The USDA issued a recall notice on nearly 43,000 ground beef products sold nationwide. The contamination was found during a routine check conducted by food safety officials.
The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced on Monday that the two Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli outbreaks linked to Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. appear to be over. However, CDC officials were unable to determine the cause of the outbreak.
A total of 19 people have so far contracted E. coli in seven states in the U.S. and the outbreak has been suspected to be caused by eating a certain chicken salad made and sold at Costco stores.
An outbreak of E. coli linked to Chipotle Mexican Grill restaurants in three states has spread to three more states, said the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday.
Over half a million residents urged to boil water After tests at Portland, Oregon, Mt. Tabor reservoirs produced three positive results for E. coli, the Portland Water Bureau issued a city-wide boil notice Friday morning.
A Detroit meat packing company recalled beef after E. coli infections in four states. Today 1. 8 million pounds of ground beef was recalled by a Detroit meat packing company.
In the latest food contamination debacle, The National Beef Packing Company, a firm based in Liberal, Kansas, recalled more than 50,000 pounds of ground beef because it may be contaminated with E. coli, according to Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) who made announcement yesterday.
