The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service performs random testing at meat production plants around the US. In an effort to prevent foodborne illness outbreaks, when potentially contaminated meat is identified, FSIS requests the recall of the product from all channels of distribution.Continue Reading What is an FSIS Recall?