Three individuals, including one adult and two children, tested positive for the bacteria E. coli O157:H7 with all persons having reported eating at the Red Robin restaurant located at 799 W. 146th Ave in Westminster, Colorado. Tri-County Health Department inspected the restaurant on July 9, 2019, after receiving information about the outbreak from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. Two of the three individuals infected were hospitalized, and the investigation is ongoing. The…

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From 2015: Over the last week I spoke to two families of very young children stricken by E. coli O111 after they both attended a small town Maine fair and petting zoo. One child was just released from the hospital after suffering from acute kidney failure and the other child was buried a week before from complications to exposure to the same toxic E. coli. After every one of this tragedies, comes the praise of…

La Rosita Fresh Market Inc., a Mt. Prospect, Ill. retail store, is recalling approximately 54 pounds of raw ground 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. The raw ground beef items are ground in the store and packaged for consumers behind the meat counter in varying weights. The raw ground beef items were packed on March 13, 2019 and…

The CDC, several states, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA-FSIS ) investigated a multistate outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli O103 infections. Public health investigators used the PulseNet system to identify illnesses that may have been part of this outbreak. PulseNet is the national subtyping network of public health and food regulatory agency laboratories coordinated by CDC. DNA fingerprinting is performed on E. coli bacteria isolated from ill people by using techniques called pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE)…

According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Five people have become ill with E. coli after visiting Grant’s Farm since late May, the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services said Friday. The DHSS, along with the state and federal departments of agriculture and St. Louis area health agencies, is investigating what specifically led to the Shiga toxin-producing E. coli, or STEC. Shiga toxin is harmful to humans. Symptoms can begin one to 10 days after…

King Arthur Flour has recalled 14,218 cases of 5-pound bags of its unbleached all-purpose flour because the products may be contaminated with E. coli, the company announced. The products were shipped to stores nationwide. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is currently investigating an outbreak of E. coli O26 related to flour. Seventeen people in eight states have been sickened, and three have been hospitalized. There are no reports of illnesses connected to King…