Health officials have identified two additional people who tested positive for E. coli and may be part of the recent outbreak traced to private gatherings held in the Fresno area.
Investigators are tracking down everyone who attended three private parties where tainted food might have been served.
Officials need to know what the people ate
KFSN-TV reported that health officials are investigating 20 reported E. coli cases – 16 from the same source – in an outbreak that apparently began after two graduation parties on May 19.
Food from the same Fresno market was served at both graduation parties.
A number of food sources are under scrutiny, but the parties
The Fresno County Health Department and Fresno County Environmental Health are looking into whether the Meat Market is the source of the E. coli outbreak that has sickened as many as 20 people so far.
The grill at the popular Meat Market in north Fresno was shut down for about an hour while county health
Summer grilling season brings more awareness of E. coli contamination in ground beef and the need to properly cook hamburgers. But other foods must also be properly prepared, stored, and served to prevent foodborne illness, according to the Contra Costa Times.
Realistically, unless you have thermometers in all of your food, it will be difficult
With Memorial Day being the official start of grilling season, the International Food Safety Network highlights the importance of cooking foods to an internal temperature hot enough to kill pathogens like E. coli and salmonella.
Dangerous microorganisms like E. coli and salmonella cannot be sensed by sight, and will happily contaminate good cuts of
An E. coli outbreak may be ongoing in Montgomery and Fulton Counties in New York.
The State Health Department has confirmed that three children have tested positive for E. coli, and one has been hospitalized. Two of the children attend the same daycare, but officials are not releasing the name of that facility yet
A salad could be one of the riskiest foods on American tables right now, according to New York Times Op/Ed columnist Paul Krugman.
As he puts it,
These are anxious days at the lunch table. For all you know, there may be E. coli on your spinach, salmonella in your peanut butter and melamine in
Marler Clark client Teresa Kaiser was recently interviewed by CNN regarding her E. coli infection.
Teresa became ill with an E. coli infection and suffered kidney failure after eating E. coli-contaminated lettuce at a Taco John’s restaurant in Minnesota last November. Although her kidney function is up to around 44 percent, Teresa now has
A settlement has been announced involving lawsuits filed against the Florida Strawberry Festival.
Health officials traced the 2005 E. coli outbreak to a petting zoo owned by Plant City-based Ag-Venture Farms, which had brought more than a dozen goats, sheep, cows and chickens to the Florida Strawberry Festival, the Florida State Fair in Tampa and
CNN is featuring a video on food safety on their Web site. The video, which can be accessed here, focuses on how spinach fields can become contaminated with E. coli O157:H7.