E. coli Blog
"Surveillance and analysis on E. coli news and outbreaks."
Author: Marler Clark is a Seattle law firm that also authors Cryptosporidium Blog, Marler Blog, Food Poison Blog, Campylobacter Blog, Hepatitis Blog, Listeria Blog, Norovirus Blog Salmonella Blog and Shigella Blog.
Blawg Related Categories: Consumer Law • Health Law • Tort Law • Injury & Accident Law • Product Liability Law • Law Firm
Recent Posts from E. coli Blog
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Fairbank Farms Sickens at Least Four in Maine
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…
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Fairbury Steaks, Inc. Recalls Ground Beef
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…
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Second Lincoln parent files suit in E. coli contamination
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.…
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New York Times - Fairbanks Farms did not test trim for E. coli?
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…
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CDC reports outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 Infections Associated with Beef from Fairbank Farms
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…
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E. coli O157:H7 Hamburger Outbreak Expands to New Hampshire and Ten other States - What the Hell is up?
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…
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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
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.…
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E. coli O157:H7 Linked to Wendy's Salads in Fredericton, New Brunswick Canada - So, where did the lettuce come from?
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…
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Elton John has E. coli?
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…
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E. coli O157:H7 outbreak linked to hamburger reported at Camp Bournedale in Plymouth Massachusetts
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…