BREAKING NEWS – Several state health departments, the CDC, and the United States Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA-FSIS) are investigating a multi-state outbreak of Escherichia coli O157:H7 which has led to the deaths of two American citizens. On October 31, 2009, the FSIS issued a notice about a recall of 545,699 [...]

A New Hampshire resident has died after consuming ground beef tainted by E. coli O157:H7. The death was connected to the recent recall of over half a million pounds of (545,699)  lbs of ground beef products produced by by Fairbank Farms, of Ashville, New York.  The U.S. Department of Agriculture said it became aware the [...]