The Food Safety and Inspection Service announced today that Interstate Meat Dist., Inc., of Clackamas, Oregon, was recalling 41,305 pounds of ground beef products for potential E. coli O157:H7 contamination. The recall was announced after at least eight people in Oregon and Washington became ill with E. coli infections after eating the ground beef products.
$5.5 million to go toward E. coli research
Yesterday, the USDA announced that it has awarded $5.5 million to researchers who are working to determine the risk factors and prevention measures for E. coli O157:H7 contamination in fresh produce.
USDA’s Agricultural Research Service and Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service are providing the funding to ARS researcher Rob Mandrell and his collaborators
E. coli cases up: Reporter looks at 10-year history of E. coli in ground beef
A lot has happened since the largest ground beef recall in U.S. history, including a significant decline in E. coli contamination and illnesses. Since 1996, E. coli cases have trended downward, but in 2004 and 2006, E. coli cases are back up.
In April, the United States Department of Agriculture began testing beef trimmings –
Colorado E. coli outbreak investigation focuses on daycare, water sources
Health officials in Colorado are investigating an E. coli outbreak among children in Eagle County. Several cases have been confirmed in children under 5. The county is focusing on swimming pools and child-care centers in its investigation.
In the summer of 1998, 26 children became ill from E. coli O157:H7 contracted while playing in the
E. coli and the county fair
A 2003 study on the prevalence of E. coli O157:H7 in livestock at 29 county and 3 large state agricultural fairs in the United States found that E. coli O157:H7 could be isolated from 13.8 percent of beef cattle, 5.9 percent of dairy cattle, 3.6 percent of pigs, 5.2 percent of sheep, and 2.8 percent
Anniversary of an outbreak
Tomorrow marks one year since E. coli-contaminated spinach was harvested from a field in California’s Salinas Valley. One month from today will mark a year from the date US health officials – the Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control – confirmed that that spinach was the source of a nationwide E. coli
E. coli cases in Georgia
Health officials in Glynn County, Georgia have confirmed that they are investigating three E. coli cases. So far this year, 15 E. coli cases have been reported in Georgia, including the three cases under investigation. All three of the Glynn County cases involve adults – one who remains hospitalized, and who who were hospitalized, but
Children die in Canada, Japan, after suffering E. coli infections
A two-year-old Canadian boy and three-year-old Japanese girl died recently after becoming ill with E. coli infections and hemolytic uremic syndrome. The source of each child’s illness is being investigated by public health officials.
The Canadian child became ill in June, and died just days after being hospitalized. He was not part of an outbreak
E. coli/Crohn’s Link Discovered
Researchers at Cornell University have conducted research that indicates Crohn’s Disease can be caused by unpathogenic E. coli. Crohn’s disease is an inflammatory intestinal disorder that affects one in 1,000 people in Europe and North America.
A team of Cornell University scientists from the College of Veterinary Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College and the
Raw milk risks
Despite evidence that raw or unpasteurized milk carries health risks, growing numbers of consumers are skirting laws prohibiting the sale of unpasteurized milk through creative solutions called "cow sharing." In theory, the practice allows them to buy part of an animal and then, as a co-owner, acquire and drink its raw milk.
But some states