In a recent opinion piece in the Salt Lake Tribune, Hope Ferdowsian of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine writes about the source of E. coli contamination in fresh produce.
She points out that, "While news coverage has focused on the contamination of spinach and lettuce, not enough attention has been paid to one key
The San Francisco Gate reports that the strain of E. coli O157:H7 isolated from case-patients and bags of spinach during the most recent E. coli outbreak is more virulent than other strains of E. coli O157:H7.
Health officials are working to determine why this particular strain seems to have caused a more severe illness in
The Mexican government has said it will lift its weeks-old ban on lettuce imports from California.
The decision comes after the US Department of Agriculture reported that its tests on California-grown lettuce and the irrigation water used on the state’s lettuce fields for the E. coli bacteria had come back negative, according to the CalTrade
Mea Andrews, a reporter for the Missoulian, recapped an E. coli O157:H7 outbreak that occurred in Missoula, Montana, in 1995 in a recent article.
The culprit was never fully pinned down, but it was most likely leaf lettuce. In fact, the Missoula cases were believed to be the first reported community outbreak of E. coli
The Associated Press reports that there are four confirmed cases of E. coli O157:H7 traced to contaminated spinach in Illinois.
A spokeswoman for the Illinois Department of Public Health says the woman was reported to be mildly ill. Spinach from her household tested positive for the strain of E-coli linked to the national outbreak that
From and earlier AP story:
Washington: Fresh spinach is safe to eat in the United States because all E coli-tainted spinach has been recalled, the US Food and Drug Administration said on Friday.
California’s food industry needs to address the issue and tougher regulations may be needed, said the FDA’s Dr David Acheson.
An article in The Oklahoman reports how E. coli O157:H7 infection and its complication, HUS can affect families.
All but one member of the Schulz family became ill with E. coli. Two-year-old Eliza is still hospitalized at Children’s Hospital at the Oklahoma University Medical Center, undergoing kidney dialysis.
Eliza’s parents believe their family is part
Natural Selections, the company whose produce was tied to a deadly E. coli outbreak in August and September, has laid off 164 workers, according to a story in the Monterey Herald.
The layoffs included 48 year-round employees, including eight sales people and 40 processing plant workers. The company still will have 1,012 employees and remains
Jeff LeJeune, a microbiologist with Ohio State University’s Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, is leading a new research project aimed at determining the processes that impact growth and survival of E. coli O157 (the strain involved in the spinach outbreak) on and in vegetables.
LeJeune hope that he will be able to develop practical
Fox 28 out of South Bend, Indiana reported today that spinach processor ReadyPac, from nearby Michiana, will likely lay off over 200 workers who bag produce like spinach, lettuce and mixed salads.
More proof that this outbreak didn’t just impact spinach growers from the Salinas Valley comes from a report in the Orlando Sentinel, which