According to Bloomberg News, Salmonella linked to cantaloupes are responsible for killing two people and sickening 141 others in 20 U.S. states. Among those sickened, 31 were hospitalized. Kentucky had the most reports of illness, 50, followed by Alabama, 7; Arkansas, 3; California, 2; Georgia, 1; Illinois, 17; Indiana, 13; Iowa, 7; Michigan, 6; Minnesota
Indiana Salmonella Cantaloupes Sickens 50 in Kentucky – 2 dead
Nearly 150 Sick in 20 States total – 50 people in Kentucky, 14 in Indiana, 6 in Tennessee, 3 in Ohio and 3 in Minnesota – 31 hosptialized – more to be counted soon!
According to press reports, A Kentucky outbreak of Salmonella has been pinpointed to produce from southwestern Indiana. Cantaloupes are connected to
Salmonella Newport contributes to Nebraska Death
The Lincoln Star Journal reports that the Salmonella outbreak that sickened 17 with one likely killed at the 62-bed Blue Hill Care Center appears nearly over.
Initial fears that the bacterium involved at the 62-bed Blue Hill Care Center might be a Newport strain resistant to a broad range of antibiotics were receding by Thursday
Salmonella Cilantro Recall Expands to Chicken Salad
Real Mex Foods, a Vernon, Calif. establishment, is recalling approximately 77,688 pounds of Grilled Chicken Caesar Salad Kits. The salad kits include dressing made with cilantro that is the subject of a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recall by Fresco Green Farms Inc., due to possible Salmonella contamination, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety
Burch Farms: Unsanitary Conditions, Positive Listeria Test, No Audit and No Traceability – Hell of a way NOT to Grow Cantaloupe
Coral Beach of the Packer is on the Listeria Cantaloupe trail today.
Unsanitary Conditions and Positive Listeria Test
Burch Equipment LLC, doing business as Burch Farms, originally recalled about 5,200 cantaloupes July 28 after the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Microbiological Data Program (MDP) found listeria on one melon at retail during a random sampling. The
Salmonella Outbreak in Kentucky Sickens 44 – Source Unknown
WSAZ reported this morning that a statewide outbreak of Salmonella has moved its way into Olive Hill, Kentucky region with nine reported sick. According to Christy Bolen with the Ashland Boyd County Health Department people started getting sick about July 11. There have been no new cases of Salmonella reported since July 31.
Of the
Tom’s Gyro, Pocatello Restaurant, with Hepatitis A Scare
Patrons of Tom’s Gyro, 150 N. 3rd Ave., in Pocatello may have been exposed to Hepatitis A during August 2nd- August 14th, as an employee there has been confirmed as having the disease. Currently, there is no evidence of a hepatitis A outbreak associated with Tom’s Gyros. While the risk to public health is low
A US link to Scottish Child’s E. coli Death?
According to the Scottish Daily Record, a schoolgirl who died of E. coli O157:H7 may have contracted the killer bug while on holiday in America. Rachel Shaw, eight, died at Yorkhill sick children’s hospital in Glasgow after being taken to the doctor suffering from sickness and diarrhea.
She is believed to have returned recently from
Dale T. Smith and Sons Meat Packing E. coli Recall
Dale T. Smith and Sons Meat Packing, a Draper, Utah establishment, is recalling approximately 38,200 pounds of 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:
• Various weight combo bins of Boneless Beef
Nebraska Faces Salmonella Outbreak
South Heartland District Health Department along with the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services is investigating an outbreak of Salmonellosis associated with the Blue Hill Care Center in Webster County. To date there have been 17 confirmed cases and 2 probable or suspected cases reported in residents, staff or visitors. Four residents were temporarily