Salmonella Jouni Meats and Gab Halal Ground Beef Outbreak Sickens 22
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released its latest update on the Salmonella Typhimurium outbreak linked to ground beef produced by Jouni Meats, Inc. and Gab Halal Foods of...
View ArticleTexas E. coli Outbreak Linked to Ground Beef Served at Brazos County Restaurant
Health officials have linked a Texas E. coli outbreak to ground beef served at a Brazos County restaurant. The name of the restaurant has not been released, so we are asking our readers to send us...
View ArticleCDC: Don’t Eat Raw Ground Meat!
The CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report for this week focuses on the E. coli O157:H7 outbreak in December 2012 associated with seasonal consumption of raw ground beef. So-called “cannibal...
View ArticleLawyer Says Restaurant Responsible for E. coli O157 in Burger
At least 5 people in Michigan have been diagnosed with E. coli O157 after eating undercooked ground beef the last week of April. Three of them were hospitalized. The likely source of this outbreak is...
View ArticleMichigan E coli Outbreak: Undercooked Ground Beef is Risky
We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: don’t eat undercooked burgers. Every year in this country, E. coli infections cause about 265,000 illnesses and about 100 deaths. And the E. coli O157:H7...
View ArticleCDC Mum on Restaurants Linked to E.coli Outbreak
An E. coli outbreak linked to ground beef served at restaurants has sickened at least 11 people in four states, but in its first report on the investigation issued today, the Centers for Disease...
View ArticleGround Beef E.coli Recall: USDA Names Stores
A partial list of stores involved in the 1.8 million pound ground beef recall linked to an E.coli outbreak that has sickened at least 11 people in four states has been published by the U.S. Department...
View ArticleStudy Finds Non-O157 STEC Bacteria in U.S. Cattle
A study published in the Journal of Food Protection has found shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) bacteria in ground beef sold in the U.S. at the retail level. Cattle are reservoirs for E. coli O26,...
View ArticleLargest Multistate Food Poisoning Outbreak of 2014: #7
A four-state E. coli outbreak linked to ground beef produced by Wolverine Packing Co. of Detroit was the seventh-largest multistate food poisoning outbreak of 2014. Twelve people were sickened and six...
View ArticleToledo Was a Hub in the 2014 Wolverine Beef E. coli Outbreak
Toledo E. coli cases from Wolverine ground beef accounted for more than half of Ohio’s confirmed illnesses in the 2014 outbreak that also hit Michigan and other states. The Toledo-Lucas County Health...
View ArticleE. coli O157:H7 in Ground Beef Likely Source of Outbreak in CT, MA, PA and WV
An outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 infections has been linked to ground beef produced by Adams Farm Slaughterhouse in Athol, Massachusetts, according to the CDC. To date, there are seven confirmed case...
View ArticleHistory of E. coli Outbreaks Linked to Ground Beef
E. coli outbreaks have a long history in the United States. This pathogen is typically associated with beef; in fact, a 2015 study conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the...
View ArticleIs Ground Beef the Kentucky E. coli O103 Outbreak Culprit?
The E. coli O103 outbreak in Kentucky is rare because this pathogen doesn’t cause many illnesses in the United States. But at least 46 people in Kentucky and more in four other states are sick; and...
View ArticleGround Beef E. coli O103 Outbreak: Now 156 Sick in 10 States
The ground beef E. coli O103 outbreak has now sickened at least 156 people in 10 states. according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Twenty people are hospitalized because they...
View ArticlePritzker Hageman Files First Lawsuit in Ground Beef E. coli O103 Outbreak
Pritzker Hageman has filed the first lawsuit today in the E. coli O103 outbreak linked to ground beef. The lawsuit, case number 6:19-cv-00106-REW, is against K2D, a company that produces ground beef...
View ArticleGround Beef E. coli O103 Outbreak Sickens 177 in 10 States
The ground beef E. coli O103 outbreak has now sickened 177 people in 10 states, with 21 hospitalized, according to the latest update provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)....
View ArticleGround Beef E. coli 0103 Outbreak Ends With 209 Sick
The ground beef E. coli O103 outbreak has ended with 209 people sick in 10 states and 29 hospitalized, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Two people developed hemolytic...
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