Enteric Human Pathogens Associated with Fresh Produce: Sources, Transport, and Ecology - Microbial Safety of Fresh Produce - page 5

Pathogen Month -

Year

Location b No. Ill Known or

Suspected Vehicle

Source
Region c

Reference

E. coli O157:H7 Jul - 95 MT 74 Lettuce, Romaine MT, WA Ackers and

others
1998

E. coli O157:H7 Sep - 95 ME 30 Lettuce, Iceberg Unknown CDC 1995

E. coli O157:H7 Sep - 95 ID 20 Lettuce, Romaine Unknown CSPI 2008

E. coli O157:H7 Oct - 95 OH 11 Lettuce Unknown CDC 1995

E. coli O157:H7 May - 96 IL, CT 61 Lettuce, Mesclun

mix

CA (SV) Hilborn and

others
1999

E. coli O157:H7 Jun - 96 NY 7 Lettuce, Mesclun Unknown CDC 1996

E. coli O157:H7 May - 98 CA 2 Lettuce, salad Unknown CDC 1998

E. coli O157:H7 Sep - 98 MD 4 Lettuce Unknown CDC 1998

E. coli O157:H7 Feb - 99 NE 65 Lettuce, salad Unknown CDC 1999

E. coli O157:H7 Sep - 99 CA 8 Lettuce, Romaine CA (SV) CDC 1999

E. coli O157:H7 Sep - 99 WA 6 Lettuce, Romaine CA (SV) CDC 1999

E. coli O157:H7 Oct - 99 OH, IN 47 Lettuce, salad Unknown CDC 1999

E. coli O157:H7 Oct - 99 OR 3 Lettuce, Romaine

hearts

CA (SV) CDC 1999

E. coli O157:H7 Oct - 99 PA 41 Lettuce, Romaine CA (SV) CDC 1999

E. coli O157:H7 Jul - 02 WA 29 Lettuce, Romaine CA (SV) CDC 2002

E. coli O157:H7 Nov - 02 IL, WI,

MN,
SD, UT

24 Lettuce CA (SJoV) CDC 2002

E. coli O157:H7 Sep - 03 CA 57 Lettuce, Iceberg/

Romaine

CA (SV) CDHS

2004a

E. coli O157:H7 Sep - 03 ND 5 Lettuce, mixed

with Romaine

Unknown CDC 2003

E. coli O157:H7 Oct - 03 CA 16 Spinach CA (SV) CDHS

2004b

E. coli O157:H7 Nov - 04 NJ 6 Lettuce CA (SV) CDC 2004

E. coli O157:H7 Sep - 05 MN 11 Romaine, also

vegetables

CA (SV) MDPH

2006

E. coli O157:H7 Aug/

Sep - 05

Sweden 135 Lettuce, iceberg Sweden Soderstrom

and
others
2008

E. coli O157:H7 Aug/

Sep - 06

Multi (26
states)

> 200 Spinach, baby,

bagged

CA (SJuV) CalFERT

2007b,c

E. coli O157:H7 Nov - 06 NJ, NY,

PA, DE

71 Lettuce, Iceberg CA (CentV) CalFERT

2007a

E. coli O157:H7 Nov/

Dec - 06

MN, IA,
WI

81 Lettuce, Iceberg CA (CentV) CalFERT

2008

E. coli O157:H7 May - 08 WA 10 Lettuce, Romaine CA (SV) WDOH

2008

S. Saphra Feb/

May - 97

Multi 24 Cantaloupe Mexico Mohle -

Boetani
and
others
1999

S. Poona Spring -

00 - 02 d

Multi,
Canada

58 Cantaloupe Mexico MMWR

2002

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