December 2014

According to the FDA:

The FDA has traced the distribution of the caramel apples eaten by eight ill people involved in the outbreak.  Although the Happy Apple Company and Merb’s Candies receive apples from other growers, the FDA’s ongoing traceback investigation has confirmed that Bidart Bros. is the only apple grower that supplied apples

The CDC reports this morning that as of December 30, 2014, a total of 32 people infected with the outbreak strains of Listeria monocytogenes have been reported from 11 states: Arizona (4), California (2), Minnesota (4), Missouri (5), Nevada (1), New Mexico (6), North Carolina (1), Texas (4), Utah (1), Washington (1), and Wisconsin (3).

According to news reports, a year into sales of recreational marijuana in Colorado, the state’s Marijuana Enforcement Division still has yet to start ordering the testing of marijuana for contaminants, something the state of Washington has been doing for nearly six months. Washington State’s test results have shown that 13 percent of marijuana and THC-infused

Listeria is Thankfully Rare – About 1,600 people in the US get sick from Listeria germs each year.

However, Listeria is a Killer – Listeria is the 3rd leading cause of death from food poisoning.

Listeria Attacks the Most Vulnerable – At least 90% of people who get Listeria infections are either pregnant women and