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The Maine CDC has made the following recommendation to the medical community:
Maine CDC has enhanced shiga-toxin positive E.coli (STEC) surveillance at this time. Practitioners seeing patients with symptoms of sustained and/or bloody diarrhea should collect stool specimens for bacterial culture and shiga-toxin testing. Suspected or confirmed cases should be reported to the Maine CDC at 1-800-821-5821. All positive specimens should be forwarded to HETL for confirmatory testing.
If you are experiencing E. coli food poisoning symptoms, or have a health related question contact your healthcare professional. He or she can order a stool culture which can confirm E. coli infection.
If you are diagnosed with E. coli, are awaiting medical confirmation of infection, or have a question regarding your legal rights, please submit a Free Legal Case Evaluation or call us toll free at 1-877-934-6274.
E. coli O157:H7 infections can be fatal. Symptoms of infection may include severe abdominal cramps, fever, and watery diarrhea. The diarrhea may become bloody and can lead to dehydration. Severe infections can cause kidney failure. The very young, elderly, and immunocompromised are at greatest risk for experiencing complications due to E. coli infection.
You may also wish to visit our additional website dedicated to food safety at www.foodpoisoning.com. For information concerning recent food recalls, please see E. coli Lawsuit, Salmonella Lawyer, and Listeria Lawsuit. To learn more about the Law Firm of Eric H. Weinberg, please see Food and Drug Lawyer.
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On August 28, Cargill Meat Solutions, a Wyalusing, PA company, recalled 8,500 pounds of ground beef products due to possible E. coli contamination. The recall comes after the U.S. Department of Agriculture linked the ground beef to three instances of illness in New York and Maine. None of those who were sickened required hospitalization.
On August 20, an additional Iowa company, Hillandale Farms, announced it was recalling 170 million eggs, bringing the total number of eggs recalled due to potential Salmonella contamination to 550 million. The recalled eggs have been implicated in an outbreak of Salmonella enteritis associated with 1,300 illnesses nation-wide.
At least 380 million eggs have been recalled due to possible Salmonella contamination. On August 13, Wright County Egg recalled 228 million eggs sold since mid-May. The recall has recently been expanded to include an additional 152 million eggs. The potentially contaminated eggs have reportedly been distributed to 17 states.
Reusable grocery bags have become increasingly popular as an environmentally friendly alternative to disposable plastic grocery bags. However, a recent study suggests that these reusable bags may pose a serious threat to public health.
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