The South Wales E. coli outbreak that spread quickly through the Welsh school system may have spread to a retirement home.
A worker at the home may have contracted the illness. He has been told to stay away.
The elderly who are at the home are being tested.
Glenboi Primary, the first school shut down
Fair leaders take zoo precautions
University of North Carolina news reports that this year, the North Carolina State Fair will be enforcing stricter hygiene standards at its petting zoo to avoid last year’s outbreak of E. coli, which affected 108 visitors.
Last year, people were permitted to walk into the animals’ pens, which brought children into contact with animal bedding
Just how safe are pre-washed packaged salads?
University of Georgia News reports that questions are being asked about the safety of bagged salads, even though the popular mixtures are pre-washed.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the produce industry say prewashed salads can be eaten without further washing.
However, food-safety researchers who purposely contaminated lettuce in lab tests didn’t find washing,
Bagged “Pre-Washed” Lettuce: Is Convenience Worth the Risk?
At least 23 Minnesotans have become ill with E. coli O157:H7 infections after eating bagged, pre-washed lettuce. At least 245,000 bags of lettuce were recalled for potential E. coli contamination nationwide, and some of the recalled lettuce was found to be contaminated with the same E. coli that sickened the 23 Minnesotans. E. coli attorney William Marler asks, “Is the convenience worth the risk?” What more needs to be done to prevent future outbreaks?
(PRWEB) October 10, 2005 — With at least 23 people in Minnesota sickened with the deadly E. coli O157:H7 bacterium, 8 of them hospitalized, and 1 child developing acute kidney failure, all from apparently eating bagged, “pre-washed” lettuce, one needs to ask if the convenience is worth the risk? According to the FDA, more than 245,000 bags of lettuce might be affected nationwide. An alert and recall has been launched. Some of the recalled lettuce has been found to be contaminated with the same E. coli that has sickened the 23 Minnesotans. Is the convenience worth the risk? What more needs to be done?Continue Reading Bagged “Pre-Washed” Lettuce: Is Convenience Worth the Risk?
Review of e.coli death after parents complain
icWales reports that the parents of Mason Jones, the five-year-old who died after contracting E. coli, are claiming that doctors failed to act quickly enough to save their son.
Both he and his older brother, Chandler, both caught the bug as it swept though schools in the south Wales valleys.
Mason had originally been sent
Health department adds another brand of apple cider to warning list
Residents in Durham, Ontario, are being warned not to consume unpasteurized apple products from a second local farm, after three cases of E. coli that may be linked to the beverage.
Apple or apple pear cider from both Watson Farms and Tyrone Mills purchased within the last two weeks may be contaminated with the bacteria.
Bellevue E. coli cases reported
The Seattle Times reports that James Apa, spokesman for Public Health in Seattle & King County, says the outbreak of E. coli that sickened patients in a Bellevue nursing home has ended.
Four of the 14 tested positive for the strain of E. coli implicated in the outbreak. One woman died, but did not test
Health officials investigate E.coli cases
KING5.com reports that Fourteen people have become ill at Robinswood Pointe Assisted Living in Bellevue, Washington.
One of the residents has died.
Four people who became ill have tested positive for E.coli.
So far this year, 32 cases of E.coli have been reported to the state, which is consistent with the average number of
14 Sickened At Bellevue Nursing Home
KOMO News reports that more than a dozen people at a nursing home in Bellevue, Washington have become sick, and at least four have been confirmed with cases of E. coli.
The King County Health Department has reported that 14 people at Robinswood Pointe Assisted Living Center had gastrointestinal illness that may be from
Bagged “Pre-washed” Lettuce — Is Convenience Worth the Risk?
With at least 23 people in Minnesota sickened with the deadly E. coli O157:H7 bacteria, 8 of them hospitalized and 1 child developing acute kidney failure, all from apparently eating bagged, “pre-washed” lettuce, one needs to ask if the convenience is worth the risk? According to the FDA, more that 245,000 bags of lettuce might