A lawsuit will be filed today against PM Beef Holdings, LLC and Lund Food Holdings, Inc., the producer and retailer who sold E. coli-contaminated ground beef traced to an outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 illnesses in Minnesota and Wisconsin residents in April, 2007.
The plaintiff in the lawsuit is Anne Herwig, a Minneapolis resident who
Lab tests have confirmed four cases of E. coli so far, and another nine cases are considered probable and are awaiting lab tests.
Officials say many of the sick people ate at the Captain’s Galley Restaurant prior to becoming ill.
The North Carolina Division of Public Health is conducting an investigation into the outbreak along
Senators have approved a three-bill package by Sen. Dean Florez, giving state health regulators power to set standards for growing and processing leafy produce, including spinach and lettuce, and to set up an inspection program with state agricultural officials.
Growers also would have to set up a system that meets state standards to quickly track
Four cases of E. coli infections have been identified by Arizona health officials as possibly linked to beef that a California meatpacking company recalled Monday.
The beef was processed by United Food Group LLC of Vernon, Ca. and shipped to retail distribution centers in Arizona, California, Colorado, Oregon and Utah. It was sold at Albertsons
United Food Group, LLC, a Vernon, California, establishment, is voluntarily expanding its recall of ground beef products because they may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced today.
The expanded recall totals approximately 370,000 pounds.
The ground beef products in the expanded recall were produced on April
The California State Senate became the first legislative body in the nation to recognize the unique risk posed by leafy greens when it approved Senate bills that enact food safety reforms.
Senate Bill 200 gives the Department of Health Services the authority to recall or destroy produce which may pose a threat to the public.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have announced that the incidence of E. coli O157:H7 infection traced to ground beef products had significantly declined. CDC attributed the decline to the implementation of a new set of recommendations from the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service in 2002 and the beef industry’s subsequent enhancement of
Dee Creek Farms, the Washington dairy that was the source of an E. coli O157:H7 outbreak among Washington and Oregon residents in 2005, has recently obtained a license to sell raw goats milk.
After the farm underwent renovations and constructed a milking area, the Washington Department of Agriculture granted Dee Creek Farms a license to
The number of confirmed cases linked to an E. coli outbreak in the Fresno area has increased by three to 11, according to an article in the Fresno Bee.
Samples are still being tested and additional positive results may be confirmed in the coming days, said Tim Casagrande, director of Fresno County’s environmental health services
Health officials have identified two additional people who tested positive for E. coli and may be part of the recent outbreak traced to private gatherings held in the Fresno area.
Investigators are tracking down everyone who attended three private parties where tainted food might have been served.
Officials need to know what the people ate