According to Austin KWTX TV, Derek Scott “Bubba” Kirby, 3, of Goldthwaite, who’s been fighting for his young life for several weeks at Dell Children’s Medical Center in Austin, will be transferred Monday or Tuesday to Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston where he can receive more specialized care, his mother, Deven Denman, said.
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New and tougher standards have been implemented for all ground beef purchased for USDA’s numerous federal food and nutrition assistance programs, including the National School Lunch Program.
The new standards will apply to ground beef contracts awarded on or after July 1.
In addition to continuing a zero tolerance for E. coli O157:H7 and salmonella
According to WISH news, at least two children from Rush County are critically ill after getting E. coli poisoning.
Kathleen Ragan, 4, is at the Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital suffering from Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome. It’s possible she contracted E. coli bacteria from animals at the Rush County Fair in late June. Kathleen’s mother says she
Irwindale-based Ready Pac Food Inc. on Wednesday announced a voluntary recall of 702 cases of its baby spinach because of possible E. coli bacteria contamination.
The recalled six-ounce "Spinach Temptations" packages sold in California, Washington and Arizona have use-by dates of:
July 4 with Product Code I1707B, IR127121
July 8 with Product Code I2007B, IR130373
Rocky Mountain Natural Meats, a Henderson, Colo. establishment, is recalling approximately 66,000 pounds of ground and tenderized steak bison products.
FSIS became aware of the problem during the course of an on-going investigation into a cluster of E. coli O157:H7 illnesses in Colorado with illness onset dates between June 4, 2010 and June 9, 2010.
Wednesday, June 30, 2010 – Boulder County – Since June 10, 16 people who reported drinking raw milk from Billy Goat Dairy in Longmont have become ill. Boulder County Public Health (BCPH) ordered the dairy to stop distribution of its raw milk products yesterday, June 29, 2010. Two children have been hospitalized, one has been