Columbia

  • 3 confirmed 2 probable E. coli in Columbia, Missouri

    Posted: November 3rd, 2011 - 3:40am by Doug Powell

    Three people in Boone County have confirmed cases of E. coli infection, and public health officials are awaiting results of lab tests on two other patients to confirm whether they also have the bacteria.

    “We are doing thorough food-borne investigations as we always do,” said Geni Alexander, spokeswoman for the Columbia/Boone County Department of Public Health and Human Services. She said there was no evidence that a particular location or food was linked to the confirmed and “suspect” cases.

    “All five sought medical care,” Alexander said. “Two of the five cases required hospitalization.”

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    Columbia, e. coli, Illness, Missouri
  • Food safety on the road: Bite Me '09 tour

    Posted: March 27th, 2009 - 11:07pm by Doug Powell

    Amy, Sorenne and I (right, not exactly as shown) started out this morning on our Spring Food Safety Speaking Tour – Bite Me ’09.

    First stop is North Carolina State in Raleigh, but it’s 1,200 miles from an apparently snow-covered Manhattan (Kansas) and, with a three-month-old in tow, the stops are frequent.

    One of those stops was at a Panera Bread in Columbia, Missouri. The restaurant rated an A according to the sign in the window (below, left) but when I went to the bathroom, the toilet handle was broken and wouldn’t flush. And I really should have flushed.

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    Bite Me, Columbia, Panera, Toilet