A total of six persons infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Braenderup were reported from five states since January 1, 2014.
The number of ill persons identified in each state was as follows: Connecticut (1), Iowa (1), New Mexico (1), Tennessee (1), and Texas (2).
One ill person was hospitalized. No deaths were reported.
Sindhu Sundar of Law360 reported today “Cargill Wins $9M From Beef Supplier In Tainted Meat Suit.” According to the article, Cargill Inc., on Monday was awarded a $9 million verdict by a Nebraska federal jury in its dispute with an Omaha, Nebraska-based Greater Omaha Packing Co., that it accused of selling it beef products
A total of 344 person infected with the outbreak strains of Salmonella Infantis, Salmonella Newport, or Salmonella Hadar have been reported from 42 states and Puerto Rico. The number of ill persons identified in each state is as follows: Alabama (9), Arizona (3), Arkansas (3), California (3), Colorado (5), Connecticut (2), Florida (1), Georgia (17),
165 people were confirmed to have become ill from hepatitis A after eating ‘Townsend Farms Organic Antioxidant Blend’ in 10 states: Arizona (24), California (80), Colorado (29), Hawaii (8), New Hampshire (1), New Jersey (1), New Mexico (11), Nevada (6), Utah (3), and Wisconsin (2). [Note: The cases reported from Wisconsin resulted from exposure to
Thankfully we still have a few reporters, like Michael Doyle, paying attention to news that is important. He reported yesterday in the Fresno Bee that the Federal Court of Claims has rejected claims of Florida tomato growers who say they lost business because of Food and Drug Administration warnings following FDA food safety warnings in
714 sickened and 9 dead from Salmonella peanut butter
Former Peanut Corporation of America owner Stewart Parnell, his brother and one-time peanut broker, Michael Parnell, and Mary Wilkerson, former quality control manager at the company’s Blakely, Georgia, plant, were all found guilty today by a federal jury in Albany, Georgia.
The 12-member jury found Stewart
Yes, there are outbreaks linked to grass fed cows – download PDF
I remember the names of every kid that died from shiga-toxin producing E. coli that I have had the honor to represent in the last 21 years. I still think about what their ages were then and what their ages would be now and how that related to the ages of my three daughters then
Washington Post’s Kimberly Kindy reported last week that a New York-based consumer advocacy group posted more than 300 pages of USDA reports on their Web site Thursday that show widespread health and safety violations at Foster Farms plants across the nation, including mold growth, fecal contamination and cockroaches.
The Natural Resources Defense Council reviewed the
It has been a very hard week in the Pacific Northwest as we have heard about two youngsters killed by E. coli O157:H7 and at least two others severely sickened with potentially life-threatening hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS). Families and health investigators are trying to find any possible connection and explanation for what has happened.
