Topps Meat Company, the company whose ground beef products were identified as the source of an E. coli outbreak and recalled over 21 million pounds of ground beef in recent weeks, closed today. It is closing its business six days after it was forced to issue the second-largest beef recall in U.S. history and 67
Two E. coli cases identified in Grayson County, KY
Two E. coli cases have been reported in Grayson County, Kentucky, according to the Grayson County News-Gazette.
Public health officials have not indicated that the cases are related to the Topps meat recall and E. coli outbreak or to the E. coli outbreak among children attending an Indiana school.
One of the cases being reported
Seattle-area family ill with E. coli
Public health officials and health care providers are trying to determine where a Seattle-area family picked up E. coli, but have not yet come up with any answers.
First, 16-month-old Adelido started to show symptoms of E. coli two weekends ago, according to KING 5 News. Then, 3-year-old Carlitos became ill a few days
7 hospitalized with E. coli in Indiana
The number of E. coli infections tied to Galena Elementary School in Floyd County, Indiana, has risen to ten.
Among the ten sickened, seven have been hospitalized with hemolytic uremic syndrome in Louisville, Kentucky. Three of the cases are not students.
Seven children have been hospitalized for E. coli infections, but Kosair Children’s Hospital says
Topps E. coli-tainted hamburger recall tops 21,700,000 pounds
Topps Meat Company LLC, of Elizabeth, NJ, has voluntarily expanded its recall announced on September 25 to include 21.7 million pounds of ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7. This represents all products produced by Topps with a "sell by date" or "best if used by date" that falls between
E. coli cases up to 21 in Topps outbreak
A Topps Meats, of Elizabeth, New Jersey press release reported that at least 21 people in eight states could be part of an E. coli outbreak that has been traced back to consumption of ground beef products produced by their company. The CDC has confirmed three cases linked to Topps, and is waiting on lab
Illinois child with E. coli infection hospitalized with HUS
A six-year-old first grade student at Galena Elementary School in Indiana has been hospitalized with kidney failure after she developed hemolytic uremic syndrome following an E. coli infection, according to WLKY news.
The child is one of six students at the school who have been confirmed as suffering E. coli infections, with five cases unconfirmed
E. coli outbreak one year later
USA Today featured a detailed timeline of last year’s spinach outbreak – from the first death to the discovery that spinach was the source of the outbreak to the fifth death and how the spinach industry and federal investigators and regulators responded during the crises and beyond.
Marler Clark client Jillian Kohl stated in the
Kindergarteners hospitalized with E. coli
Health officials in Russelville, Kentucky warn that two kindergarten students have been diagnosed with E. coli infections. It is unclear how the students became infected with E. coli, but an investigation is underway and the school sent letters home with students last week to notify parents about the girls’ illness, according to The News-Democrat
Ninth E. coli case reported in beef recall
Yesterday, an Idaho woman was added to the list of people who became ill with E. coli O157:H7 infections after eating ground beef produced by a Clackamas, Oregon meat producer and consumers were warned to check their freezers for potentially contaminated ground beef products. Illnesses associated with the outbreak have been reported in Idaho, Oregon