Dr. John Fruin, chief of the Bureau of Food and Meat Inspection for the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, admitted to the Tallahassee Democrat newspaper that the state has known that Santa Rosa Cheese, Naturally Aged White Cheese, may be contaminated with E. coli bacteria.
Dr. Fruin told the newspaper that "the reason
Marti Davis of the Knoxville News Sentinel spoke with the McDonald family, whose two children became ill with E. coli infections last fall after eating Cargill ground beef patties.
Preschoolers John and Michaela McDonald shared a burger that led to a prolonged stay in intensive care and cost 4-year-old John part of his bowel and
Since last Saturday night when the federal Food Safety & Inspection Service went public with the recall of 188,000 pounds of ground beef from the Minnesota-based Rochester Meat Co., not much has happened.
Well, the profile of the California victim became known. It was reported this way in the local San Diego media:
A local
Remember the old advertising slogan: "Weekends are Made for Michelob?" But who can kick back and relax on another weekend with a nationwide beef recall due to e coli contamination? This Saturday night special from our friends at the federal Food Safety & Inspection Service is a recall of 188,000 pounds of ground beef produced
Health officials in Dallas now say they confiscated beef sold off the street to owners of the Chicken Shack, which is located in the 6000 block of Lamar Street, before it could be cooked or sold to anyone else.
The suspected source of the beef is the stolen trailer, which was taken from the parking
According to a Texas health department division manager, recalled beef is finding its way into back alley transactions in places as surprising as barber shops, reports the Dallas Business Journal.
14,800 pounds of E. coli-contaminated beef was stolen from a Texas American Food Service truck, and the health department has fanned out across North
Mark’s Quality Meats, Inc., a Detroit, Michigan firm, is voluntarily recalling approximately 13,150 pounds of various cuts of steaks and ground beef products because they may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7.
These products were not available for purchase by consumers in retail establishments, but were distributed to restaurants in the metropolitan Detroit area.
This week’s Food Safety Infosheet from the International Food Safety Network (iFSN) out of Kansas State University and the University of Guelph addresses concerns about E. coli O157:H7 – a potentially deadly foodborne pathogen. From the infosheet:
E. coli O157:H7 can cause vomiting, diarrhea and can lead to kidney damage and is most dangerous
20-year-old Stephanie Smith has woken from nine weeks in a medically-induced coma shortly before Christmas. Smith became ill with an E. coli infection in September after eating a contaminated hamburger, and has since been hospitalized with hemolytic uremic syndrome.
On October 6, 2007, Cargill Meat Solutions Corporation announced that it was recalling approximately 845,000