Food Poison Blog

"Surveillance and analysis on food poison news and outbreaks."

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

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Recent Posts from Food Poison Blog

Updated list of retail stores who received E. coli O157:H7 contaminated ground beef
The CDC did not provide any updated statistics today about the number of people sickened in the ongoing E. coli O157:H7 outbreaks linked to ground beef (still 26 illness in 11 states, with 2 deaths…
Revised CDC statistics on ground beef E. coli O157:H7 outbreak
The CDC reports today that there are currently only 26 illnesses in 11 states that are linked to the Fairbank Farms E. coli O157:H7 ground beef outbreak and recall. This represents a reduction in the…
Where is the recalled ground beef?
The latest CDC summary on the ongoing E. coli O157:H7 outbreak linked to Fairbank Farms ground beef says that there are 28 confirmed cases in 12 states. The USDA-FSIS's latest outbreak summary, which is where you would…
E. coli O157:H7 in ground beef . . . yet again
Recently, certain sectors have argued that the incidence of E. coli O157:H7, and other shiga-toxin producing strains of E. coli, in ground beef has dropped precipitously, and that our food safety system is, as a result, working…
Lawsuits to be filed in E. coli O157:H7 outbreaks linked to ground beef
Tuesday morning, we will be filing lawsuits on behalf of the families of two children sickened in the ongoing, likely developing, outbreaks of E. coli O157:H7 linked to ground beef. The lawsuits will be filed…
Ground beef E. coli outbreak stretches from coast to coast
Earlier today, the CDC posted the following update on the E. coli O157:H7 ground beef outbreak and recall on its website: Several state health departments, CDC, and the United States Department of Agriculture's Food Safety…
Recalled ground beef distributed to Shaw's and Price Chopper stores in 8 states
FSIS today released the identities of retail stores that may have received E. coli O157:H7-contaminated ground beef involved in the current recall by Fairbank Farm. All Shaw's stores in Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Massachussets, and…
E. coli O157:H7 is the source of an estimated 73,000 illnesses, 2,000 hospitalizations, and 60 deaths in the United States every year
The bacterium was first identified by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in 1975, but was not conclusively determined to be a cause of enteric disease until 1982, following outbreaks of foodborne illness…
Trader Joe's, Price Chopper, Shaw's and BJ's Linked to Prior E. coli O157:H7 Outbreaks
Trader Joe's, Price Chopper, Lancaster, Wild Harvest, Shaw's, BJ's, Ford Brothers, and Giant stores have been linked to the recent recall of E. coli O157:H7-tainted hamburger produced by Fairbank Farms. Trader Joe's, Price Chopper, Shaw's…
Fairbank Farms linked to at least two prior hamburger recalls
October 31, 2009 - Fairbank Farms, an Ashville, NY, establishment, is recalling approximately 545,699 pounds of fresh ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety…