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May 20, 2012
Salmonella Paratyphi B Outbreak
Paratyphi B is a rare type of salmonella in part because it has a 30-day incubation period as opposed to one to 10 days found...
May 20, 2012
Public Health’s job is the Public’s Health and that includes telling us the truth. Last week I was perplexed when Director Catherine Templeton of the...
May 19, 2012
Caribe Produce LTD Co. of McAllen, TX, is recalling 286 cases of Papaya Maradol, Caribeña Brand papayas because they may be contaminated with Salmonella. Routine...
May 18, 2012
Dr. Ron Chapman, state public health officer and director of California Department of Public Health (CDPH), today warned people not to eat certain bagged salads...
May 18, 2012
Lancaster Frozen Foods and G&W Incorporated recall beef products in South Carolina Perhaps it has nothing to do with the E. coli cases annoounced in...
May 16, 2012
Last week the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) did what public health departments should do – announce to the public that an...
May 16, 2012
As of May 11, at least 15 people in nine states and one person in Canada had been confirmed infected with Salmonella from contact with...
May 15, 2012
I know, you thought it was sushi. Hat tip to Dr. Marion Nestle of New York University and Alan Reilly of Food Safety Authority of...
May 14, 2012
I have the honor to speak to the Colorado Department of Heath in Golden Tuesday. Cantaloupe Listeria Outbreak and Recall: The Good, the Bad, and...
May 13, 2012
A total of 258 persons infected with the outbreak strains of Salmonella Bareilly (247 persons) or Salmonella Nchanga (11 persons) have been reported from 24...
May 12, 2012
Dina ElBoghdady from the Washington Post wrote again on the ongoing process to list pathogens that sicken over 100,000 a year in the U.S. as...
May 11, 2012
Update: El Mexicano Restaurant
The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) is requesting heightened surveillance for persons presenting with symptoms consistent with Shiga toxin producing E....
May 11, 2012
A total of 15 individuals infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Infantis have been reported from 9 states. Additionally, one ill person has been...
May 11, 2012
“There’s just an inherent risk in feeding your children raw milk that you can’t ― you can’t ― ignore." That’s what one mother told Oregon Public Broadcasting this week....
May 11, 2012
The Buncombe County North Carolina Department of Health received final test results from the North Carolina Department of Public Health laboratory confirming that the unopened...
May 10, 2012
Raw milk, raw skim milk (non-fat), raw cream and raw butter produced by Organic Pastures Dairy of Fresno County is the subject of a statewide...
May 10, 2012
On Thursday, May 10, Buncombe County Department of Health received final test results from the NC Department of Public Health laboratory confirming that the unopened...
May 10, 2012
The Vanderburgh County Health Department and the Indiana State Department of Health are investigating a case of Hepatitis A in a food worker at the...
May 09, 2012
The city that I live in just banned “will that be paper or plastic” from our local grocery store. I wonder how the eco-friendly city...
May 09, 2012
I have the honor and pleasure of giving an one hour webinar tomorrow sponsored by the CDC. Here are the slides: CDC Webinar: Foodborne illness...
May 09, 2012
Moon Fishery (India) Pvt. Ltd., the Manufacturer of the Yellow Fin Tuna Nakaochi Scrape that was recently recalled by a U.S. Distributor, is also recalling...
May 08, 2012
Solid Gold Health Products for Pets, Inc., El Cajon, California, announced a voluntary recall of one batch of WolfCub Large Breed Puppy Food and one...
