A total of 76 persons infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Montevideo have been reported from 22 states.
The number of ill persons identified in each state is as follows: Alaska (1), California (2), Colorado (1), Florida (1), Georgia (1), Illinois (2), Indiana (9), Iowa (2), Kansas (10), Kentucky (1), Massachusetts (2), Missouri (24)
On Saturday, Burch Farms of North Carolina announced a recall of Athena cantaloupes because the product may contain listeria monocytogenes. No illnesses have been associated with this recall, according to Burch Farms.
Hannaford, including both Bedford locations, is advising customers because its stores had carried Burch Farms Athena cantaloupes. The product has been removed. Athena
The Washington Post’s Dina ElBoghdady must not have had a busy social calendar this Summer weekend if she was stalking the pages of FoodNet for the latest in foodborne illness trends. Her story, “Food-borne illnesses not diminishing” which ran this morning on the Post’s website, I caught while sneaking a peak on my forbidden iPhone
Earlier this week Food Safety News reported that the CDC had increased the numbers of those considered to be culture-confirmed cases from the 2011 cantaloupe Listeria outbreak from 146 to 147 and confirmed that the death toll now stands at 33[1].
Of course, the death toll is in fact much larger – likely
The CDC just released its final report on this ongoing outbreak.
A total of 425 persons infected with the outbreak strains of Salmonella Bareilly (410 persons) or Salmonella Nchanga (15 persons) were reported from 28 states and the District of Columbia. 55 ill persons were hospitalized, and no deaths were reported.
Collaborative investigation efforts of
David Theno, former VP of Food Safety at Jack in the Box and I were the keynote speakers at the Beef Industry Safety Summit. Our topic was the 20 year post the Jack in the Box E. coli Outbreak. For those who want to read the book read Poisoned at www.poisoned.com. Here is the
Peggy O’Farrell of the Dayton Daily News has become the latest in two decades of reporters who are thrust into the middle of yet another E. coli outbreak. This one, as she reports today, “claimed its first fatality Tuesday, a longtime area school superintendent known for his dedication to children. Lowell Draffen, 73, of Germantown,
According to the CDC today, the number of ill linked to ground beef produced by Cargill held steady. A total of 33 persons infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Enteritidis have been reported from 7 states. The number of ill persons identified in each state is as follows: Maine (1), Massachusetts (3), New Hampshire
According to Dayton Daily News, one of the victims, 73-year old man, of an E. coli outbreak linked to a July 3 picnic in Germantown has died, health officials said this morning.
UPDATE: According to WDTN, Lowell Draffen, former superintendent of a handful of area school districts died Monday night. Draffen served as superintendent at
The CDC reports that a total of 37 persons infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Hadar have been reported from 11 states.
The number of ill persons identified in each state is as follows: Arizona (2), California (1), Colorado (3), Idaho (5), Illinois (2), Oregon (5), Tennessee (2), Texas (1), Utah (5), Washington (9)
