An E.coli outbreak linked to shredded lettuce served at Taco Bell and KFC restaurants in Canada appears to be over, according to the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC). The outbreak included 30 people from Ontario and the eastern provinces of Canada known as the Maritimes. In New Brunswick, 7 people were sickened, in Nova … Read more
The source of an E.coli outbreak that has sickened at least 16 people in Canada was lettuce served at Taco Bell and KFC restaurants, health officials in New Brunswick have discovered. The outbreak affected three provinces: New Brunswick, where six people became ill and Nova Scotia and Ontario which each had five cases. “Based on … Read more
A Salmonella outbreak associated with eating food at certain Taco Bell restaurants was the fourth largest multi-state food poisoning outbreak of 2012, based on the total number of people sickened. The 10-state outbreak that sickened 68 people was first multi-state outbreak reported in 2012 and arguably the most strangely handled. The Centers for Disease Control … Read more