The Iowa City Gazette reports that three years after a nationwide Salmonella outbreak caused by contaminated eggs from Iowa, federal prosecutors are still seeking criminal charges.  Attorneys in Iowa’s Northern District are waiting to sentence a former manager of an Iowa egg company involved in the 2010 outbreak that sickened about 2,000 people, possibly to

The Alabama Department of Public Health continues to investigate a foodborne outbreak that has affected at least 67 out of 100 or more people who ate a meal on July 6 after a funeral at Eastern Star Baptist Church in York.

Five people are confirmed to have Salmonella (serotype Heidelberg) by the Alabama Bureau of

The CDC reported today that a total of 134 persons infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Heidelberg were reported from 13 states.

31% of ill persons were hospitalized, and no deaths were reported.

Most of the ill persons were reported from two states, Oregon (40) and Washington (57).

Collaborative investigative efforts of local, state,

Tiffany Craig of KHOU reports that the Harris County Texas Health Department has temporarily closed Humble’s Iguana Joe’s after multiple patrons reported being sickened over Father’s Day weekend.

The health department said it warned Iguana Joe’s about critical violations and how to fix them, but the restaurant didn’t listen so it had no choice but

I do not thank enough the good folks at state health departments for counting, and the CDC for compiling, all the outbreak data that I often steal whole cloth for my blog.  Thanks.

So, when the CDC quietly announced that a few recent outbreaks were officially over, I thought I would give them a “shout

The Cumberland County health director, Buck Wilson, declared the county’s Salmonella outbreak over Wednesday, saying there have been no new cases since May 15.  The Cumberland County Department of Public Health says at least 103 people have reported signs or symptoms consistent with salmonella infections.  All of the people appear to have eaten at the

With nearly 150 Firefly Salmonella victims as clients, it did not take long for one of the locals to send a picture of the new, hopefully Salmonella free, location.

Questions that I plan on asking is how long had the new location been in the works?  And, did the focus on the new facility take

Food Safety News reports that at least 86 people fell ill after eating at one of two restaurants within the Holiday Inn Bordeaux in Fayetteville, N.C., as of Friday, according to Cumberland County Department of Public Health Director Buck Wilson. That number is up from 70 cases counted on Monday.

Seven of the patients have