According to news reports, Pork carnitas sold at Supermercado Los Corrales in Kenosha, Wisconsin during Mother’s Day weekend have officially been identified as the source of the Salmonella outbreak that sickened as many as 70 people, officials with the Department of Health Services (DHS), the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP), and local
Kenosha Salmonella Outbreak Hits 70
The Kenosha County Division of Health reports that as of Wednesday, June 3rd, Salmonella with a matching DNA fingerprint has been found in 35 patients. Divisions of Health official’s say 70 sick people have been identified during an investigation into Supermercado Los Corrales. Salmonella has been confirmed in a total of 35 patients.
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Frontline: The Trouble With Chicken – Retro Report: How Safe Is Our Food?
Its time – past time – to deem Salmonella an adulterant.
https://youtu.be/DunJEu9uuu8
For some back story on foodborne illness in the United States by the Retro Report:
Stewart, You Are One Step Closer to Jail
AP reports today that U.S. District Court Judge Louis Sands Thursday refused to throw out criminal convictions in a Salmonella outbreak traced to Former Peanut Corporation of America after the court investigated defense attorneys’ claims of jury misconduct.
Former Peanut Corporation of America owner Stewart Parnell, his food broker brother, Michael Parnell, and the former
Sushi Link in Arizona, California, Illinois, Mississippi, New Mexico, South Dakota, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin Salmonella Outbreak
CDC is collaborating with public health officials in several states and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to investigate a multistate outbreak of Salmonella Paratyphi B variant L(+) tartrate(+) infections. The investigation has not conclusively identified the source of this outbreak, but most ill people interviewed reported eating sushi made with raw tuna in
ConAgra’s Peter Pan on the “Hook” for $11.2 Million
AP reports again today that ConAgra Foods agreed Wednesday to pay $11.2 million, a sum that includes the highest criminal fine ever in a U.S. food safety case, to settle a federal charge that the company shipped Peter Pan peanut butter tainted with salmonella from a plant in Georgia, sickening more than 600 people and
More Criminal Charges Levied Against Another US Food Manufacturer
Are U.S. food manufacturers more at risk today of criminal charges – misdemeanor or felony – for shipping tainted products knowingly or not?
AP reports today that ConAgra Foods is likely to face a misdemeanor criminal charge now that the U.S. government has completed its investigation of the company’s 2007 Salmonella outbreak and peanut butter
Supermercado Los Corrales Salmonella Outbreak Link
The Kenosha County Division of Health is currently investigating an outbreak of Salmonella in the community after receiving several reports of cases in the county. The Division of Health is investigating food purchased over Mother’s Day weekend (May 9-10, 2015) at Supermercado Los Corrales (3933 52nd Street, Kenosha 53144) in Kenosha County as a possible
Salmonella Paratyphi Outbreak Linked to Tuna Sushi
At least 50 people in the southwestern U.S. have been sickened with a rare strain of Salmonella that has been associated with consumption of raw tuna sushi in several states, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
CDC said Monday that the agency is working with public health officials in nine
Salmonella Sushi Sickness Spreading in California, New Mexico and Arizona
California, New Mexico and Arizona weigh in so far.
The New Mexico Department of Health, the City of Albuquerque Environmental Health Department, and the New Mexico Environment Department announced that they are jointly investigating a cluster of illness caused by Salmonella paratyphi. There have been six confirmed cases reported in New Mexico residents, with onsets