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+ Nestle Cookie Dough E. coli Outbreak Update: Further Details On 5 WA Cases + The Washington State Department of Health has just released further details on the five confirmed Washington E. coli O157:H7 [...] than an apology for the "inconvenience" this outbreak has caused. Click here for more details.

+ E. coli O157:H7 Outbreak Illnesses Linked to Nestle Toll House Cookie Dough Confirmed in Colorado, Texas, Washington and Minnesota + State health departments have taken the lead in releasing news about the E. coli outbreak tied to Nestle Toll House raw cookie [...] released information on the complete breakdown of how many cases each state is reporting, but that announcement is expected shortly.

+ Nestle Blames Victims for E. coli O157:H7 Outbreak + With reports of 66 cases of E. coli O157:H7 across 28 states, Nestle has announced a recall of its Cookie Dough [...] cream , and breakfast pastries . This " Yahoo Answers" page , from

+ Potentially E. coli-contaminated cookie dough still being sold + I am now in possession of potentially E. coli-contaminated Nestle Toll House cookie dough. In an attempt to learn more [...] The Nestle cookie dough is currently in my freezer and I'm terrified. I'm treating cookie dough, of all things, like

+ Nestle Cookie Dough E. coli Outbreak Update: 5 Illnesses in Washington + According to local news channel Komo 4 , the Washington State Department of Health announced this morning that five people in [...] - Easter Swirled Chocolate Chip bar 16oz - Easter Swirled Mini Brownie Bites bar 18 oz - Red, White & Blue Sw

+ Cookies and E. coli: Here's an E. coli story we will never forget + Today's recall of Nestle cookie dough got me thinking about other E. coli O157:H7 cases that we've recently [...] of blood. Maybe an entire cup of blood. I got light-headed and almost passed out. I immediately sat down and grasped my head, a

+ Nestle Toll House Raw Cookie Dough Linked to E. coli Outbreak in 28 States + The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) issued a press release on June 18 about an outbreak of E. coli [...] be aware," said Colorado foodborne illness epidemiologist Alicia Cronquist. Further information is expected today.

+ Food Safety Enhancement Act Passes Committee + The Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009 passed out of Committee in the House today, without opposition. The full House is [...] is the tax-payers are covering the cost of ensuring that the industry adopts long overdue changes and improvements in food safety.

+ E. coli and . . . Cookies??? Wouldn't be the first contaminated confection + We have been investigating several seemingly unrelated E. coli O157:H7 illnesses that may not be so unrelated. [...] Only time, and some good epi work, will tell the truth about Nestle cookies and E. coli O157:H7.

+ Food Safety Advocate William Marler to Address Trial Lawyers + MINNEAPOLIS (June 16, 2009) William Marler , food safety advocate and expert in foodborne illness [...] Beef, PM Beef Holdings, AFG/Supervalu, Cargill meat products, as well as Taco John’s and China Buffet restaurants.

+ Pasteurized eggs keep home-made ice cream safe + Martha Stewart appeared as a guest on the Today Show this morning, and taught viewers how to make home-made ice cream. [...] distributed, they may be in the future. In the meantime, follow a recipe like Martha's - cook your eggs before you eat them!

+ Mad Cows and Farm Fish + University of Louisville neurologist Robert P. Friedland, M.D., questions the safety of eating farmed fish in the June issue of the [...] of these diseases may last for decades, which makes the association between feeding practices and infection difficult. Enhanced sa

+ Fees Lowered as Food Safety Enhancement Act Moves Through House + As the "Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009" was passed out of the House subcommittee last week, the fees [...] Fresh Produce Association, told the Packer that the industry would like to move the fees from the Bill entirely before passage.

+ Michigan Company Announces Recall of Cheese Due to Listeria Contamination + The FDA announced on June 13 that Torres Hillsdale Country Cheese of Reading, Michigan has recalled all lots of various types of [...] stores in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Ohio and Wisconsin.

+ Food Safety Enforcement: How the Brits Do It. + This last Thursday, June 11, 2009, I had the pleasure (and honor) of presenting at the 2009 Conference on Law of Food and Drink, [...] or to the government politics of the moment. Now that is certainly a model that the U.S. should think of following.

+ Pork Producers Fight Against New Food Safety Bill + The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) is waging a fight against food saftey refoms in the pending "Food [...] status quo was reached, in part, through industry's resistance to reform, and it is time to make a real change.

+ Food Poisoning is an International Problem + The World Health Organization estimates that Food and waterborne diarrhoeal diseases are leading causes of illness and death in [...] immediately. Fifty-five school children between 2 and 6 years have fallen ill after an 18-inch dead snake found in cooked rice

+ Bar Date Extended to October 31, 2009 for Filing of Salmonella Personal Injury Claims Against Peanut Corporation of America + ...

+ Valley Meats recalled hamburger due to E. coli O157:H7 contamination AFTER illnesses were found in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Illinois - Why are we not all "Testing and Holding?" + Valley Meats LLC, a Coal Valley, Illinois grinding plant recalled approximately 95,898 pounds of ground beef that might have been [...] in part to validate a plant’s HACCP program – perhaps in part to try and save the life of one young girl.

+ CDC Releases Report on Cryptosporidium Outbreak at Splash Park + This week's MMWR includes a report by the CDC on an outbreak of cryptosporidiosis at a "splash [...] Clark currently represents plaintiffs in a class action lawsuit related to an outbreak in upstate New York in 2005.