Baugher’s Orchard & Farm of Westminster, MD today issued a voluntary recall of all its unpasteurized apple cider because of its potential to contain the E. coli O157 bacteria.  Thus far, seven people in Maryland have fallen ill to the bacteria, and three have been hospitalized. The Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DHMH) [...]

The FDA and CDC have just released information that Bravo Farms Dutch Style Gouda cheese, (Costco item40654) offered for sale and in cheese sampling events at Costco Wholesale Corporation (Costco) locations has been linked to an outbreak of O157:H7 infections in 5 states.  Costco had offered the Bravo Farms Dutch Style Gouda cheese for sale [...]

The Arizona Department of Public Health (“ADPH”) has linked an E. Coli O157:H7 outbreak in Arizona and four other states to cheese sold or sampled at Costco stores between October 15 and 17.  Health officials say the illnesses may be associated with “Cheese Road Shows” held by Costco during October, where cheese is served and [...]

Rocky Mountain Natural Meats, a Henderson, Colo. establishment, has recalled 66,000 pounds of ground and tenderized steak bison products that have been linked to an outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 in Colorado and New York. Officials became aware of the problem during the course of an on-going investigation into a cluster of E. coli O157:H7 [...]

Three More Children Sickened by Hartmann’s Raw Milk Three more children, one of them an infant, have been sickened by E. coli O157:H7 linked to raw milk from Hartmann Dairy Farms in Gibbon, Minnesota.  The new cases bring the total number of victims to 8, mostly in Hennepin County.  The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) [...]

The superstar investigators at the Minnesota Department of Health have once again cracked the source of another E. coli O157:H7 outbreak. Minnesota state health officials have linked three cases of E. coli O157:H7 illness with raw milk from a dairy farm in Gibbon, Minn.  The Minnesota Department of Health urges anyone who may have recently [...]

The recent nationwide E. coli outbreak related to Freshway Foods’ romaine lettuce has now sickened 33 individuals in 5 states. The Outbreak As of May 20, 2010, a total of 26 confirmed and 7 probable cases related to this outbreak have been reported from 5 states since March 1, 2010.   The number of ill [...]

Local and state public health officials in Michigan, New York, and Ohio are investigating human illnesses caused by E. coli O145 multi-state outbreak.  The CDC is supporting these investigations and facilitating regular communication and information sharing between the states and with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). As of May 5, 2010, a total [...]

Adams Farm Slaughterhouse, LLC.,  located in Athol, Massachusetts, has recalled approximately 2,574 pounds of beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. This beef recall was initiated after the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH) confirmed a positive ground beef [...]

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has released the latest data on the national E. coli O157:H7 outbreak tied to National Steak and Poultry beef products.  As of 5:00 PM EDT, Monday, January 4, 2010, the CDC had identified 21 persons infected with the outbreak strain of E. coli O157:H7 in 16 states.  The number [...]