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E. coli Steak Recall Restaurant List Still Too Little, Too Late

Applebee’s and Olive Garden have been added to the list of restaurants affected by a Dec. 24 recall of nearly 250,000 pounds of steaks, medallions and other beef products that may have been tainted with  E. coli O157:H7, according to Nation’s Restaurant News. Previously…

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MN Petting Zoo E coli Sickens Boy

A 3-year-old Minnesota boy was hospitalized this month with an E. coli O157:H7 infection  that preliminary tests have traced to an apple orchard and petting zoo in the greater Twin Cities area.

The young victim developed a life-threatening complication known as hemolytic uremic…

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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 late today,…

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Revisiting E. coli Outbreaks of 2006

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a retrospective report on the totality of foodborne illness outbreaks in 2006, the most recent year for which all the figures are available.

National food safety law firm Pritzker Olsen Attorneys…

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British Group Warns Against Overuse of Antibiotics

The emergence in England of an E. coli 026 bug that is resistant to families of antibiotics, including penicillins, has sparked new discussion about the heavy use of antibiotics on farms.

This week, ministers on a British government veterinary committee were…

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Tennessee Searching for Source of 2 E. coli Cases

Health officials in Fayetteville, Tenn., are searching for the source of two confirmed E. coli O157:H7 cases in the surrounding Lincoln County area. pinkecoli

Shelley Walker, spokeswoman for the Tennessee Department of Health in Nashville, told the Elk Valley Times newspaper…

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Far-Flung E. coli Cases Share Same Fingerprint

Health officials in Canada and the United States have discovered that five cases of E. coli O157:H7 in southern California, South Dakota and New Jersey carry the same genetic fingerprint as 21 confirmed E. coli cases in southeastern Ontario.>feature3.jpg

The Canadian…

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Petting Zoo Closes As Precaution Against E. coli

Health officials in Beaufort County, N.C., are working with area schools and health care providers to identify and test for E. coli O157:H7 in school-age children after several cases were confirmed last week.petting-zoo

As a precaution, a petting zoo in Greenville,…

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E. coli in 8 Children Prompts Investigation in Colorado

Laboratory testing has identified similarities in the specific strains of E. coli O157:H7 infections found in several of eight children who contracted the bacteria in the Evergreen mountain area of Colorado.

Jefferson County Department of Health and Environment (JCDHE) in conjunction…

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Iowa Reports Jump in E. coli cases

As two children sickened by E. coli O157:H7 remain hospitalized in Iowa from complications of their infections, the Iowa Department of Public Health has issued a press release alerting the public to a statewide spike in confirmed E. coli cases…

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