Campylobacter Blog

"Surveillance and analysis on campylobacter news and outbreaks."

Author: Marler Clark is a Seattle law firm that also authors Cryptosporidium Blog, E. Coli Blog, Marler Blog, Food Poison Blog, Hepatitis Blog, Listeria Blog, Norovirus Blog, Salmonella Blog. and Shigella Blog.

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Recent Posts from Campylobacter Blog

CDC Says Alaska's Campylobacter Outbreak Was From Cranes Over Peas
Palmer, Alaska is located in the striking Matanuska Valley of Southcentral Alaska, between the Chugach and Talkeetna mountain ranges. Peas grow there in summer, the season when its possible to go out and watch the…
California's Latest Report On Campylobacter-Causing Raw Milk
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PA Lifts Hendricks Raw Milk Permit And Then Gives It Right Back
Only last week's Dow experienced more up and downs than Hendricks Farm & Dairy in Franconia, PA. On Sept. 12th, the state Department of Agriculture suspended the farm's raw milk permit and instructed the Hendricks…
Organic Pastures Hit With Quarantine Order - Campylobacter Bacteria With Your Cream?
We cannot resist saying it. Our friends at Organic Pastures have stepped into again. This just in from the State of California: Grade A raw cream produced by Organic Pastures of Fresno County –product with…
UK Newspaper Publishes Weekly Diary Of Woman With Campylobacter
The Sheffield Telegraph in the United Kingdom introduces it every week this way; Helen Miller, of South Anston, is waiting for a lung transplant and is keeping a weekly diary to support The Star's…
Pricey And Organic Stores Are Still Dangerous
When an upper crust food chain like Whole Foods finds itself down in the muck with the likes of Nebraska Beef, its going to get noticed. And there's been plenty of attention to Whole Foods…
What is Campylobacter?
Campylobacter jejuni (pronounced “camp-e-low-back-ter j-june-eye") is a bacterium that was first recognized as a cause of human gastrointestinal illness in 1975. Since that time, the bacterium has been identified as the most common cause of…
Wide geographical distribution of internationally rare Campylobacter clones within New Zealand
Cambridge University Press has published online in its Cambridge Journals an interesting article titled: "Wide geographical distribution of internationally rate Campylobacter clones within New Zealand." From the summary: During the southern hemisphere winter of 2006…
Australia Struggling To Control Campylobacter
Campylobacter is the most common cause of food poisoning down under and is on the increase, with nearly 18,000 cases confirmed in Australia in 2007 (14,750 in 2002). This year, there have nearly been 8,000…
Campylobacter Is Becoming Resistant To Antibiotics, University of Arkansas Study Finds
When we think of Arkansas, we do think of chickens. That's why we were not surprised to see the University of Arkansas doing some major research focusing on chickens, Campylobacter jejuni, a pathogen found in…