Lettuce probable cause of Taco Bell E. coli: FDA
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An ingredient used in 70 percent of Taco Bell's products, lettuce, probably caused an E.coli outbreak that sickened dozens of people in the U.S. Northeast, food safety officials said on Wednesday.
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The scallions suspected in the E. coli outbreak linked to Taco Bell came from a Southern California grower, an official with the company that washed, chopped and packed them for the restaurant chain said Thursday.
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More than 250 people have reported becoming sick after eating at an Indianapolis Olive Garden restaurant, a county health official said on Friday, a day after an outbreak of E.coli at Taco Bell restaurants was declared over.
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By Dawn House, The Salt Lake Tribune  Dec. 7--Taco Bell on Wednesday ordered scallions removed from its 5,800  restaurants nationwide after tests indicated the vegetable may be responsible  for E. coli outbreaks that sickened more than 40 people in New Jersey,  Pennsylvania and New York.
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Spinach found in the refrigerator of a person sickened by E. coli was contaminated with the bacteria, the "smoking gun" that investigators have sought for the origin of the deadly outbreak, health officials say.
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Spinach contaminated with E. coli. Frozen oysters tainted by norovirus. Peanut butter fouled by salmonella.
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U.S. food safety regulators said on   Thursday they were still mystified by an outbreak of E. coli   that has killed one person, sickened 157 and forced all fresh   spinach to be pulled from store shelves.
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Federal food safety officials said fresh spinach is "as safe as it was before the outbreak," even though investigators have not determined the cause of a deadly E. coli outbreak.
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The nation's largest grower of   organic produce said on Friday it had voluntarily recalled   fresh spinach products sold in the United States, Mexico and   Canada after the U.S. government said they could be linked to a   deadly and worsening E. coli outbreak.
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An outbreak of E. coli food poisoning linked to Taco Bell restaurants appears to be over, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday.
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New Jersey-based meat processor Topps Meat Company LLC is voluntarily recalling 331,582 pounds (150 metric tons) of frozen ground beef products that may be contaminated with the potentially deadly E. coli bacteria, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Tuesday.
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Idaho health officials confirmed on Thursday a toddler who died last month from kidney failure had been infected by the E. coli strain responsible for a nationwide wave of food poisoning linked to tainted spinach.
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The government has found traces of a rocket fuel chemical in organic milk in Maryland, green leaf lettuce grown in Arizona and bottled spring water from Texas and California. What's not clear is the significance of the data, collected by the Food and Drug Administration through Aug. 19.
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As federal agents launched a criminal investigation into two produce companies involved in the contaminated spinach outbreak, Idaho health officials confirmed the death of a 2-year-old boy Sept. 20 was caused by tainted spinach.
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Officials are investigating Taco Bell restaurants as the possible source of the infections.
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Three people have now been confirmed killed in an outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 food poisoning in spinach that originated in California, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Friday.
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Nearly three dozen people fell ill, including 14 who were hospitalized, with symptoms consistent with infection by the E. coli bacteria after eating at a Taco John's restaurant, a local health department said. Test results were expected Monday.