Today the FDA added two new Salmonella Outbreaks that have sickened 53 to its investigation chart. No other information – type of product or states of illness were added. Three other outbreaks – 2 Listeria and 1 E. coli O157:H7 (sickening a total of 41) are also listed as products not identified. Strawberries have
Final report on Kinder Chocolate Outbreak: 324 sick in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, Canada, Switzerland, and the United States
As of 18 May 2022, 324 cases (266 confirmed and 58 probable) have been reported in the EU/EEA (Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden) and the UK, including two distinct strains of monophasic S. Typhimurium. In addition, cases have been identified in Canada, Switzerland, and the United States.
Most
Santé Publique reports at least 118 Salmonella illnesses linked to Kinder Chocolates
International outbreak of salmonellosis in young children linked to the consumption of Kinder brand products. Update in France as of June 2, 2022.
Update on 06/02/22 following the recall of several Kinder range products manufactured in a factory in Belgium due to suspected contamination by Salmonella Typhimurium .
Non-typhoidal salmonellosis is an infectious disease caused
Marler Clark retained by victims of Jif Peanut Butter Salmonella Outbreak
Follow these steps:
- Check if you have Jif peanut butter in your home.
- Locate the lot code on the back of the jar, under the Best If Used By Date (the lot code may be next to the Best If Used By Date for cups or squeeze pouches).
- In the lot code, if the first
What has been going on with Salmonella at the J.M. Smucker Company’s facility in Lexington, Kentucky since 2010?
According to the FDA and CDC, Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS) analysis shows that samples from sick people in this investigation are closely related genetically to a sample collected in 2010 from the environment at J.M. Smucker Company’s facility in Lexington, Kentucky, where Jif brand peanut butter is produced. However, NCBI data seems to indicate that
More sickened with Salmonella Senftenberg by Jif Peanut Butter – Questions need to be asked
- Will J.M. Smucker Company and/or the FDA release immediately all inspection reports on this Jif plant from 2010 (see below) to the present?
- Will J.M. Smucker Company and/or the FDA answer if other WGS Salmonella Senftenberg samples found on the public database NCBI from 2010 to the present (notably 2014) are or are not linked
What you need to know about the Jif Salmonella Peanut Butter Recall and Outbreak
The CDC reports 14 with Salmonella Senftenberg in 12 States linked to Jif peanut butter. Arkansas (1), Georgia (2), Illinois (1), Massachusetts (1), Missouri (1), Ohio (1), North Carolina (1), New York (1), South Carolina (1), Texas (2), Virginia (1), and Washington (1).
However, as the CDC says, “the true number of sick people in
So, how many people have Salmonella Senftenberg linked to Jif Peanut Butter?
My email and phone have been a bit busy this weekend with people reaching out who have received notice of the Jif peanut butter recall. Some have opened and unopened jars, some are presently ill or they and family have been sick over the last several weeks. Most have suffered without seeking medical treatment, and
Salmonella Peanut Butter Outbreaks – what have we learned since 2008?
Friday night the FDA, along with CDC and state and local partners, reported that they are investigating a multistate outbreak of Salmonella Senftenberg infections linked to certain Jif peanut butter products produced at the J.M. Smucker Company facility in Lexington, Kentucky.
Total Illnesses: 14, Hospitalizations: 2, Last Illness Onset: May 1, 2022. States with Cases:
OK, I admit it – Did I miss if the FDA deemed Peanut Butter a “High-Risk” food yet?
Following the tragedy of the PCA Salmonella peanut outbreak in 2008-2009, that sickened over 700 and killed nine, Dr. Stephen Sundlof of the Food and Drug Administration told lawmakers that agency inspectors will start to routinely collect samples for bacterial testing whenever they go into a peanut butter manufacturing facility.
“We are changing that now