A total of 204 persons infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Typhimurium have been reported from 22 states.
The number of ill persons identified in each state is as follows: Alabama (13), Arkansas (5), California (2), Florida (1), Georgia (4), Illinois (24), Indiana (22), Iowa (8), Kentucky (63), Massachusetts (2), Michigan (6), Minnesota (5),
A total of 105 persons infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Braenderup have been reported to PulseNet from 16 states since July 1, 2012.
The number of ill persons identified in each state is as follows: California (80), Delaware (1), Hawaii (3), Idaho (1), Illinois (1), Louisiana (1), Maine (1), Michigan (1), Montana (1),
My apologies to George Santayana.
Of course cantaloupes and salmonella are fresh on our minds, as the CDC reports a total of 178 persons infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Typhimurium have been reported from 21 states. 62 ill persons have been hospitalized and two deaths have been reported in Kentucky.
And, of course who could forget (we apparently did) the CDC’s report on one of the deadliest foodborne outbreaks in US history. Just last year a total of 147 persons infected with any of the five outbreak-associated subtypes of Listeria monocytogenes were reported from 28 states. 99% were hospitalized and Thirty-three outbreak-associated deaths were reported. Ten deaths not attributed to listeriosis occurred among persons who had been infected with an outbreak-associated subtype. Seven of the illnesses were related to a pregnancy; three were diagnosed in newborns and four were diagnosed in pregnant women. One miscarriage was reported.
Although not as large as our more recent failures to learn from history, cantaloupe related outbreaks have occurred in the past and have had just as personal results.Continue Reading Those who cannot remember the past “cantaloupe outbreaks” are condemned to repeat it
As of today, there have been 21 confirmed cases of Salmonella Braenderup in Canada with 16 in British Columbia and 5 in Alberta according to the Public Health Agency of Canada.
In the US the CDC reported today that a total of 103 persons infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Braenderup have been
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According to efoodalert, Food Safety News and Lola, as of August 22, 2012 there have been 22 confirmed cases of Salmonella Braenderup in Canada with 17 in British Columbia and 5 in Alberta. In the US, 101 cases of Salmonella Braenderup have been reported. Affected states reporting illnesses due to the outbreak
After the final update on December 8, investigators learned that a Listeria isolate that had been isolated from a sample of cut cantaloupe from a patient’s home during the outbreak investigation had a PFGE pattern combination that was different from the four known pattern combinations in the outbreak. A search of the PulseNet database for
The cantaloupe industry and our own government seems incapable of figuring out how to produce a safe product. Although, I have said on more that one occasion that “civil litigation is a blunt instrument for change,” it does create incentives for change and that seems more than industry and government are able to do. Here
It is inconclusive as to what food item or other environmental factor caused this outbreak of E. coli O157:H7.
Dayton & Montgomery County announced today that following an intensive investigation into the July outbreak of O157:H7 in Germantown, they were unable to determine the cause of the outbreak.
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UPDATE: John Broadhead, attorney for Chamberlain Farms said the farm voluntarily withdrew its cantaloupes last week and that all its retail and wholesale purchasers complied with the recall. The farm about 20 miles north of Evansville sold cantaloupes to grocery stores in four southwestern Indiana counties and one in southeastern Illinois, Broadhead said in
FDA says, Farm’s cantaloupe may be one source of contamination in multi-state outbreak of salmonellosis
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports a total of 178 persons infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Typhimurium from 21 states Nationwide, 62 persons have been hospitalized. In Kentucky, two deaths have been reported.
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