The New York State Health Department has issued a press release regarding its investigation into illnesses traced to Taco Bell restaurants.
State Health Commissioner Antonia C. Novello, M.D., M.P.H., Dr.P.H., today announced that the State Health Department is investigating 15 cases with laboratory evidence of a E. coli O157:H7 infection in New York State tied
The New Jersey Department of Health and Social Services issued a press release on December 6th regarding the E. coli O157:H7 outbreak traced to Taco Bell restaurants.
They are recommending that all Taco Bells in New Jersey receiving food from the McLane Foodservice, Inc. of Burlington discard all current food supplies and clean and sanitize
Newsweek’s Jessica Bennett recently interviewed Debra Hotzman, a food safety expert, about what people can do to prevent illness when dining out:
Q: "We often see children as the victims of food illness. Why are they so much more at risk?
A: Anybody can get a food-borne illness. But the people who are
An E. coli outbreak among patrons of New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania-area Taco Bell restaurants has been traced to E. coli-contminated green onions.
Taco Bell has pulled all green onions from restaurants nationwide and closed suburban Philadelphia Taco Bell stores after four E. coli cases were confirmed in Pennsylvania. The Taco Bell press release
William Marler, a nationally-recognized food safety advocate and attorney, today called on Taco Bell and its parent company, Yum! Brands, Inc., "to do the right thing and immediately pay the medical bills for the victims of this most recent E. coli O157:H7 outbreak traced Taco Bell restaurants in New York and New Jersey."
Marler noted
The New York Times reports that 35 people are ill with E. coli in New Jersey and Long Island.
At least five people are in the hospital, including two with hemolytic uremic syndrome, after eating at New Jersey-area Taco Bell restaurants. The E. coli outbreak has so far sickened at least 22 people, and has
An E. coli O157:H7 outbreak in New Jersey has sickened at least 19 people, most of whom reported eating at New Jersey Taco Bell restaurants in the days before they became ill with symptoms of E. coli infections.
The victims range in age from one to 23 years old. Seven remain hospitalized, two with hemolytic
Pounds of beef and E. coli O157 are joint products in the feedlot industry, according to the Impact Center E-Newsletter. "The level of E. coli naturally occurring in beef is not necessarily harmful," said Washington State University researcher Tom Marsh. "It is when these levels go up dramatically that an increased likelihood of an outbreak