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Showing posts with label outbreak. Show all posts
Showing posts with label outbreak. Show all posts
Sunday, March 25, 2018

Salmonella Outbreak Associated with Dried Coconut

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The CDC reports that 13 people from 8 different states have become infected from Salmonella from dried coconut.  The company, Vitamin Cottag...
Monday, January 15, 2018

CDC and FDA Hold Off from Implicating Romaine Lettuce in E. coli Outbreak

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FDA and CDC did not pull the trigger on making a public notice to avoid romaine lettuce for involvement in an E. coli outbreak.   The Canadi...
Tuesday, January 2, 2018

E. coli (STEC) Outbreak in US and Canada Under Investigation

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CDC, several states, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration are investigating a multistate outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli O157...
Friday, November 3, 2017

Outbreak of E. coli Affects Hundreds of Marine Recruits

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About 300 marine recruits were stricken with E. coli infection this past week, and of that, 85 are still ill.  The outbreak occurred at Mar...
Monday, March 13, 2017

NY Creamery Expands Recall, Product Linked to Illnesses. 2 Deaths

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A NY creamery expanded its recall, posted on 3/7/16 , as the CDC has linked the product to 6 cases of listeriosis.  There have been 2 death...
Friday, January 6, 2017

Court Upholds FDA Not Negligent in Issuing Warning in 2008 Salmonella Outbreak

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The US Court of Appeals upheld the ruling that FDA did not negligently issue a warning about tomatoes contaminated with Salmonella as part o...
Thursday, December 22, 2016

State Health Department Investigates Own Foodborne Illness Outbreak

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An outbreak of foodborne illness affected 70 of the 200 NM State Health Department employees who attended the departmental holiday luncheon....
Wednesday, November 30, 2016

Thanksgiving Charity Event Results in Foodborne Illness Including 3 Deaths

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An apparent foodborne illness outbreak related to a Thanksgiving charity event has impacted 17 people and caused 3 deaths and 1 hospitalizat...
Friday, July 22, 2016

Washington Firm Recalls Whole Roaster Hogs Due to Salmonella

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A Washington firm is recalling whole roaster hogs after that firms product was linked to an outbreak of Salmonella. This same firm had a r...
Thursday, May 19, 2016

A Salmonella Outbreak in MN Linked to Bagged Salad

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Bagged salad produced by Taylor Farms are being linked to a Salmonella outbreak in Minnesota where six people have been infected.  The illne...
Wednesday, May 4, 2016

Justice Department Investigates Salad Plant After Listeria Outbreak

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 The US Justice Department is investigating the Dole with regard to the Salad / Listeria outbreak .  The question being raised is 'what ...

Massive Recall of Frozen Vegetables Follows Linkage to Listeria Outbreak

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A Washington state frozen food manufacturer is recalling frozen vegetable products affecting approximately 2 years of production, 358 consum...
Monday, March 21, 2016

Impact of Food Safety Issues on Chipotle Bigger than Expected

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The impact of food safety issues on Chipotle have been much more than expected.  They estimate that 7% of customers may never return.  Then ...
Friday, January 29, 2016

Update on Listeria Outbreak Associated with Salad

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CDC provided an update on the number of listeriosis cases linked to Dole's packaged salads.  There are now 15 cases and 1 death.  Dole h...
Tuesday, January 26, 2016

Dole Withdrawals Salad Items Linked to Listeria Outbreak

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Dole is conducting a voluntary withdrawal of salad products made in their Springfield, OH facility after being linked to a Listeria outbreak...
Friday, January 8, 2016

Justice Department Investigations of Companies Involved in Food Outbreaks

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 In a Wall Street Journal Risk Blog, there is discussion on the US Justice Department becoming more interested / involved in the investigati...
Wednesday, December 30, 2015

Justice Department Investigating Blue Bell Regarding Listeria Outbreak

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Blue Bell is back in the news as CBS News is reporting that the US Justice Department has started an investigation into the conditions that ...
Friday, November 20, 2015

Update on Salmonella Outbreak Associated with Cucumbers

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CDC updated the information regarding the outbreak of Salmonella related to contaminated cucumbers that began in July.    There have been 83...
Tuesday, November 3, 2015

CDC - Multistate Foodborne Outbreaks — United States, 2010–2014

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In MMWR, the CDC published an analysis of data in the Foodborne Disease Outbreak Surveillance System from 2010 - 2014. The document can be ...
Wednesday, October 7, 2015

Number of Cucumber Related Salmonellosis Cases Rises

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There have been an addition 61 cucumber linked cases of salmonellosis since the September 29 CDC outbreak update . This brings the total to ...