Topps Meat Company LLC, of Elizabeth, NJ, has voluntarily expanded its recall announced on September 25 to include 21.7 million pounds of ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7. This represents all products produced by Topps with a "sell by date" or "best if used by date" that falls between
E. coli outbreak at Clackamas County Fair
The Oregonian today reported on an E. coli outbreak at the Clackamas County Fair in August. According to the story, the Clackamas fair board will put up more signs regarding hand washing for next year’s fair.
Health investigators said today the outbreak spread to one additional person but is now contained. E. coli infections can
E. coli cases up to 21 in Topps outbreak
A Topps Meats, of Elizabeth, New Jersey press release reported that at least 21 people in eight states could be part of an E. coli outbreak that has been traced back to consumption of ground beef products produced by their company. The CDC has confirmed three cases linked to Topps, and is waiting on lab
E. coli recall by Topps after outbreak
The United States Department of Agriculture announced yesterday that Topps is recalling 331,582 pounds of frozen ground beef. The recall was announced after an E. coli O157:H7 outbreak investigation identified Topps ground beef products as the source of an E. coli outbreak.
According to the Albany Times/Union, the E. coli outbreak was discovered by the
Illinois child with E. coli infection hospitalized with HUS
A six-year-old first grade student at Galena Elementary School in Indiana has been hospitalized with kidney failure after she developed hemolytic uremic syndrome following an E. coli infection, according to WLKY news.
The child is one of six students at the school who have been confirmed as suffering E. coli infections, with five cases unconfirmed
E. coli outbreaks in Maine, Illinois, Indiana
The Maine Centers for Disease Control is investigating six cases of E. coli infection, and is working to determine the source of a potential outbreak, according to a story posted on the Bangor Daily News website. Four of the six cases in Kennebec, Androscoggin, Lincoln and Franklin counties have been confirmed positive for Shiga toxin-producing E.
E. coli outbreak one year later
USA Today featured a detailed timeline of last year’s spinach outbreak – from the first death to the discovery that spinach was the source of the outbreak to the fifth death and how the spinach industry and federal investigators and regulators responded during the crises and beyond.
Marler Clark client Jillian Kohl stated in the
Kindergarteners hospitalized with E. coli
Health officials in Russelville, Kentucky warn that two kindergarten students have been diagnosed with E. coli infections. It is unclear how the students became infected with E. coli, but an investigation is underway and the school sent letters home with students last week to notify parents about the girls’ illness, according to The News-Democrat
Lettuce from Salinas part of Dole product recalled for E. coli contamination
Dole Fresh Vegetables president Eric Schwartz has confirmed that the romaine and green leaf lettuce in its Hearts Delight salad mix was produced locally in the Salinas Valley and mixed with butter lettuce from Ohio and romaine from growers in Colorado.
The lettuces were processed at Dole’s plant in Springfield, Ohio, on Sept. 6, said
New York Firm Recalls Ground Beef Products Due to Possible E. coli O157:H7 Contamination
Fairbank Reconstruction Corp., doing business as Fairbank Farms of Ashville, N.Y., is voluntarily recalling approximately 884 pounds of ground beef products because they may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced today.
The products subject to recall include 1.33-pound trays of “SHAW’S FRESH GROUND