October 2011

Schnucks E. coli.jpgAccording to news repots, items purchased at Schnucks salad bars appear to be the source of an E. coli O157:H7 outbreak that has thirty-three region wide, according to a preliminary study conducted by the St. Louis County Health Department. There are reports that the stores involved are located in downtown St. Louis, High Ridge, Ballwin

The North Carolina Division of Public Health is investigating 26 cases of E. coli in Wake (14), Sampson (6), Durham (1), Franklin (1), Johnston (1), Orange (1) and Wilson (1) counties. Ten of the cases are confirmed, and 16 are still under investigation. Five people – 4 children and 1 adult – are hospitalized. Twenty-three

All but three of the 26 patients being investigated for E. coli illnesses visited the North Carolina State Fair, state public health officials said today, adding that it is increasingly likely that something at the fair caused the illnesses. Of those cases, tests have confirmed that E. coli caused 10; the rest remain under investigation

The North Carolina Division of Public Health is investigating an E.coli outbreak in Wake County, affecting at least six children and one adult, state health department spokeswoman Renee McCoy said Tuesday.

Four people were hospitalized – two had been discharged and two were in intensive care Tuesday, McCoy said. The state is working with the

Public health officials said Thursday that E. coli bacteria have been spreading person-to-person through inadequate hand washing in a Green County outbreak that has killed one and sickened 12 others since mid-July.

No original source of the outbreak has been isolated, and no information has been released about the first case, or the individual who

Commercial Meat Co., a Los Angeles, Calif., establishment is recalling approximately 377,775 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.

The following ground beef products are subject to recall:

• 5,10,15,20,30,40,50 and 60 lb. cases of bulk