The Associated Press reports that there are four confirmed cases of E. coli O157:H7 traced to contaminated spinach in Illinois.
A spokeswoman for the Illinois Department of Public Health says the woman was reported to be mildly ill. Spinach from her household tested positive for the strain of E-coli linked to the national outbreak that
From and earlier AP story:
Washington: Fresh spinach is safe to eat in the United States because all E coli-tainted spinach has been recalled, the US Food and Drug Administration said on Friday.
California’s food industry needs to address the issue and tougher regulations may be needed, said the FDA’s Dr David Acheson.
An article in The Oklahoman reports how E. coli O157:H7 infection and its complication, HUS can affect families.
All but one member of the Schulz family became ill with E. coli. Two-year-old Eliza is still hospitalized at Children’s Hospital at the Oklahoma University Medical Center, undergoing kidney dialysis.
Eliza’s parents believe their family is part
Natural Selections, the company whose produce was tied to a deadly E. coli outbreak in August and September, has laid off 164 workers, according to a story in the Monterey Herald.
The layoffs included 48 year-round employees, including eight sales people and 40 processing plant workers. The company still will have 1,012 employees and remains
Jeff LeJeune, a microbiologist with Ohio State University’s Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, is leading a new research project aimed at determining the processes that impact growth and survival of E. coli O157 (the strain involved in the spinach outbreak) on and in vegetables.
LeJeune hope that he will be able to develop practical
Fox 28 out of South Bend, Indiana reported today that spinach processor ReadyPac, from nearby Michiana, will likely lay off over 200 workers who bag produce like spinach, lettuce and mixed salads.
More proof that this outbreak didn’t just impact spinach growers from the Salinas Valley comes from a report in the Orlando Sentinel, which
The Lincoln Journal-Star reports that a small child from Lincoln has been ill with an E. coli O157:H7 infection since the 4th of July.
Children can suffer various ailments when they become ill with E. coli. One of the worst conditions, hemolytic uremic syndrome, is a debilitating complication of E. coli O157:H7 infection that
A team of scientists from UC Davis will begin a four-year study of the sources of E. coli O157:H7 contamination in the Salinas Valley before the end of the yar, according to an univeristy press release. The USDA and UC Davis have been planning the study, which is funded with a $1.2 million grant from
The Produce News reports that the health department of the government of Mexico, in an official memorandum dated Oct. 9, announced an immediate halt on the importation of all fresh lettuce from the United States including bulk lettuce and fresh salads containing lettuce, an action that baffled many in the U.S. produce industry.
The memo
Washington State legislators are looking into the possibility of banning raw milk.
However, some worry that banning raw milk altogether and making the sale of raw milk illegal will move sales of unpasteurized milk to an underground sales ring, where there would be no regulation and a greater risk of illness.