August 28th, 2008 laurie
Oklahoma health officials are confirming that E. coli bacteria has been found in 10 patients. Laboratory specimens will be sent to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for further analysis, the Associated Press reports.
Health officials say many who became sick ate at the Country Cottage restaurant in Locust Grove but the restaurant […]
August 27th, 2008 laurie
38 people have been hospitalized in the Oklahoma E. coli outbreak, the state health department reported on Tuesday. One person has died from the illness, 26-year-old Chad Ingle of Pryor.
KJRH News reports that health officials are still trying to identify the source of the illness, and whether it’s related to E. coli bacteria. They have […]
August 25th, 2008 laurie
The Oklahoma Health Department is investigating whether E. coli is responsible for killing one person and making dozens of others sick, KJRH News reports. A spokesperson with St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa says doctors are treating 12 patients suspected of E. coli poisoning. The Oklahoma State Department of Health reports at least 14 cases have […]
August 13th, 2008 laurie
Renna’s Meat Market, a Fresno, Calif., firm is recalling approximately 780 pounds of ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced today.
The following products are subject to recall:
– Various sizes of ground beef products bearing the establishment number “EST. 27365″ […]
August 11th, 2008 laurie
Friday night, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced that Nebraska Beef of Omaha was recalling 1.2 million more pounds of beef, including primal cuts, subprimal cuts and boxed beef, for E. coli O157:H7. These beef products were produced on June 17, June 24 and July 8, 2008. The shipping […]
August 7th, 2008 amy
S&S Foods LLC., an Azusa, CA firm, is recalling approximately 153,630 pounds of frozen ground beef products because they may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7.
The recall includes 30-pound boxes of “742798 MFST, 100% GROUND BEEF BULK, 80/20, 1LB. BRICK These boxes of frozen ground beef products bear the establishment number “EST. 20375” inside the […]
August 4th, 2008 amy
After three more campers showed signs of being infected with E. coli bacteria, Virginia Boy Scout officials temporarily closed the Goshen Scout Reservation. The camp canceled its sixth and final week of summer activities and will remain shut “until further notice” as the source of the E. coli infections is investigated, Alan Lambert, Scout executive […]
July 25th, 2008 amy
Soon after the Nebraska Beef E. coli outbreak spread to Utah, the York News-Times reported that two new e. coli cases have been confirmed in Nebraska. The Associated Press reports that Nebraska’s health department has received reports of more people with similar symptoms.
Marla Augustine of the state Department of Health and Human Services […]
July 24th, 2008 amy
Beef Packers, Inc., a Fresno, California, firm, is recalling approximately 1,560 pounds of beef cheek products because they may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced today.
The following products are subject to recall:
30-pound boxes of “CARGILL MEAT SOLUTIONS CORPORATION, BEEF CHEEK MEAT – SM BX.”
These […]
July 23rd, 2008 amy
After four E. coli illnesses attributable to raw milk, Town Farm Dairy has stopped producing and selling milk and milk products indefinitely, the Hartford Courant reports. Deputy First Selectman John Hampton said the four people fell ill in the past few days and a couple of them were hospitalized. The one thing the four had […]
