#E.coli

The CDC is investigating an outbreak of illnesses from toxic E. coli most likely caught from commercial cake mix, of all things. State and local public health officials are interviewing people about the foods they ate in the week before they got sick. Of the eight people interviewed, six (75%)

The FDA did something quite unusual.  It issued an apparently frank description of where it is in investigating the Romaine lettuce E. coli outbreak that has sickened 197 people, put 89 in the hospital, and killed five—so far. It published a chart summarizing what the agency has learned about the

I’ve been following the E. coli 0157:H7 outbreak caused by eating romaine lettuce grown in Yuma, Arizona. The CDC says the body count so far is: Cases = 121 Hospitalizations = 52 Deaths = 1 Where the cases have been found:   What the “epi curve” looks like: What’s happening with the

I’m fascinated by reports of Chipotle’s ongoing problems with foodborne illness. The main interest of the press in these episodes is their effect on Chipotle’s stock prices. The outbreaks have been linked to a bunch of different pathogens: E. coli O157:H7, E. coli STEC O26,

The CDC’s latest update on the food safety problems at Chipotle says whatever food or ingredient caused 45 people to become ill with E. coli is still unknown. Bill Marler, the food safety attorney who tracks such things, offers a history of previous Chipotle outbreaks from 2008-2015; these