The Abilene-Taylor County Public Health District is investigating three reported cases of E. coli that have been reported in December.
All three ill individuals had eaten at a buffet before they became ill. A health district spokesman told the Reporter-News that the three illnesses were not considered an E. coli outbreak, and that the investigation
The owners of Dee Creek Farm, who operated a cow share program that last December was the source of an E. coli outbreak that sickened 18 people in Washington and Oregon in December of 2005, say they will begin selling raw milk again this summer.
Dee Creek Farm faces an $8,000 fine from the Washington
William Marler, a food safety advocate and attorney who is representing 10 victims of an E. coli outbreak at several Taco John’s locations in Iowa and Minnesota, called today on Taco John’s to pay the medical bills of all individuals who became ill with E. coli infections as part of the outbreak.
“We know that
The Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition has published a fact sheet, titled, "Questions and Answers: Taco Bell E. coli O157:H7 Outbreak."
Q. Does FDA know what caused the E. coli O157:H7 infections linked to some Taco Bell Restaurants in several Northeastern states?
A: Shredded Iceberg lettuce has been implicated
Bix Produce, the company that the Minnesota Department of Health has identified as the supplier of E. coli-contaminated lettuce to Taco John’s restaurants in Minnesota and Iowa, announced that it will implement new measures to ensure produce safety.
The Minneapolis Star-Tribune reports that Bix is hiring a longtime crisis management spokesman and trying to
The Chelan-Douglas Health District has issued a press release regarding an E. coli outbreak that sickened a at least six people, one adult and five children, in the Chelan and Manson areas around Thanksgiving.
The Seattle Times and the Associated Press are both reporting that at least one child is hospitalized at Seattle Children’s Hospital
In a reminder to physicians treating potential victims of E. coli poisoning, the CDC is warning doctors not to prescribe antibiotics for individuals who exhibit symptoms of E. coli infections.
Some doctors still prescribe antibiotics because they are unaware of the advice, misdiagnose the still-rare E. coli O157:H7 or don’t find the relationship between antibiotics
The FDA and CDC E. coli outbreak investigation into illnesses at Taco Bell restaurants in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware took a turn this week, when health officials determined that green onions were not the source of the outbreak.
Investigators from the CDC and FDA announced that the likely source of the outbreak
An E. coli outbreak that had been traced to a Taco John’s restaurant in Cedar Falls, Iowa, has also been potentially linked to an outbreak in Albert Lea, Minnesota.
Minnesota officials announced that they were investigating an apparent outbreak of E. coli infections tied to a Taco John’s restaurant in Albert Lea, which is just
The Seattle law firm Marler Clark filed its second lawsuit in the Taco Bell E. coli outbreak. The lawsuit named Yum! Brands, the parent company of Taco Bell and Ready Pac Produce Inc., the company that packaged and distributed fresh produce to Taco Bell restaurants.
According to the suit, Jared Keller, a Utica, New York