In a comment letter filed with the USDA today, Consumer Reports called on the agency to strengthen its proposed regulatory framework that would keep poultry contaminated with Salmonella above a certain level off the market and subject to recall. The framework is urgently needed, given the large number of poultry plants that pose a higher
Salmonella Lawyer
A Salmonella Snack from the past – Veggie Booty
I keep bumping into defense lawyers that were involved in this 2007 Salmonella Outbreak – Small World.
Public health officials in OutbreakNet (the network of epidemiologists and other public health officials, facilitated by CDC, who investigate outbreaks of foodborne, waterborne, and other enteric illnesses nationwide) are investigating a multi-state outbreak of Salmonella Wandsworth infections. Salmonella…
Canada (not our 51st State) reduced Salmonella illnesses by reducing Salmonella on Chicken – go figure.
Perhaps we should become Canada’s 11th Province?
The full article is worth a read.
Nontyphoidal Salmonella enterica infections are a leading cause of enteric disease in Canada, most commonly associated with foodborne exposures. Raw frozen breaded chicken products (FBCP) have been implicated in 16 Salmonella outbreaks between 2017 and 2019. This study quantified the impact…
Salmonella Cucumber Outbreak over after 113 Sick – Montana, Wisconsin, Washington, Oregon, Wyoming, Colorado and Texas hit hard
According to the CDC, the total of 113 people infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella were reported from 23 states: Alaska 2, Arizona 1, California 4, Colorado 8, Iowa 3, Illinois 4, Massachusetts 6, Michigan 3, Montana 18, Nebraska 1, Nevada 1, New Jersey 2, New Mexico 1, New York 1, Ohio 1, Oregon…
Salmonella in Seattle – Salmonella Outbreak linked to Christmas Dinner
Summary
Public Health is investigating an outbreak of salmonellosis (caused by Salmonella bacteria) associated with Mary Pilgrim Inn, an emergency temporary housing shelter in Seattle. Many of the people became sick after eating food served at two Christmas dinners on December 25, 2024, or leftovers from those dinners on December 26, 2024. The food served…
FSIS has interest in Salmonella Poultry Vaccine
Center for Veterinary Biologics and FSIS Announce Interest in Salmonella Vaccines for Poultry
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service’s Center for Veterinary Biologics (CVB) has published Notice No. 24-15, Salmonella Vaccines and USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service’s Framework to Reduce Salmonella Illnesses Attributable to Poultry to inform veterinary biologics manufacturers of FSIS’ interest…
CDC, FDA, FSIS weigh in on what foods sicken us with Salmonella, E. coli and Listeria
Each year in the United States an estimated 9 million people get sick, 56,000 are hospitalized, and 1,300 die of a foodborne disease caused by known pathogens. These estimates help highlight the scope of this public health problem. However, to develop effective prevention measures, food safety agencies and partners need to understand the types of…
Marler Clark files first Salmonella Lawsuit in Cucumber Outbreak
https://www.marlerblog.com/files/2024/12/1-Complaint-1.pdf
The FDA and CDC, in collaboration with state and local partners, are investigating a multistate outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium infections linked to American/slicer cucumbers grown by Agrotato, S.A. de C.V. in Sonora, Mexico.
According to the CDC, as of November 26, 2024, a total of 68 people infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella …
Retailers Sprouts, Lazy Acres, Frazier Farms, Jimbo’s and New Leaf named in Lawsuits linked to 171 with Salmonella from Raw Milk
On October 18, 2023, an investigation of an outbreak associated with Raw Farm, LLC products was initiated. At least eight Salmonella cases who had reported consuming raw milk from Raw Farm, LLC of Fresno County, California, were discovered and reported to the California Department of Public Health (CDPH). Another nine cases from another county were discovered…
Onions linked once again to a Foodborne Illness Outbreak – I wonder why?
McDonald’s E. coli Outbreak
As of November 13, 2024, 104 people infected with the outbreak strain of E. coli O157:H7 have been reported from 14 states: Colorado 30, Montana 19, Wyoming 6, Kansas 3, North Carolina 1, Iowa 1, Missouri 8, Michigan 1, Nebraska 12, New Mexico 10, Oregon 1, Utah 8, Washington 1 and…