Lettuce probable cause of Taco Bell e. coli: FDA
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Lettuce at Yum Brands Inc.'s Taco Bell restaurants was the most likely cause of an E.coli outbreak that sickened dozens of people in the northeastern United States, food safety officials said on Wednesday.
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Health officials in New Mexico positively identified a deadly strain of E. coli in a bag of spinach yesterday, providing a crucial clue that investigators say can be used to trace the source of an outbreak that has sickened 146 people.
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Farmers bristled Thursday at suggestions by federal health officials that lettuce may have caused the E. coli outbreak linked to Taco Bell that sickened 71 people on the East Coast.
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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 York State health officials said on Wednesday they are investigating 15 confirmed cases of E.coli infection linked to Taco Bell restaurants.
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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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Tighter regulation may be needed   after an outbreak of E. coli that has killed one person,   sickened 157 and forced all fresh spinach to be pulled from   store shelves, a U.S. Food and Drug Administration official   said on Thursday.
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All 11 Taco Bells implicated in an E. coli outbreak in New York and New Jersey used the same food distributor, the restaurant chain said Tuesday as health officials tried to pinpoint the source of the dangerous bacteria that sickened at least three dozen people.
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Health officials on Wednesday zeroed in on lettuce as the likely suspect in the E. coli outbreak linked to Taco Bell, though tracing the vegetable's source may prove difficult.
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More than 250 people have reported becoming sick after eating at an Olive Garden restaurant in Indianapolis, Indiana, 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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Renewed confusion surrounding the source of an E.coli outbreak linked to Taco Bell will make it harder for the Mexican-style restaurant chain to reassure customers that its food is safe and could prolong a damaging sales slowdown.
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Suburban Chicago meat processor  Quantum Foods was voluntarily recalling 406,000 pounds of  frozen beef products, including hamburger patties and steaks,  that may be contaminated with disease-causing E. coli bacteria,  the government said.
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Regulators have issued a public health alert for about 14,800 pounds of missing ground beef products that may be contaminated with the potentially deadly E. coli bacteria, the Department of Agriculture said on Thursday.
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As many as 84 people in seven states have been confirmed as having the strain of E. coli bacteria involved in an outbreak that may be linked to Taco Bell restaurants, officials said Friday.
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More than 250 people have reported  becoming sick after eating at an Olive Garden restaurant in  Indianapolis, Indiana, 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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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.