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E. coli in Well Water Puts McLeod, ND Residents on Alert

Well water has tested positive for E. coli in the tiny town of McLeod, North Dakota, according to local news sources.

The water that supplies residents of this tiny town 55 miles southwest of Fargo comes from local wells…

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Waterborne E. coli Dangers Highlighted by Missouri Illnesses

After 14 illnesses were associated with E. coli contamination in water at Class Act Sports Complex just outside of Jackson, Missouri, new attention is being drawn to the issue of waterborne E. coli infections.

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Cape Girardeau County Public

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E. Coli HUS Lawsuit From Contaminated Well Water

A lawsuit involving contaminated well water has been settled by food safety attorney Elliot Olsen of Pritzker Olsen law firm. Although E. coli infections are more commonly associated with contaminated food like ground beef, it is…

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Massachusetts Adams Farm Ground Beef E coli Recall

State and federal health officials are investigating the scope of E. coli O157:H7 contamination from ground beef products distributed by Adams Farm Slaughterhouse of Athol, Mass.

 According to a recall announcement issued Monday night by the USDA’s Food

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Steak Safety: The Straight Story

E. coli in steak: What you need to know

Is it always safe to eat a steak served rare? Seems like a simple question.

But a Dec. 24 National Steak and Poultry recall of almost 250,000 pounds of…

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Spinach E coli Study Shows Importance of Colder Refrigeration

A very large and deadly spinach E. coli outbreak hit the United States in September 2006 in which 199 people in 26 states were sickened after eating contaminated, bagged spinach grown in San Benito County, California. Four deaths were…

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E coli Steak Recall and Restaurant Steak E coli Outbreak

National Steak and Poultry of Oklahoma has recalled 248,000 pounds of various steak products that were processed on four different days in October and may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, a human pathogen banned from hamburger and mechanically…

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CDC Warns Consumers on E coli Ground Beef

National food safety law firm Pritzker Olsen Attorneys is representing the family of a 5-year-old from Auburn, Maine, who was hospitalized with HUS, or hemolytic uremic syndrome, for three weeks.  The child ate ground beef processed by  Fairbank Farms…

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Rhode Island E coli Lawsuit Is 2nd from Outbreak

The family of an 11-year-old girl from Lincoln, Rhode Island, has filed a ground beef E. coli lawsuit against the company that supplied fresh hamburger meat to the Camp Bournedale nature camp in Plymouth, Massachusetts.

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Minnesota Harvest Petting Zoo E coli Outbreak

Sponsel’s Minnesota Harvest Petting Zoo near Jordan, Minnesota, was temporarily shut down after preliminary tests by the state health department found that a 3-year-old boy’s E. coli infection may have been caused by contact at the zoo.

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