Regarding the recent outbreak of E. coli infection from lettuce, the following data on outbreaks of E. coli infection are abstracted from GideonOnline:
A 2-year old girl is now dead, and health department officials said she tested posted for E. coli bacteria, reports WTOV9’s Amy Post.
Officials at the Guernsey County Health Department said four family members from Cambridge all were ill with the bacteria. They said people should not be overly concerned about the bacteria, because it
Food safety experts are meeting in Dublin, Ireland this week to discuss international standards they hope will cut back on the rising number of infections caused by the deadly enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli bacteria.
Representatives from UN bodies and member countries that make up the Codex Alimentarius committee on food hygiene are considering the need for
The Winnipeg Regional Health Authority announced Friday that more than half of the 40 E. coli cases in the region in August had been traced back to the Dutch Meat Market in St. Boniface. The Winnipeg butcher shop is considering legal action against the farm or slaughterhouse that supplied it with contaminated meat.
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Lanie Smith, the 4-year-old Fallon girl who was stricken with hemolytic uremic syndrome following an infection in June, has been released from the hospital, according to reporter Viktoria Pearson.
During the time Lanie was in Oakland fighting for her life with failing kidneys, a tragedy in Fallon took place where a young boy lost his
Winnipeg health authorities said that meat contaminated with E. coli had been traced to the Dutch Meat Market in St. Boniface, where restaurants purchased meat.
While the Dutch Meat Market and several burger restaurants that purchased their meat from the butcher have now been given a clean bill of health from authorities, George’s Burgers and
The Hamilton County Health Department and the United States Department of Agriculture are working to trace back the source of an E. coli outbreak that sickened at least eight people near Chattanooga. HCHD confirmed eight cases of E. coli O157:H7 after a July outbreak. Seven of the people who were ill with E. coli infections