The deadly McDonald’s E. coli outbreak has now sickened at least 75 people in 13 states. That’s an increase of 26 more patients in just three days. And Taylor Farms has recalled slivered onions sent to food service operators, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Everyone interviewed continues to report eating … Read more
Marcho Farms of Pennsylvania is recalling about 5,620 pounds of boneless veal, and ground veal, beef, and pork products that may be adulated with non-O157 Shiga toxin-producing E. coli O111. No illnesses have been reported to date in connection with this issue. This is a rare bacteria, and can make people very sick. This bacteria … Read more
The father of Colton Guay, the 20-month-old boy who died from an E. coli infection he contracted at the Oxford County Fair, told WMTW that hand sanitizer dispensers at the fair were empty. The family used their own hand sanitizers, “but look what happened,” he told the station. Little Colton was one of two young … Read more
The Minnesota Department of Health investigated an E. coli O111 outbreak in 2014 that led to a lawsuit against Apple Minnesota, LLC d/b/a Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill and Bar. State epidemiologists traced the mid-summer outbreak to food served at Applebee’s restaurants, then narrowed their focus to whole head green cabbage, an ingredient in Oriental Chicken Salad. From … Read more
Ten days after the Minnesota Department of Health created a health bulletin about an E. coli O111 outbreak associated with Applebees, there have been no new public pronouncements about the precise cause of the food poisoning episode or whether it spread beyond the state’s borders. To date, here is what Food Poisoning Bulletin has learned … Read more
A law firm has filed a lawsuit against Apple Minnesota, LLC, dba Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill and Bar on behalf of Keith Comstock. He was diagnosed with an E. coli O111 infection after eating at the Applebee’s restaurant in Woodbury, Minnesota. The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota. Attorney Fred … Read more
Television coverage of baseball’s 2014 Major League All Star Game was immediately followed in the host city of Minneapolis with a news report of the first lawsuit in Minnesota’s Applebee’s E. coli outbreak. E. coli lawyer Fred Pritzker, whose law office overlooks Target Field in the city’s downtown core, was interviewed at length by Fox … Read more
A Minneapolis law firm that represents food poisoning clients throughout the country, has been retained in the E. coli O111 outbreak associated with Applebee’s restaurants in the Twin Cities. Keith Comstock, a young man who lives in the area, was sickened after he ate at the Applebee’s restaurant in Woodbury. Noted food safety attorney Fred Pritzker said, “my … Read more