Athertone Foods (aka Glass Onion) E. coli Salads and Wraps Prompt Recalls at Walgreens, Trader Joes and Whole Foods

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Expert Guest Entry by Bill Marler, Originally Posted on Marler Blog 26 Sick with E. coli O157:H7 – 2 with hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) – in Arizona, California and Washington. Athertone Foods, Inc. of Richmond, CA is voluntary recalling “Best Buy” dates 9-23-13 through 11-14-13 of ready to eat salads and wraps because they may be contaminated with Escherichia…

San Francisco Department of Public Health Communicable Disease Control Unit E. coli O157:H7 Burma Superstar 2013 Outbreak Investigation Report Out

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Expert Guest Entry by Bill Marler, Originally Posted on Marler Blog    Outbreak of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli O157 Infection Associated with a Restaurant San Francisco County, California – August 2013 Between Friday, August 23 and Monday, August 26, 2013, the San Francisco Department of Public Health Communicable Disease Control Unit (SFDPH CDCU) received eight…

A Bunch of Listeria Recalls – Are there Illnesses?

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Expert Guest Entry by William (Bill) Marler , Originally posted on MarlerBlog On October 22, 2013, the FDA reported that Reser’s Fine Foods of Beaverton, OR was recalling approximately 109,000 cases of refrigerated ready-to-eat products because it may be contaminated withListeria monocytogenes.  The recalled refrigerated ready-to-eat products were distributed nationwide and Canada. It reported:  NO illnesses have been…

Foster Farms Salmonella Chicken has Likely Sickened 18,172 from 2012 to 2013 – So Far

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Expert Blog Entry by Bill Marler, Originally posted on MarlerBlog.com Outbreak No. 1: From May 2012 to April 2013 the CDC reported a total of 134 individuals infected with an outbreak strain of SalmonellaHeidelberg from 13 states. The number of ill persons identified in each state with the outbreak strain was as follows: Alabama (1),…