In today’s New England Journal of Medicine – https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1907462?query=TOC
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Jail time has ended for 2 of 5 PCA executives charged with mail and wire fraud, the introduction of adulterated and misbranded food into interstate commerce with the intent to defraud or mislead, and conspiracy
In 2013, five years after the nationwide Salmonella outbreak in 2009 that killed 9 people and sickened more than 700, the U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday announced a 76-count indictment has been filed charging four former officials of the Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) and a related company for selling Salmonella-contaminated peanut butter products.
Settlements reached in last cases in the 2016-2017 Soy Nut Butter E. coli O157:H7 Outbreak
In March 2017, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and several state health departments attributed a multi-state outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O157:H7 to I.M. Healthy brand SoyNut Butter manufactured by Dixie Dew, sold through the World Finer and KeHe distribution network and sold at retail at Target and other retailers.[1]
Life After Listeriosis: Photo Essay – A South African Tragedy – A Search for Justice
This is a stunning piece of both journalism and photo journalism by Nomatter Ndebele and Thom Pierce of the Maverick Citizen
Thank you for taking the time to tell these peoples’ stories.
The victims of the 2017 listeriosis tragedy and the surviving families of those who died are taking on Tiger Brands in an effort
POLITICO: Victims blame FDA for food-recall failures
‘If I had heard about the problem even one week earlier … life today would be very different.’
By CHRISTINE HAUGHNEY and POLITICO
People had been getting sick from eating I.M. Healthy Original Creamy SoyNut Butter for more than two months when Peter Ebb, a 59-year-old Boston lawyer and health enthusiast, went for a
A tragedy across the border – The FDA isn’t ready for the next E. coli outbreak
Leafy green vegetables have become the leading cause of E. coli poisoning. And the federal government still lacks the means, and maybe the will, to take it on.
By Christine Haughney of the Boston Globe
Nathan Parker slept with his son Lucas Parker on a mattress in the living room because of his medically fragile
The last romaine E. coli outbreak is declared over – for some customers E. coli outbreaks are never really over
The FDA and CDC yesterday announced that the latest romaine lettuce E. coli outbreak was over. Industry groups crowed that romaine is now safe to eat and they attested to doing more in the future to prevent another outbreak while at the same time discounting the cause of the last one.
For some these outbreaks
96 with Salmonella Javiana in 11 States linked to Tailor Cut Produce
Ninety-six people infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Javiana have been reported from 11 states – California 1, Colorado 1, Connecticut 1, Delaware 39, Illinois 1, Minnesota 1, New Jersey 12, New York, 4, Pennsylvania 34, Virginia 1 and Washington 1.
Illnesses were reported from states where Tailor Cut Produce distributes, including Pennsylvania, New
How is this acceptable? At least 583 sickened with E. coli linked to leafy greens in the US and Canada since 2017
According to the FDA, there are presently three outbreaks under investigation. These outbreaks are each caused by strains that are different from each other and different. One of the additional outbreaks, in Washington state (13 sick), is potentially linked to romaine lettuce. The other outbreak, with cases in the U.S. and Canada, is linked
2018 Romaine Yuma E. coli Outbreak – an ongoing narrative
In total, 240 people infected with the outbreak strains of E. coli O157:H7 were reported from 37 states. Illnesses started on dates ranging from March 13, 2018 to August 22, 2018. Ill people ranged in age from 1 to 93 years, with a median age of 26. Sixty-six percent of ill people were female. Of