KGW.com reports that Three females are finally recovering after becoming sick with E. coli after attending the recent Clark County Fair. In each case, the individual reported visiting the fair’s animal exhibits between August 9 and 14.
The Health Department is investigating all possible causes and is monitoring the situation for possible additional cases.
The
E. coli Worries Prompt Beef Recall
The Associated Press reports that Flanders Provision Co., Inc. of Waycross, Georgia, has recalled about 900,000 pounds of frozen ground beef patties under concerns of possible E. coli contamination.
The food was sold in 2-, 3- and 5-pound packages under the brand names Flanders Bun Buster, Flanders Beef Patties, America’s Pride Beef Patties, Grill
E. coli strikes Ross resident
The Gazette reports that a female Ross County resident has contracted E. coli, and local health officials are warning about the bacteria’s dangers. Her information has yet to be released.
She apparently picked up the bacteria while visiting the Fayette County Fair.
Although she has been treated and released, Dr. Timothy Angel, health commissioner,
Ohio E. coli may be part of multi-state outbreak
Three confirmed cases of E. coli O157:H7 in Fayette County, Ohio, may be linked to a larger, multi-state outbreak of the bacterial infection.
E. coli illnesses are not pretty. And although they are preventable, most E. coli infections develop after a person ingests food contaminated with this deadly pathogen.”
E. coli O157:H7 attaches itself to
Researchers find toxin in south Idaho cattle fecal samples
Idaho State Journal reports that Idaho State University researchers have detected Shiga toxin in six of seven cattle fecal samples that were collected from cattle feedlot and dairy operations between Twin Falls and Boise.
Shiga toxin-producing E. coli and related bacteria cause illness in approximately 73,000 Americans and cause an average of 60 deaths annually
JG sues Health Department for not disclosing E. coli child care
According to a lawsuit filed Friday in Allen Superior Court against the Fort Wayne-Allen County Department of Health, the Indiana Journal Gazette was denied the name of a child-care center where the E. coli outbreak occurred despite a formal access request, the Gazette reports.
The lawsuit alleges the department has violated The Journal Gazette’s statutory
Canada and U.S. link databases to facilitate tracing of food outbreaks
The Canadian Press reports that an international agreement between Canada and the US will allow public health officials on both sides of the border to trace outbreaks of foodborne pathogens like E. coli with greater ease from now on.
Electronic databases maintained by the Public Health Agency of Canada and the U.S. Centers for Disease
Evaluation of culture- and PCR-based detection methods for Escherichia coli O157:H7 in inoculated ground beef
This month’s Journal of Food Protection (Volume 68, Number 8, Page 1566-1574) reports that currently, several beef processors employ test-and-hold systems for increased quality control of ground beef.
In such programs, each lot of product must be tested and found negative for Escherichia coli O157:H7 prior to release of the product into commerce. Optimization of
Failed beef cooperative trying again to start plant
The Associated Press reports that An Upper Midwest ranchers co-op that failed at several attempts to start a beef processing plant is trying again, this time focusing on the “natural” market.
Cattle in the venture would have no added hormones and would be processed for a premium market, said Dwight Bassingthwaite of Sarles, president of
Fresh veggie exports to be tested
Asean Food News reports that Fresh vegetables from Thailand will be examined from now on to prevent contamination with micro organisms causing diarrhea before being exported to European Union members and Norway.
The move came after EU members and Norway suspended exports of some fresh vegetables from Thailand after finding contamination with E coli and