Toll now 16.
A total of 16 persons infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Typhimurium have been reported from 7 states. The number of ill persons identified in each state is as follows: HI (1), KY (1), MA (1), ME (4), NH (4), NY (4), and VT (1). Among persons for whom information is
Illnesses: 60 persons infected with the outbreak strain of E. coli O157:H7 have been reported from 10 states. The number of ill persons identified in each state is as follows: Arizona (1), Arkansas (2), Georgia (1), Illinois (9), Indiana (2), Kansas (3), Kentucky (1), Minnesota (3), Missouri (37), and Nebraska (1).
Traceback to “Root Cause”:
I got a phone call from Paul Schwarz’s son this tonight. His father, Paul Sr. died this evening. He became yet another statistic in this cantaloupe listeria tragedy. Paul left behind his wife, children and grandchildren – all because he ate a cantaloupe.
As I wrote before, on October 31, Alan Bavley of the Kansas
The CDC has reported a total of 43 individuals infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Enteritidis were reported from 5 states. The number of ill persons identified in each state with the outbreak strain was as follows: Maryland (1), New Jersey (2), New York (28), Pennsylvania (8), and Virginia (4).
Laurie Neff purchased pine
Hannaford, a Scarborough, Maine-based grocery chain, last week recalled an undetermined amount of fresh ground beef products that may be contaminated with a strain of Salmonella Typhimurium.
This recall was initiated due to concerns about illnesses caused by an outbreak of salmonellosis that may be associated with use and consumption of fresh in-store ground beef
B&M, Inc. of Mount Vernon, Missouri is voluntarily recalling O Organics Organic Celery Seed sold in Safeway stores due to potential Salmonella contamination. The product is sold at all Safeway-owned stores, including Safeway, Carrs, Dominick’s, Genuardi’s, Pak ‘N Save, Pavilions, Randalls, Tom Thumb and Vons.
Salmonella is an organism which can cause serious and sometimes
On the first day of Christmas my food maker gave to me: Listeria in a cantaloupe.
On the second day of Christmas my food maker gave to me: Two pounds of Ground Turkey, and Listeria in a Cantaloupe.
On the third day of Christmas my food maker gave to me: Three Tainted Papayas
According to a California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) Press Release – Raw milk products produced by Organic Pastures of Fresno County, with the exception of raw colostrum, have been released from a statewide quarantine that began November 15. CDFA imposed the quarantine in response to notification from the California Department of Public Health
Tyson Fresh Meats Inc., a Dakota City, Neb. establishment, is recalling approximately 40,948 pounds of ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. The following products are subject to recall:
• 10-pound chubs of “CHUCK FINE GROUND BEEF 80/20,”
Terry McSweeney of ABC Channel 7 broke a sad and potentially dangerous scandal. This week San Francisco’s district attorney Gascon announced a major bribery scandal accusing city food safety inspectors of selling passing grades to restaurants. Gascon said a restaurant manager told Public Health Department officials in 2008 about a couple of its inspectors who
