Apparently, what goes on in Vegas does not stay in Vegas.
According to a report just released by the Health Department, as of May 5, 2013 at least 196 patrons and 4 employees of Firefly who consumed food and/or drinks at Firefly restaurant during April 21-26, 2013 have been determined to be confirmed or
Consumption of imported cucumbers is the likely source of infection for the ill persons. On April 24, 2013, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration placed Daniel Cardenas Izabal and Miracle Greenhouse of Culiacán, Mexico on Import Alert. Cucumbers from these two firms will be denied admission into the United States unless the suppliers show
It is expected that the Nevada and Southern Nevada Health District will update the public on the Firefly outbreak by the numbers ill and the likely serotype of the Salmonella. We learned today from a stool culture that the illnesses are Salmonella Group B, but the serotype has not yet been listed. Group B consists
An employee at the Nordstrom Café in San Francisco’s Stonestown Galleria has been diagnosed with typhoid fever and may have exposed customers to the disease, according to the San Francisco Department of Public Health.
Anyone who ate at the café on April 16, 17, 18, 20, or 27, 2013 may be at risk of
Over the last few days we have been retained by dozens of Las Vegas residents sickened by Salmonella after eating a Firefly during April 21-24. We filed the first Salmonella Lawsuit on Friday. Download Complaint.
The people who have called are likely counted as part of the 86 that the Southern Nevada Health District
For those who thought I would be focused on the Food Safety News booth and helping Jeff Benedict sell “Poisoned” while I worked on my speech for the Food Safety Summit, guess again.
We will be filing the first, of what will likely be many Salmonella lawsuits (Download Complaint) against Firefly, the Las
According to Las Vegas press, an inspection report on Firefly on Paradise Road released Wednesday was cited for employees handling food without gloves and preparing food next to cleaning chemicals.
Signs were posted on the doors of the Firefly on Paradise Road on Monday and officials report 86 patrons becoming ill with Salmonella after eating
If I buy a book on Amazon, I can track it from purchase to delivery. We can not do the same with cucumbers? So, where were the tainted cucumbers sold in the 18 states where there are ill people?
CDC is collaborating with public health officials in many states and the U.S. Food and Drug
The cucumber that is.
With Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Minnesota, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Virginia, and Wisconsin leading the way, the CDC is reporting a Salmonella Saintpaul outbreak. So far a total of 73 persons infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Saintpaul have been
Food Safety News reports that twelve people in Minnesota have fallen ill with Salmonella poisoning after eating unpasteurized, homemade queso fresco, a Mexican-style cheese, according to a joint statement released by the state departments of health and agriculture, and the City of Minneapolis.
At least eight patients were hospitalized after eating the product, and another
