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Yet another E. coli Outbreak in Children linked to Animal Exhibit – this time in Tennessee – Again

Bill Marler

The “farm days” event was held September 26–27 for pre-K, kindergarten, and 2nd gradestudents from Washington County, Bristol City (TN), Kingsport City, and Sullivan County school districts. School districts sent the survey during October 9 12 to parents of children in classes that participated in the animal exhibit. Food Safety News.

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Here we go again – another Tennessee Petting Zoo E. coli Outbreak

Bill Marler

Outbreaks among humans associated with petting zoos are well documented (2–5). The case-control analysis included 12 ill camp attendees as case-patients and 58 healthy children identified from the camp attendee list as controls. PMID:19407735 Laughlin M, Gambino-Shirley K, Gacek P, et al. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2009;58:426–8.

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PEW: 12 Charts Explore America’s Salmonella Problem—and Steps to Solve It Stronger rules for poultry would spur action on farms

Bill Marler

FSIS-2020-0007; Document ID FSIS-2020-0007-0001 – Petition for an Interpretive Rule declaring ‘Outbreak’ Serotypes of Salmonella enterica subspecies enterica to be Adulterants Within the Meanings of 21 U.S.C. § We write to supplement the November 12, 2021, letter with new research. 601(m)(1) and 21 U.S.C. § Food Control. 132:108539.

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What do you need to know about Salmonella during an Outbreak

Bill Marler

But globally, typhoid fever continues to be a significant problem, with an estimated 12-33 million cases occurring annually. A USDA Baseline Data Collection Program report done in 1994 documented Salmonella contamination on 20.0% Varma, Jay K., 12-16 (Oct. Typhimurium and S. Enteritidis. of broiler-chicken carcasses.

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E. coli Infections Associated with Romaine Lettuce from Yuma Arizona – 2018 – An Update

Bill Marler

Environmental contamination could have been caused by the adjacent CAFO, as cattle are a well-documented reservoir for pathogenic E. Dewey-Mattia D, Manikonda K, Hall AJ, Wise ME, Crowe SJ. Journal of Food Protection, 2016; (12): 2024. References. Rangel JM, Sparling PH, Crowe C, Griffin PM, Swerdlow DL.

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FDA’s failures have consequences – real people – here is one story – there are countless others

Bill Marler

At 12:30 AM on April 20, 2018, Jonathan Matyac, RN inserted a second, small 22g peripheral IV catheter into Makayla’s right hand, requiring two attempts, and “saline locked” it for future use. The 12-French was what the ICU requested for her dialysis. Under fluoroscopy, I dilated the track over the wire up to a size 12-French.

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With a Salmonella Cantaloupe growing, what do you need to know?

Bill Marler

12] Medical treatment is acutely important, though, if the patient becomes severely dehydrated or if the infection spreads from the intestines. It is well documented that following infective gastroenteritis, more than 10% of affected individuals go on to develop postinfectious IBS. [17] 10(12): e0145416 [4] Besser JM.

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