In the middle of yet another massive recall and illness outbreak – 550,000,000 eggs being recalled – with millions being spent on recall costs or millions be lost in sales – Mr. President, Senator Reid, please do not forget one other reason to pass this Bill.
Federal officials say they don’t yet know the size of a national epidemic of salmonella from contaminated eggs. Between May and July, health officials counted nearly 2,000 salmonella cases — compared to a normal caseload of 700. Officials say they expect the number to grow when illnesses from late July and early August are logged.
The New York Times William Neuman just reported that:
Hillandale Farms of Iowa, issued a recall Friday of 170 million eggs that it sent to 14 states. The company said “laboratory-confirmed illnesses” had been associated with the eggs, and federal officials said the illnesses were part of a large outbreak of salmonella that has sickened
Salmonella Mamey Fruit Pulp
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers not to eat frozen mamey fruit pulp sold under the La Nuestra brand by Montalvan Sales Inc. Ontario, Calif., or the Goya brand by Goya Foods Inc. Secaucus, N.J. An investigation by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and state
(FDA Press Release) Hillandale Farms of Iowa is voluntarily recalling shell eggs because they have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. Eggs affected by this recall were distributed to grocery distribution centers, retail grocery stores and foodservice companies which service or are located in fourteen states, including the following: Arkansas, California, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana
Sorry, the old Beatle’s song keeps running through my head. And, with 380,000,000 eggs being recalled, and well over 1,000 people sick (and rising), I really should not be making jokes.
Not surprisingly I usually start my morning reading Phil Brasher in the Des Moines Register. I was struck by his article this morning, “New
Wright County Egg in Galt, Iowa Thursday expanded its recall to include 380 million chicken eggs that could be contaminated with salmonella bacteria, in one of the largest such recalls in recent history.
It’s “one of the largest eggs recall in recent history,” said Food and Drug Administration Division (FDA) of Public Health and Biostatistics director Sherri McGarry.
FDA experts said in Thursday in a telephone press conference they were investigating the origins of a salmonella outbreak that has spiked to 1,953 cases between May and July of this year.
The ongoing salmonella outbreak from eggs may have sickened about 1,300 people from May to July, officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said today. Health officials have reports of at least 1,953 cases from May through July 17, a period when there are normally only about 700 cases, says Christopher Braden of the CDC. Many more people have probably become sick with salmonella since then, he said, noting that local health officials first noticed spikes in salmonella as early as April.
The FDA said, however, that infected rodents many have spread salmonella in Wright chicken farms.
Recall information:Continue Reading 380 Million Eggs Recalled, possibly 1,953 Salmonella Enteritidis cases linked Nationwide
Someone emailed me this photo. Seems to sum up my week.
Recall information:Continue Reading Good Egg, Bad Egg and Salmonella Enteritidis
From the CDC Post of moments ago:
In May 2010, CDC identified a nationwide increase in the number of Salmonella Enteritidis isolates with PFGE pattern JEGXX01.0004 uploaded to PulseNet, the national subtyping network made up of state and local public health laboratories and federal food regulatory laboratories that performs molecular surveillance of foodborne infections. This increase is evident in the epidemic curve, or epi curve. During May 1 to July 31, 2010, a total of 1,953 illnesses were reported. However, some of these cases may not be related to this outbreak. Based on the previous 5 years of reports to PulseNet, we would expect approximately 700 illnesses during this same period. Many states have reported increases of this pattern since May. Because of the large number of expected cases during this period, standard methods of molecular subtyping alone are not sufficient to determine which reported cases might be outbreak-associated. CDC is currently conducting testing using advanced molecular methodologies to help distinguish between outbreak-related cases and sporadic (or background) cases.
Continue Reading CDC, almost 50,000 Sickened by Salmonella Enteritidis Wright County Egg
