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Tracking an Outbreak

Valley Meat E coli

Pritzker Olsen, P.A. is a national law firm with years of experience with E coli cases. If you have been sickened in the Valley Meat E coli outbreak, you deserve compensation for your medical expenses and other damages. We have…

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Investigation of Minnesota E. coli O157 Outbreak Linked to Hartmann Farm in Gibbon, MN

A Minnesota child is suffering from hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) caused by an E. coli O157:H7 infection.  Minnesota health officials believe the source of the E. coli was raw milk from the Hartmann dairy farm in…

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E. coli O111 Outbreak In Colorado Prison

ecoli bacteriaTwo recent outbreaks of E. coli O111 and E. coli O145 have drawn attention to these two lesser-known but equally harmful types of E. coli. The “E.coli” with which most people are familiar is E. coli O157:H7.…

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Officials Warn of Michigan E. coli Outbreak

An epidemiological investigation is under way in Washtenaw County, Michigan, where at least 10 people have been sickened by an apparent outbreak of E. coli.

Officials say the probe is in its early stages. They are searching for a…

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NDSU E. coli Alert Issued After Worker Falls Sick

North Dakota State University (NDSU) has warned members of its campus to take extra precautions against the spread of bacteria because an employee who works with E. coli has fallen ill.ecoli-bacteria

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Nestle Outbreak: FDA inspection of Nestle USA Danville, Virginia Plant

Nestle Outbreak FDA InspectionOn June 16, 2009, three days before the Nestle Toll House recall, the FDA began an inspection of the Nestle USA Danville, Virginia plant that had manufactured the Nestle Toll House cookie dough that has been linked to…

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Probe of E. coli in Nestle Toll House Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough

Cookie Dough LawsuitState and federal health investigators have obtained growing evidence of a possible E. coli O157:H7 outbreak associated with chocolate chip cookie dough, but no recalls of any brand, including Nestle Toll House, have been announced at this time.

But…

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Michigan E. coli: Evidence Pointing to Aunt Mid’s Iceberg Lettuce

orangeecoliMichigan health officials have associated a Michigan E. coli O157:H7 outbreak that has sickened at least 35 people with iceberg lettuce distributed by Aunt Mid’s Produce Company because several of the people who were diagnosed with E. coli

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Professor Daniel Fung on Lettuce and E. coli Contamination

As the country faces yet another recall of lettuce due to possible E. coli O157:H7 contamination, it is apparent that federal and state health officials and the lettuce industry have not taken adequate measures to prevent contamination.

Professor Daniel Fung,…

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Tracing a Food Implicated in an E. coli Outbreak

The Step-by-Step Process for Tracing a Food Implicated in an E. coli Outbreak:

  1. A person experiencing the symptoms of E. coli (watery and/or bloody diarrhea, abdominal cramps, nausea, fever, vomiting, and/or body aches) goes to the doctor. The doctor

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