The USDA is proposing that they ask the public about whether the leafy green industry should be further regulated.
More regulation is the USDA’s response to several E. coli outbreaks that have been the result of consumption of contaminated produce.
One option is a national version of the industry-developed standards that followed the E. coli
The Associated Press broke the story yesterday that a Wisconsin family’s E. coli lawsuit – one stemming from the 2006 spinach E. coli outbreak – had been resolved without going to trial. Dinesh Ramde, AP business writer, wrote:
The agreement was reached in October but not filed in federal court until last week. It still
Sharon Smith, the mother of Stephanie Smith, a Minnesota resident who has been hospitalized for months after eating a hamburger and becoming ill with E. coli poisoning, spoke with Kirsti Marohn of the St. Cloud Times for an article that appeared in today’s paper. She shared the story of the few days before
American Foods Group of Green Bay, Wisconsin, has recalled over 95,000 pounds of ground beef products for E. coli contamination after the Illinois Department of Health confirmed consumers in that state had become ill with E. coli infections after eating AFG ground beef products.
American Foods Group of Green Bay, Wisconsin, has recalled over 95,000
In September, an E. coli outbreak among students at Galena Elementary School perplexed health officials. Several children became ill with E. coli and a source of the outbreak was elusive. The sibling of two students at Galena Elementary battled an E. coli infection during the outbreak, and continues to recover after being on dialysis. His
Matt Roberts, a Mattoon High School senior from Mattoon, Illinois, became ill with an E. coli infection just before an E. coli outbreak was traced to El Rancherito restaurant in Effingham last September.
His E. coli infection progressed to hemolytic uremic syndrome and he was hospitalized for over a month. While hospitalized, Matt was placed
In an editorial titled, "Is the meat you buy safe enough?" that appears online at the Eco-Logic Powerhouse website, Henry Lamb evaluates the state of the meat industry and USDA’s role in it, including the recent E. coli outbreaks linked to meat produced at Topps and Cargill.
In the editorial, Mr. Lamb analyzes what in
The Tennessee State Department of Health and CDC are collaborating with public health officials in multiple states and the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service to investigate an ongoing multistate outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 infections.
Frozen pizza that contained pepperoni and was produced by the General Mills company under the brand names of Totino’s
Five-year-old Aubrey Anderson is undergoing dialysis treatments at a Wichita hospital to combat the effects of hemolytic uremic syndrome secondary to E. coli infection. The child has been hospitalized for 18 days.
Aubrey remains on a feeding tube, which goes down through her nose and bypasses her stomach into her intestines. She continues to frequently
The Des Moines Register reported this morning that an Iowa E. coli case might be connected to the E. coli outbreak that was traced back to consumption of Totino’s and Jeno’s pizzas earlier this month. According to the story, testing is still being conducted, and the epidemiologic investigation has not yet concluded that the pizza