The season for packing up cold-cuts and egg salad for a picnic or barbecuing hamburgers in the backyard has arrived, and with it marks the season of increased cases of food induced illnesses, reports Traci Newell for The Journal.
Summertime raises the risk of food poisoning because bacteria such as salmonella and E. coli
U.S. lawyer Bill Marler of Seattle, Wash. Was cited as telling an audience at the University of Guelph recently that medicare has spared Canadian food companies from multi-million-dollar lawsuits when their products poison consumers.
Marler was further cited as saying that Canadian lawyers might file class-action lawsuits, but there won’t be much money for the
Audress Hill is one of three state food inspectors assigned to examine the more than 750 restaurants in Beaufort County, plus more grocery stores and outdoor festivals with food.
While her inspection includes items like whether tiles are cracked or if the garbage in the women’s bathroom has a lid, state inspectors are concentrating more
State health officials have confirmed 211 cases so far this year of poisoning from a strain of salmonella bacteria – more during the first six months of 2005 than for each of the past three years.
At least 30 counties – including Onslow – have confirmed cases of Salmonella enteritidis poisoning, but state officials said
A $5 million lawsuit has been filed against Camden-based Old South restaurant, blamed for one of the largest outbreaks of food-borne illness in South Carolina.
State health officials said undercooked turkey likely caused the salmonella outbreak. One person died and more than 300 became ill. The lawsuit filed last week said the restaurant was negligent
The CDC estimates that 76 million cases of food-borne illnesses or food poisoning occur in the United States every year. Thirty percent of those cases are caused by bacteria from improperly cooked meat and contaminated surfaces or utensils. The seven most common pathogens are E. coli O157:H7, Salmonella, Hepatitis A, Campylobacter, Shigella
From NBC17:
Q: What is salmonella or salmonellosis?
A: Salmonellosis is an infection with a bacteria called salmonella. Most persons infected with salmonella develop diarrhea, fever, and abdominal cramps 12 to 72 hours after infection.
The illness usually lasts 4 to 7 days, and most persons recover without treatment. However, in some persons the diarrhea
The Associated Press reports North Carolina State health officials have confirmed 211 cases so far this year of poisoning from a strain of Salmonella bacteria – more during the first six months of 2005 than for each of the past three years.
At least 30 counties have confirmed cases of salmonella enteritidis poisoning, but state
The NC State Department of Public Health reports nearly five times as many cases of salmonella so far this year, compared to the first six months of last year. Nine is on your side with food safety tips to prevent salmonella:
Three Pee Dee residents who claim they became ill from food they ate at a Camden buffet restaurant are among a group of nine people who have filed a class-action lawsuit against the restaurant.
According to the lawsuit filed this week in the Kershaw County Clerk of Court’s Office, Lamont Jones and Jalin Jones of