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July 2016

blue-bellTexas health officials today finalized with Blue Bell Creameries a penalty and agreement that the company will continue to test and monitor its ice cream following last year’s outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes linked to Blue Bell products made in Brenham.

The total penalty amount is $850,000. Of that, $175,000 must be paid within 30 days.

iwilei_costcoPerhaps vaccinating food service workers would be good?

From the Hawaii Department of Health Website:

An employee of the following food service businesses has been diagnosed with hepatitis A. This list does not indicate these businesses are sources of this outbreak; at this time, no infections have been linked to exposure to these businesses. The

Screen-Shot-2016-07-28-at-4.54.20-PM-300x297The Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals (DIA) and the Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) today jointly issued a consumer advisory for potato salads made in and sold by Big G Food Store in Marengo, Iowa.  Big G’s “Zesty Potato Salad” and “Traditional Potato Salad” have been implicated in several cases of foodborne illness

Chapel-Hill-Creamery-cheeseFood Safety News reports that the Chapel Hill Creamery in Chapel Hill, NC, is recalling all of its cheese products because they have been linked to a growing Salmonella outbreak in North Carolina and elsewhere.

A local county health officer said Thursday that the outbreak has sickened at least 50 people in North Carolina and

IMG_3079It only looks like paradise

I flew to Oahu Hawaii over the weekend to meet with two people impacted by what is now at least a 93 person hepatitis A outbreak that has left 29 hospitalized as of July 26, 2016.

Ill people have also been located on the islands of Hawaii, Kauai and Maui,

What can the 74 do to help health officials?  Being your own Jr. Epidemiologist.

baad9453-477d-4dd2-8863-4396a6691157Sitting in my hotel room on the shores of Waikiki in the remnants of tropical storm Darby, has given me time – perhaps too much – to think about this outbreak – especially after meeting with a few of the families.

UnknowneThe New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Division of Public Health Services (DPHS) is investigating an outbreak of Escherichia coli O157:H7 (E. coli) associated with ground beef. Since June, 12 people have been infected with the same strain of E. coli after eating ground beef. Investigations are underway to determine

Barf_BagPerhaps not the tag line the intended?  You could also use Make American Vomit, Puke, Gag, Retch, Spew, Hurl, Shit, Poop, Dump, Defecate, Crap Again.

The LA Times, Seema Mehta reports:

At least a dozen California GOP staff members at the Republican National Convention have been quarantined in their hotel rooms after becoming ill