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

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

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?

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

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),…