Ohio’s Franklin County Health Department tonight (6/4/08) is reporting that the death of a 52-year old Gahanna woman on May 27th was E. coli-related.
Ohio has had 12 confirmed cases of E. coli so far this year. There were 92 confirmed cases in 2007 and 160 the year before. But, officials say deaths have been
We’ve been reading through some of the written comments the United States Department of Agriculture received in conjunction with the big April meeting on E. coli 0157:H7.
We found a letter from Dr. Harry F. Hull, a pediatrician from St. Paul, most interesting. Dr. Hull’s career highlights includes stints as state epidemiologist for both Minnesota
E. coli O157:H7 was identified for the first time at the CDC in 1975, but it was not until seven years later, in 1982, that E. coli O157:H7 was conclusively determined to be a cause of enteric disease. Following outbreaks of foodborne illness that involved several cases of bloody diarrhea, E. coli O157:H7 was firmly
M.L. Johnson, writing in the Seattle Post Intelligencer, charts the rapid growth in Raw Milk dairies and she took time to speak with Bill Marler, the Seattle attorney representing children damaged by rural America’s money making scheme. She writes:
Seattle attorney Bill Marler is suing Organic Pastures, the nation’s largest organic raw milk dairy, on
Next week, the Food Safety & Inspection Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture is putting reducing the Incidence of E. coli O157:H7 in Raw Beef on the menu in meetings with its many stakeholders.
The public sessions will be held on Wednesday, April 9, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Thursday, April 10, from
We’ve been doing a lot of thinking about recalls lately. We know its not true, but by their combined 
actions, we sometimes cannot help but thinking the food industry and its regulators are in cahoots to drag out recalls and confuse the public.
When it became apparent that about one third of the 143 million
An isolated case in an isolated place where no one has had E coli in four years. However, 8-year old Evie Hope Wray of Theodosia, MO was a confirmed E coli case; one that evolved into Hemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS), And HUS killed Evie, who was a soccer and cat-loving second-grader at Lutie Elementary School.
The farm
The USDA’s Food Safety & Inspection Service is hosting a public meeting on April 9, 2008 titled: E. coli O157:H7 – Addressing the Challenges, Moving Forward With Solutions.
FSIS will sponsor the public meeting focused on E. coli O157:H7. "The purpose of the meeting is to have a discussion with stakeholders on recent spikes
Dr. Richard A. Raymond is Medical Doctor from Nebraska. Since July 2005, he has been Undersecretary for Food Safety at the United States Department of Agriculture. He was asked by the U.S. House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations why there’s been an uptick in e coli-related recalls.
Dr. Raymond listed several reasons why e coli
We think the use of such phrases as "tipping point" and "perfect storm" are often over-used. However, something may have happened this past week when comes to meaningful reform of the broken system for food safety.
After the cruel treatment of "downer" cows, the assault on the nation’s school lunch program, and the nation’s biggest
Seattle attorney Bill Marler is suing Organic Pastures, the nation’s largest organic raw milk dairy, on