Archive for September, 2008
Michigan E. coli: Aunt Mid’s Lettuce
The Michigan Department of Community Health (MDCH) has associated a Michigan E. coli outbreak with bagged, industrial-sized packages of iceberg lettuce sold through wholesale venues to restaurants and institutions. Some of the 26 Michigan cases consumed shredded or chopped iceberg lettuce in restaurants or institutions purchased from Aunt Mid’s Produce Company, a Detroit-based wholesale distributor; [...]
MSU E. coli Outbreak Sickens Students
Seven Michigan State University (MSU) students have contracted E. coli O157:H7 infections that have been associated with iceberg lettuce distributed by Aunt Mid’s Produce Company, a Detroit firm. At least 19 other people in Michigan and people in Illionois, New York, Ohio and Oregon have also been sickened in this E. coli outbreak associated with [...]
Baptist Church in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma May Be Associated with E. coli 0111 Outbreak
A “ladies’ tea” at Bethany Free Will Baptist Church in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma may be associated with an E. coli 0111 outbreak linked to the Country Cottage restaurant in Locust Grove, Oklahoma that has at least 291 confirmed cases. On August 16, 2008, the Country Cottage restaurant catered the ladies’ tea at Bethany Free Will [...]