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The Northfork Bison E. coli outbreak has ended with 33 people sick in 8 states, according to the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Eighteen people were hospitalized because they were so sick, and there were no deaths reported. The pathogens in this outbreak that made people sick were E. coli O103 and E. … Read more
The I.M. Healthy SoyNut Butter E. coli O157:H7 outbreak has sickened at least 23 people in 9 states. Seven of those patients have developed hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS). And ten of those patients have been hospitalized because they have been so seriously ill. We decided to compile a list of grocery store chains that carried … Read more
The San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH) has released its draft report on the E. coli O157:H7 outbreak at the Burma Superstar restaurant in that city in August 2013. Eight cases of lab-conformed E. coli infections in unrelated San Francisco residents were tested with PFGE, to identify the outbreak strain of the bacteria. SFDPH interviewed … Read more
A San Francisco E.coli outbreak that has sickened 14 includes nine people who ate at the Burma Superstar restaurant on August 16 or 17, according to the San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH). There have been no fatalities and no new cases reported since those dates of exposure. “We understand that several customers who dined at … Read more
The Burma Superstar restaurant in San Francisco that is at the center of a city and state E. coli investigation has had a history of mostly low-risk food safety violations, according to a review of health department inspection documents by Food Poisoning Bulletin. One person has been hospitalized in the outbreak for a life-threatening case … Read more
At least 14 people have been sickened in San Francisco with E. coli O157:H7, including nine who ate at the popular Burma Superstar restaurant in the Inner Richmond neighborhood earlier this month. The E. coli outbreak, now under investigation by the San Francisco Department of Public Health and California Department of Public Health, prompted owner Desmond … Read more