According to the CDC:
Baby animals, including baby chicks and ducks, are sometimes given as gifts or put on display at this time. Because they are so soft and cute, many people do not realize the potential danger baby chicks and ducklings can be to small children. Young birds often carry harmful bacteria called Salmonella.
L&M Companies, Inc. of Raleigh, NC is issuing a voluntary recall of one lot (1590 cartons) of whole cucumbers because it has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. No illnesses have been reported in association with this recall, and no other products are involved.
The recalled product was directly distributed by L&M Companies between
The 35-year-old Rochester, MA-based sprout farm said the recall was based on routine sampling by the USDA Microbiological Data Program that indicated possible Salmonella contamination.
No illnesses have yet been reported. The recall does not include any of the company’s organic products.
The recall list includes all of Jonathan’s conventionally grown sprouts in square plastic
No, the other Willie Nelson.
Patti Singer of the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle in her piece today “Water frog hazards prompt warning,” told the story of 4-month-old, Willie Nelson II and his illness brought on by Salmonella typhimurium from African dwarf frogs. Young Willie, According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is one
In an odd sense of coincidence on the timing of the release of the book “Poisoned” – The True Story of the E. coli Outbreak that changed the way American’s Eat (pre-order at Amazon)– KCTS’s – “How Safe is your Burger” has been nominated for Emmy. Another story I was involved in got the
Why the mystery about the frog breeder who has been selling Salmonella-tinted frogs to kids for two years? What is the possible rationale for not telling the public? Setting aside for a moment whether it is a good or bad idea to market in African Water Frogs, perhaps parents and pet shop owners would like
Dallas County Health and Human Services recently investigated a reported infection of a rare type of salmonella that was linked to three other cases reported to the Texas Department of State Health Services.
A 56-year-old Dallas County resident, Mary Chiles, was hospitalized after drinking unpasteurized milk and has since recovered.
Since November, three other similar
I was just reading Jeff Benedict’s blog post – “The Book That Changed My Life” – about the 1992-1993 Jack in the Box E. coli Outbreak. He does an in-depth profile of me in his blog today and in the book – “Poisoned” – that is being released in the next few weeks. Looking at
Sometimes you think you have seen it all and then you see something like this. From Tom Philpott at Grist:
Right now, in at least three states, meat-industry lobbyists (in league with Monsanto) are pushing legislation that would criminalize the practice of sneaking cameras onto factory farms. In the meantime, here’s the
We decided to fund yet another bacterial test on retail meat – this time chicken. All the chicken in the 100 chicken IEH Labs survey, which included whole fryers and packages of chicken parts, was collected and tested from March 1 to April 4 from Seattle area grocery stores. The chicken was purchased from Fred
