This common food likely just caused a big E. coli outbreak

Authorities are scrambling after a popular health food caused a big E. coli outbreak in multiple states across the nation. A dozen people, including children, have come down with E. coli in five states, and authorities think they have narrowed it down to a likely suspect: I.M. Healthy SoyNut Butter, a substitute for peanut butter.

Peanut butter substitute recalled

… young, and people with compromised immune systems are the most susceptible to foodborne illness, the release states. Health officials recommend that consumers not eat any variety or size of I.M. Healthy-brand SoyNut Butter products or granola coated …

Peanut butter substitute recalled

… young, and people with compromised immune systems are the most susceptible to foodborne illness, the release states. Health officials recommend that consumers not eat any variety or size of I.M. Healthy-brand SoyNut Butter products or granola coated …

Surveillance and Research Group at YSPH Refunded with $14 Million Grant

The Connecticut Emerging Infections Program , a collaboration between Yale School of Public Health and CT Department of Public Health, has been awarded a five-year, $14 million grant from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention to continue its ongoing research and surveillance of infectious diseases in Connecticut. The Yale EIP tracks a wide range of infectious diseases that impact state residents, including cases of food-borne disease caused by common bacteria and parasites, C. difficile and other infections in health care and community settings, influenza-related hospitalizations, pre-cancerous cervical lesions due to human papillomavirus infections and Lyme and other tick-borne diseases.

Errington Cheese row continues as produce goes back on sale

An artisan cheesemaker embroiled in a row with food safety authorities has placed his produce back on sale for the first time since a ban was imposed last year. But the action prompted watchdog Food Standards Scotland to yesterday warn the products made by Errington Cheese were still banned and the decision by a council to allow it to be sold was “premature”.

Dion’s

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service has issued a public health alert due to the concerns that assorted sliced deli meat products were served to customers at Dion’s in Texas, New Mexico and Colorado may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The sliced roast beef, ham, pastrami and turkey items were produced between Dec. 14, 2016 and Dec. 29, 2016, however product may have been available in restaurant locations through Jan. 4, 2017.

Chipotle’s Biggest Moments of 2016

This was supposed to be a comeback year for Chipotle , the beleaguered burrito chain whose stock once soared to nearly $750 per share. Of course, that was back before the fast-casual behemoth was socked with one of the most widely-reported food safety scandals in recent memory.