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Monthly Archives: March 2009
Locust Grove Restaurant Sued for E. coli
A couple has filed a lawsuit against a popular Locust Grove eatery, claiming an E. coli outbreak there last summer caused one of them to become seriously ill. Donna and Jim Crafton say Donna ate at the Country Cottage restaurant …
Salmonella-Tainted Pepper Appears in Sonoma County
Sonoma County health officials are urging consumers to avoid spices manufactured by the Union City food company tied to an outbreak of an unusual type of salmonella. 42 people in four states who have become ill from salmonella rissen. The …
Boston-Area College Shut Down Due to Possible Norovirus
A Massachusetts college is shutting down for several days after 100 students and staff were sickened by a norovirus. Students and faculty have been afflicted with severe nausea and vomiting at Babson College in Wellesley, just southwest of Boston. The …
Cheese recall expanded to more states
A recall of Mexican-style cheeses on worries they were contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes has been expanded to more states. The recall affects the Asadero and Oaxaca soft Mexican-style cheeses distributed by Torres Hillsdale Country Cheese of Reading, Mich. The cheeses …
Poor Recordkeeping by Food Handlers Slow Tracking
Many U.S. food handlers do not maintain proper records to track products, according to the Health and Human Services Department. The lack of proper records makes it hard to identify the source of a food-borne outbreak. A review by the …
Leaking roof likely helped salmonella grow at PCA’s Georgia facility
A leaking roof at Peanut Corp. of America’s Blakely, Ga., processing facility likely led to the current, deadly nationwide salmonella outbreak. The plant is at the core of a federal investigation into the ongoing nationwide salmonella outbreak, now entering its …
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