The parents of Abigail Hayse, 6, and her brother, Bryce, 3, have filed a lawsuit in the Hillsborough Circuit Court against AgVenture Farm Shows and the Florida State Fair.
The lawsuit, the Tribune says, claims that the children caught a near-fatal strain of E. coli from petting animals at the Fair, and that Agventure and
E.coli parents launch help group
A support group is being launched in Cardiff by and for parents whose children were affected by the south Wales E.coli outbreak, according to BBC News.
Parents involved in the group hope it will help keep pressure on the authorities investigating the outbreak and provide support for those affected, as well as provide a place
Bill would give state tool to regulate dairies
An editorial posted on the Daily News website supports two bills proposed by senators to strengthen state regulatory authority over the distribution of raw milk.
In addition to expanding the Washington Department of Agriculture’s authority to investigate dairies and regulate sales of raw milk, the measure provides stiff penalties for health violations. The state could
Last young E.coli victim is released from hospital
Eighteen people in two states got sick after drinking milk contaminated with E. coli from Dee Creek Farm, 13 of them children. The last child hospitalized with E. coli has finally gone home.
Dr. Justin Denney, Clark County’s health officer, said that it’s still too soon to tell if the children will have long-term health
Legislature: Raw milk focus of ardent debate
An article in The Columbian reports that the bills proposed in both the House and Senate would prohibit unlicensed dairies from distributing unpasteurized milk by selling shares in a milk cow, goat or sheep in return for a portion of the milk produced.
The bills would also give state inspectors access to unlicensed dairies suspected
Slugs may spread E. coli to vegetables
A Scottish study suggests slugs have the potential to transmit E. coli to vegetables.
Farm animals have been previously identified as major reservoirs of E. coli by passing it through manure that is then used to fertilize crops. Slugs are widespread agricultural pests that continuously ingest bacteria from the soil and their environment.
Laboratory testing
Udderly Creamed: The St. Louis Department of Health sours on the sale of raw milk
Living Springs Ranch owner Dan West had been selling raw milk at the GreenMarket in St Louis, which in the winter is open the first and third Saturday of the month.
However, West has been told by the St. Louis Department of Health that selling raw milk is not only a violation of a city
Final Investigation Summary of Dee Creek Farm
The Washington State Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety Program has sent out a final report of their field investigation into Dee Creek Farm, after an E. coli outbreak sickened 18 people.
Lab testing confirmed that the E.coli O157:H7 that sickened people did originate from Dee Creek Farm, who illegally sold raw milk without required WSDA
E. coli is from Dee Creek, state confirms
State investigators have conclusively linked Woodland’s Dee Creek Farm to the December E. coli outbreak that sickened 18 people, according to the Daily News.
Investigators found E. coli bacteria in seven of the 57 samples taken at the unlicensed dairy, both in the unpasteurized, or raw milk, and in the mud and muck in and
Small raw milk dairies fear cost of licensing
Curt Woodward, writer for the Associated Press, reports that two bills that force small dairies that participate in “cow-share” programs to be licensed and inspected were spurred by an E. coli outbreak last month, in which raw milk from an unlicensed small dairy in Cowlitz County was linked to illnesses in 18 people in Washington