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Public Health Officials Warning about Multistate E. Coli Outbreak Linked to Sprouts at Jimmy John’s

Friday, February 28 by Aaron Lange

SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is working with local health departments, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to investigate a multistate outbreak of Escherichia coli O103 (E. coli) linked to sprouts served at... Read More.

Expanded Investigation Into Multi-State E. coli Infections Linked to Romaine Lettuce

Monday, April 23 by Jc Tinsley

The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH), along with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Food and Drug Administration, and other state and local health departments, is expanding its investigation of a multi-state cluster of E. coli infections to include not only... Read More.

Multi-State E. coli Infections Linked to Chopped Romaine Lettuce

Monday, April 16 by Jc Tinsley

The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH), along with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Food and Drug Administration, and other state and local health departments, is investigating a multi-state cluster of E. coli infections linked to chopped romaine lettuce. Information collected to... Read More.

E. Coli Outbreak Spurs I.M. Healthy SoyNut Butter Recall

Monday, March 6 by Jc Tinsley

The I.M. Healthy SoyNut Butter Company, headquartered in Illinois, is voluntarily recalling its SoyNut Butter products after 12 cases of E. coli O157 in five states were preliminarily linked to the products. There are no cases reported in Illinois. Product testing is currently underway. ... Read More.