According 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
October 2011
23 of 26 E. coli Victims Attended North Carolina State Fair
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…
Victims, Schuessler and Bell, of St. Louis E. coli Outbreak Linked to Schnucks, Speak Out
According to the Saint Louis Post-Dispatch, Federal health investigators from the CDC landed in St. Louis Friday to help determine the source and scope of the E. coli outbreak that has so far sickened 23 people across the region.
Local hospitals started reporting E. coli infections on Monday in St. Louis and St. Louis, Jefferson…
Numbers Rise to 23 Ill Linked to North Carolina Fair
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…
E. coli Outbreak in Wake County North Carolina
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…
Green County School Linked to 12 E. coli Cases
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…
377,775 Pounds of Ground Beef Recalled Due to E. coli O157:H7
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…