To anyone who works in the growing, manufacturing, shipping or selling of the food we eat, please realize how important your job is. Felix’s mom should not have eaten cheese tainted with Listeria, which led to Felix’s premature birth and untimely death. Felix’s moms should not have to bear this loss because someone did not
CDC – Chamberlain Farms Salmonella Cantaloupe Outbreak is Over
A total of 261 persons (down 9 from last CDC report) infected with the outbreak strains of Salmonella Typhimurium (228 persons) and Salmonella Newport (33 persons) were reported from 24 states. 94 ill persons were hospitalized. Three deaths were reported in Kentucky. Collaborative investigation efforts of state, local, and federal public health and regulatory agencies
Peanut Butter Outbreak and Recall Expands
A total of 35 persons infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Bredeney have been reported from 19 states.
Eight ill persons have been hospitalized, and no deaths have been reported.
63% percent of ill persons are children under the age of 10 years.
Collaborative investigation efforts of state, local, and federal public health and
Massachusetts Salmonella Peanut Butter Lawsuit Filed
We filed a lawsuit today against Sunland, Inc. and Trader Joe’s, the manufacturer and retailer who sold Salmonella-contaminated peanut butter products that state and federal public health officials identified as the source of a multi-state Salmonella Bredeney outbreak in September. The lawsuit was filed in Worcester County Superior Court on behalf of the Henson family
Salmonella Lawsuit filed in Massachusetts Peanut Butter Case
A lawsuit will be filed Thursday against Sunland, Inc. and Trader Joe’s, the manufacturer and retailer who sold Salmonella-contaminated peanut butter products that state and federal public health officials identified as the source of a multi-state Salmonella Bredeney outbreak in September. The lawsuit was filed in Worcester County Superior Court on behalf of the Henson
Child’s Premature Birth Linked to Listeria Cheese and a Lawsuit
A lawsuit will be filed in California this week against Forever Cheese, Inc., The Aniata Cheese Co., and Cookbook Los Angeles—the cheese importer, distributor and retailer whose Marte brand Frescolina ricotta salata cheese was identified as the source of a multi-state Listeria outbreak in September. The lawsuit was filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court
FDA Inspection Report of Chamberlain Farms Salmonella Outbreak Released
The Chamberlain Farms FDA 483 Inspection Report just hit my inbox. It is hard to imagine that a year after the deadliest outbreak in 100 years that was linked to cantaloupe, you would find conditions like this – again. Here is the PDF and here it is in full:
1.During the inspection I observed, indications
E. coli, “It can really screw you. I know.” Canadian, four-year-old Sarah Demoskoff, was lucky
The Calgary Sun talked to someone I care about a lot, Stephanie Smith:
It was 2007 when the 20-year-old dance instructor ate a hamburger at a family dinner, an event so innocuous that even a bout of stomach cramps hours later were shrugged off by Smith as no big deal.
But what Smith suspected was
Governor Brown and Governor Christie have what in common? Salmonella and Listeria?
It is certainly not the sizes of the states – or the governors for that matter. It is not the hair. California and New Jersey are only states (this week) that have Salmonella Cantaloupe, Mango and Peanut Butter and Listeria Cheese Illnesses linked to nationwide outbreaks.
Chamberlain Farms Cantaloupe – A total of 270 persons
2 Strains of Salmonella, 270 Sickened, 101 Hospitalized, 3 Dead in 26 States and only 2 Lawsuits
What gives? Am I the only one who likes lawsuits?
The CDC reported that a total of 270 persons infected with the outbreak strains of Salmonella Typhimurium (240 persons) and Salmonella Newport (30 persons) have been reported from 26 states. The number of ill persons infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Typhimurium identified in