Stricter Rules Coming to Alberta Food Industry in Wake of E. Coli Outbreak at Calgary Daycares

Changes to the province’s food safety system are necessary to avoid another large-scale E. coli disaster like the 2023 outbreak at multiple daycares in Calgary, an Alberta review panel has found. The 51-day outbreak, which began Sept. 4, 2023, hit 17 licensed child-care facilities, sickening hundreds of children and hospitalizing 38, the province said in a press release. One adult was also hospitalized, but no deaths were reported from the outbreak. The final case tally came in at 448 with 359 of the cases being lab confirmed and an additional 89 being probable. Some children are still receiving long-term health support nearly a year later, Premier Danielle Smith said at a July 29 press conference....