May 2011

Irish Hills Meat Company of Michigan, a Tipton, Mich., establishment is recalling approximately 900 pounds of ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.

Screen shot 2011-05-31 at 4.27.41 PM.pngThe following ground beef products are subject to recall:

10-lb. clear polybags with the establishment

HolidayMudPit.JPGThe Monroe Louisiana Newstar reports that three Ouachita Christian School students were admitted to local hospitals late last week afflicted with a strain of E. coli, according to health officials.

Dr. Shelley Jones, Region 8 director of the Department of Health and Hospitals, said Tuesday the students were reportedly attending an end-of-the-year party at a

Bill Marler is the nation’s leading attorney representing victims of foodborne illness and a stalwart advocate for improved food safety in the United States and abroad. His work began in 1993 when, as a young lawyer, he won record settlements for the families of children made seriously ill in the infamous Jack in the Box

Japanese health officials have launched a formal investigation into an E. coli outbreak that killed four and sickened more than 70 people after they ate Korean-style steak tartar at a barbecue restaurant chain, reported the state-run Xinhua news agency.

The food poisoning occurred at Yakiniku-zakaya Ebisu restaurant chains in Toyama and Fukui prefectures. Authorities have

Between September 16, 2008, and October 4, 2008, Boulder County Public Health (BCPH) received a total of 19 confirmed and suspect cases of Shiga toxin producing E. coli (STEC) O157:NM. Of those cases, 14 were lab confirmed to have matching PFGE patterns, and the pattern was unlike any other reported outbreak.

Because most of the

Snohomish County Health District (SCHD) Communicable Disease (CD) program received the first report of a confirmed E. coli O157:H7 illness, in what would soon become a cluster of such illnesses, on October 14, 2008. The next report of illness came the following day, October 15. It was subsequently determined that both ill individuals had dined

On October 26, 2009, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced that Crocetti’s Oakdale Packing Co., doing business as South Shore Meats, Inc., a Brockton, Massachusetts establishment, recalled approximately 1,039 pounds of fresh ground beef patties derived from bench trim, as well as mechanically tenderized beef cuts. The reason for