Descrease article font size Increase article font size An investigation is underway into an E. coli outbreak that has temporarily shut down a central Alberta child-care centre. Alberta Health said it is monitoring an emerging Shiga-toxin producing E. coli (STEC) outbreak at the Aspen Lakes Discovery Centre licensed child-care facility in Blackfalds, Alta. The outbreak … Read more
A report into a massive E. coli outbreak at Calgary child-care facilities that saw hundreds fall ill says it was likely tied to meat loaf at one meal, but how it got there can’t be determined for sure. The report released Monday by Alberta Health Services says it’s not possible to say if the bacteria came from … Read more
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has announced that two people in England have died within 28 days of infection with shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC), following an outbreak linked to contaminated salad. Dr. Bruno Silvester Lopes, lecturer in microbiology at Teesside University, has the low down on the potentially deadly bacteria. “E. coli is … Read more
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) says it is “confident” an E.coli outbreak that has affected more than 200 people in the UK came from lettuce leaves. An investigation is currently ongoing to determine the original source though, while multiple supermarkets have withdrawn potentially contaminated foods from shelves. According to the latest data from the UK … Read more
Authorities are on the hunt for a mystery “nationally distributed” food item they believe has triggered an outbreak of E.coli across the UK. So far the surge in cases has left 113 people ill and hospitalised at least 37. Food safety officials say the rare Shiga toxigenic (STEC) variant of the diarrhoea-causing bug is “particularly … Read more
Health experts in the UK have issued an urgent warning amid an outbreak of a bacterial infection that can lead to “severe bloody diarrhoea” and dangerous complications. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has confirmed 113 recorded cases of E. coli, believing it could be caused by a nationally distributed food item. Testing of samples … Read more
