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Possible Foodborne Illness Link to Urinary Tract Infections?

Posted on December 16, 2009
E. coli bacteria in food -- commonly linked to food poisoning and the stomach pain and diarrhea that result -- might also be the cause of some urinary tract infections. Researchers have found the same strains of the bacteria in chicken from stores and restaurants and in women with the infections...

Parents Food Safety Guide for E. coli

Posted on December 13, 2009
Click on image above to download Safety Guide. E. coli – www.about-ecoli.com Escherichia coli (E. coli) are members of a large group of bacterial germs that inhabit the intestinal tract of humans and other warm-blooded animals (mammals, birds)...

E. coli Lawsuit Filed Against Cargill

Posted on December 07, 2009
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Cargill E. coli O157:H7 in the News

Posted on December 07, 2009
Here is one of the most read articles on the web: Woman's Shattered Life Shows Ground Beef Inspection Flaws It was a busy week for Cargill in the news last week: Cold Spring E. coli survivor sues Cargill for $100M Family of E. coli victim sues Cargill for $100 million Minn...

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Senator Gillibrand pushes for testing of E. Coli in ground beef

Posted on November 29, 2009
According to U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, recent U.S. Dept. of Agriculture reports indicate nearly one in 300 samples of ground beef contains E. coli. Contaminated food kills 5,700 Americans each year and the nation's food safety laws have not been overhauled in a century, she adds...

Second E. coli Lawsuit Filed Against Fairbank Farms in Maine

Posted on November 26, 2009
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Outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 Infections Associated with Beef from Fairbank Farms

Posted on November 26, 2009
Several state health departments, CDC, and the United States Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA-FSIS) are investigating a multi-state outbreak of Escherichia coli O157:H7 infections. On October 31, 2009, FSIS issued a notice about a recall of approximately 545,699 pounds of ground beef products from Fairbank Farms that may be contaminated with E...

Fairbank Farms Sickens at Least Four in Maine

Posted on November 18, 2009
According to AP, Maine officials are reminding consumers to check their freezers for recalled ground beef after four people were hospitalized for E. coli poisoning. Last month, Fairbank Farms of Ashville, N.Y., recalled almost 546,000 pounds of fresh ground beef that had been distributed in September to stores from North Carolina to Maine...

Fairbury Steaks, Inc. Recalls Ground Beef

Posted on November 17, 2009
Fairbury Steaks, Inc. a Fairbury, Neb., establishment, is recalling approximately 90 pounds of fresh ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today...

Second Lincoln parent files suit in E. coli contamination

Posted on November 14, 2009
A second Lincoln family is suing a Massachusetts business that is accused of supplying burger meat tainted with E. coli bacteria during a Lincoln Middle School trip after which several students and staff became sick. Lincoln resident Barry Santos is the plaintiff on behalf of his daughter Lynn Santos...

New York Times - Fairbanks Farms did not test trim for E. coli?

Posted on November 13, 2009
Michael Moss breaks yet another concerning E. coli story - "E. Coli Outbreak Traced to Company That Halted Testing of Ground Beef."  Apparently, Fairbank Farms purchased incoming trim to add to its hamburger and failed to test it for E...

CDC reports outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 Infections Associated with Beef from Fairbank Farms

Posted on November 10, 2009
California, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Vermont health departments, CDC, and the United States Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA-FSIS) are investigating a multi-state outbreak of Escherichia coli O157:H7 infections...

E. coli O157:H7 Hamburger Outbreak Expands to New Hampshire and Ten other States - What the Hell is up?

Posted on October 31, 2009
New Hampshire with two ill and one death, joins Maine, Massachusetts (at least three ill), Connecticut, Maryland, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia and likely Rhode Island (at least twenty ill) in a growing E. coli O157:H7 outbreak linked to over 546,000 pounds of hamburger produced by Fairbank Farms of New York and distributed via retail outlets including Trader Joe's, Price Chopper, Lancaster, Wild Harvest, Shaw's, BJ's, Ford Brothers, and Giant...

Fairbank Farms Issues Recall of E. coli O157:H7 Tainted Ground Beef from Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Virginia

Posted on October 31, 2009
From a Company Press Release: Fairbank Farms (USDA Establishment 492), a New York manufacturer of ground beef, has issued a voluntary recall for a specified line of fresh ground beef products sold in eight states. Approximately 545,699 pounds of fresh ground beef product produced between September 14 through September 16, 2009, may possibly be linked to E...

E. coli O157:H7 Linked to Wendy's Salads in Fredericton, New Brunswick Canada - So, where did the lettuce come from?

Posted on October 31, 2009
The Daily Gleaner of Fredericton, New Brunswick reported on yet another E. coli outbreak linked to salads prepared at a Wendy's. Public Health Services is following four confirmed cases of E. coli believed to be linked to people who ate at the Wendy's Restaurant on Prospect Street...

Elton John has E. coli?

Posted on October 30, 2009
Elton John has postponed two planned Seattle concerts with Billy Joel on the advice of his doctor, Live Nation announced today. The pop singer is suffering from "a serious case of E. coli bacterial infection and influenza," according to a written statement released by the concert promoter today...

E. coli O157:H7 outbreak linked to hamburger reported at Camp Bournedale in Plymouth Massachusetts

Posted on October 24, 2009
Rich Harbert of Gate House News Service reported that Rhode Island health officials said 15 students from Lincoln Middle School suffered diarrhea after a trip to Camp Bournedale in Cedarville last week.  Two of the students tested positive for E...

Lincoln, RI to Plymouth, MA To Pick Up Some E. coli

Posted on October 21, 2009
The Rhode Island Department of Health (HEALTH) was notified Monday of several sixth grade students from Lincoln Middle School with diarrheal illness. The students just returned from Camp Bournedale in nearby Plymouth, MA which they attended from  October 13th through 16th...

Texas Culebra Meat Market announces beef recall

Posted on October 21, 2009
Culebra Meat Market No. 1 announced Tuesday a recall of three beef cuts because of a possible E. coli contamination: beef asada, beef stew meat and ground beef. The beef was sold to area restaurants and to individual customers from Oct. 2 through Thursday and bears state inspection legend No...

Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome and Death in Persons with Escherichia coli O157:H7 Infection, Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network Sites, 2000-2006

Posted on October 17, 2009
Clinical Infectious Diseases 2009; 49:000–000 - Major Article L. Hannah Gould, 1, Linda Demma, 1, Timothy F. Jones, 3, Sharon Hurd, 4, Duc J. Vugia, 5, Kirk Smith, 6, Beletshachew Shiferaw, 7, Suzanne Segler, 2, Amanda Palmer, 8, Shelley Zansky, 9, Patricia M...

Canadian vaccine to combat E. coli and non-E. coli STECs that cause "hamburger disease"

Posted on October 17, 2009
Anne-Marie Hickey of the University of Saskatchewan's research communications office wrote an interesting article on the work of David Asper, a graduate student at the University of Saskatchewan. The veterinary microbiology student's work, soon to be published, is premised on the idea that humans can be protected from harmful bacteria by vaccinating cattle that are the source of the bacteria...

Ground Beef With E. Coli O157:H7 Recalled In CA

Posted on October 13, 2009
E. coli season is not over yet. Routine testing by the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) found possible contamination in ground beef at California's San Diego Meat Company. About 925 pounds of ground beef with possible contamination from E. coli O157:H7 has been recalled, FSIS said today...

Lack of Internalization of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in Lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) after Leaf Surface and Soil Inoculation

Posted on October 11, 2009
Authors: Zhang, Guodong1; Ma, Li2; Beuchat, Larry R.2; Erickson, Marilyn C.2; Phelan, Vanessa H.2; Doyle, Michael P.2 Source: Journal of Food Protection®, Volume 72, Number 10, October 2009 , pp. 2028-2037(10) Publisher: International Association for Food Protection Abstract: Survival and internalization characteristics of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in iceberg, romaine, and leaf lettuce after inoculation of leaf surfaces and soil were determined...

A Dancer's Struggle with E. coli 0157:H7 from a Hamburger

Posted on October 08, 2009
"I ask myself every day, ‘Why me?' and ‘Why from a hamburger?' Michael Moss does an amazing job of exposing the underbelly of how our meat is produced in the United States. E. coli O157:H7 is a deadly bacteria that nearly took Stephanie Smith's life...

Lot's of E. coli Found Down on the Godstone Farm Near Surrey

Posted on September 22, 2009
The UK's Veterinary Laboratories Agency (VLA) has tested feces from lambs, pigs, goats, cattle, ponies and rabbits at Godstone Farm near Surrey and found the dangerous E. coli O157:H7 strain in 33 of 102 samples. The Health Protection Agency (HPA) called in VLA...

A Petting Farm Sends Children To Hospitals Across South East England

Posted on September 13, 2009
South East England hospitals are caring for a dozen children with infections from the dangerous E. coli O157:H7 bacteria that they picked up at a popular petting farm near Surrey. All are under age 10. All totaled health officials in the United Kingdom (UK) say 36 people were exposed to the bacteria, which was traced to the Godstone Farm & Playbarn, which allows children to touch animals...

Appalachian Fair Possible Source of Eastern Tennessee E. Coli Illnesses

Posted on September 10, 2009
Eastern Tennessee's Appalachian Fair is the suspected source of the E. coli O157:H7 infections in two children. The Johnson City Medical Center is reporting that two children are being treated in the hospital with infections of the deadly bacteria. A week ago, doctors found four-year-old Gage Peterson has E...

Jane Majeska Vrs Dole, Natural Selection Foods, Mission Organics and Pic-n-Save

Posted on September 06, 2009
The 2006 outbreak of E. coli tied to spinach sickened more than 205 people nationwide, many gravely. More than 31 developed Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS) and five lost their lives. One of the most critically ill was Jane Majeska of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, an 85-year old woman whose fight to stay alive in the months after she consumed the Dole E...

Jane Majeska vs Dole, Natural Selection Foods, Mission Organics and Pic-n-Save

Posted on September 06, 2009
The 2006 outbreak of E. coli tied to spinach sickened more than 205 people nationwide, many gravely. More than 31 developed Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS) and five lost their lives. One of the most critically ill was Jane Majeska of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, an 85-year old woman whose fight to stay alive in the months after she consumed the Dole E...

The Washington Post Tells The Linda Rivera Story--Giving Context to Issue of Food Safety

Posted on September 01, 2009
"People just don't really understand how horrible food-borne illness is," said William Marler, a prominent Seattle-based food-safety lawyer who is representing the Rivera family and 23 other victims in the cookie dough outbreak. "They think food-borne illness is a tummy ache and diarrhea...

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