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Bankruptcy Claims Against Peanut Corporation of America Hit 154
Posted on November 19, 2009A bankruptcy trustee says claims have been filed for 154 people who say they were sickened by a salmonella outbreak traced to a Virginia peanut company. Peanut Corp. of America filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy amid fallout from the outbreak, which left about 700 people sick and was linked to at least nine deaths...
Dog treats tainted with Salmonella
Posted on November 13, 2009The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is issuing this health alert to warn consumers not to use Pig Ears and Beef Hooves pet treats manufactured by Pet Carousel because the products may be contaminated with Salmonella. The products were distributed nationwide in both bulk and retail packaging for sale in pet food and retail chain stores...
Felony charges for Bad Food - It is about time!
Posted on November 10, 2009Georgia State legislation is in the works that could lead to felony prosecution of food processors responsible for contaminated products. The bill is being prepared almost a year after a deadly salmonella outbreak linked to a Georgia peanut plant. The Blakely, Georgia peanut processing plant was the focal point of a nationwide salmonella outbreak earlier this year...
Nut Butter Plant Has Salmonella Newport and Java Problem
Posted on October 31, 2009The 36-year-old East Wind Community Inc., a commune in the Missouri Ozarks, has a Salmonella problem inside its nut butter manufacturing facility. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said its inspectors collected samples from inside the East Wind nut butter plant and its laboratory analysis discovered the presence of Salmonella...
Multistate Outbreak of Salmonella Infections Associated With Small Turtle Exposure, 2007-2008
Posted on October 19, 2009PEDIATRICS (doi:10.1542/peds.2009-0272) Julie R. Harris, PhDa,b, David Bergmire-Sweat, MPHc, Julie H. Schlegel, MSPd, Kim A. Winpisinger, MSe, Rachel F. Klos, DVMf, Christopher Perry, BSa,g, Robert V. Tauxe, MDa and Mark J. Sotir, PhDa Objective: Turtle-associated salmonellosis was increasingly recognized in the United States during the 1960s, leading to a federal ban in 1975 on the sale of turtles <4 inches in carapace length (small turtles)...
Salmonella-tainted Cantaloupe Recalled
Posted on October 18, 2009Raley's grocers is recalling 1,120 cartons of Del Monte cantaloupe sold in Northern California and Nevada after routine testing detected salmonella in some of the produce, according to the California Department of Public Health. The cantaloupe was sold throughout the San Francisco Bay Area at Raley's and its subsidiaries, Nob Hill Foods and Food Source...
Salmonella Canola Banned From US
Posted on October 16, 2009The U.S. Food and Drug Administration refused 13 shipments of Canadian canola meal that contained salmonella in August and September, all from plants owned by Bunge Ltd., the FDA's website showed. Twelve shipments came from a Bunge plant in Nipawin, Sask...
Warning in Michigan - Alfalfa Sprouts May Contain Salmonella
Posted on October 09, 2009Michigan State health officials are warning people not to eat raw alfalfa sprouts, which have sickened individuals in Kent County and across the state. The Michigan Department of Community Health and Department of Agriculture said 12 cases of Salmonella Typhimurium infections caused by eating raw alfalfa sprouts have been reported in Kent, Bay, Genesee, Macomb, Oakland, Washtenaw and Wayne Counties...
Antibiotic Resistance in Salmonella
Posted on October 03, 2009Salmonella is a leading cause of foodborne illness worldwide, with an estimated 1.4 million cases each year in the United States alone (1). Salmonella infections are typically due to consumption of food products of animal origin. Several lines of evidence indicate that antibiotic-resistance among human Salmonella infections results from the use of antimicrobial agents in food animals (2)...
$12M fund set aside for Peanut Corporation of America salmonella victims' claims
Posted on October 02, 2009Today U.S. Bankruptcy Judge William E. Anderson ordered Peanut Corporation of America's insurance carrier Hartford to set aside $12 million to reimburse people for health complications that resulted from eating tainted peanut products. Peanut Corporation of America declared bankruptcy in February...
California Warns Consumers Not to Eat "Queen Victoria" and "Tubby" Bunched Spinach
Posted on September 18, 2009The California Department of Public Health warned consumers not to eat 'Queen Victoria' and 'Tubby' bunched spinach because they may be contaminated with salmonella, which can cause serious illness. The 12-count and 24-count spinach bunches were bound with a twist tie which says'PLU 4090 UPC 33383-65200...
Oregon Says Nationwide Salmonella Outbreak Likely Caused By Shredded Lettuce
Posted on September 14, 2009A mid-summer Salmonella outbreak that sickened at least 124 people across the country probably was due to contaminated lettuce. At least that's the opinion of William Keene, senior epidemiologist at Oregon's Public Health Division. The outbreak ran from mid-July to mid-August with one cluster of cases being in the Portland area where seven became sick and two required hospital stays...
Muranaka Farm Knows Where Parsley Was & Where It's Going--Now Wants It Back
Posted on September 13, 2009Salmonella-related recalls lately have been all over the spice rack. This time, parsley is on the recall list, but no illnesses have yet been associated with it. Moorpark, CA's Muranake Farms Inc. is recalling 1,005 cases of 60-count bunched parsley because it may be contaminated with Salmonella...
Michigan Candy Maker Recalls Chocolate-Covered Peanuts
Posted on September 12, 2009Kilwin's Quality Confections, Inc. of Petoskey, MI, on Sept. 10 recalled all of our seven ounce packages of chocolate-covered peanuts, and bulk chocolate-covered peanuts, sold in our retail stores prior to April 1, 2009. These package may be contaminated with Salmonella, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems...
Salinas Produce Company Recalls Mexican Onions Over Salmonella Contamination
Posted on September 10, 2009Two California produce shippers have recalled thousands of cases of green onions supplied by an onion farm in Mexicali, Mexico, over fears the onions could be contaminated with salmonella. U.S. Department of Agriculture inspectors found salmonella in a routine test taken in New York last month...
Red Pepper Spice Recalled By Texas Coffee Co. For Salmonella Contamination
Posted on September 01, 2009Red pepper spice sold by retailers in southeastern Texas and southwestern Louisiana is being recalled due to possible Salmonella contamination. A Beaumont, TX -based coffee and spice packager issued the red pepper recall. The Texas Coffee Co. said 3- and 8-ounce packages of Texjoy red pepper are being recalled because of potential contamination by salmonella bacteria...
Third Party Testing Fails In Latest Slow-Moving Cantaloupe Recall
Posted on August 29, 2009Melon Acres has recalled cantaloupes distributed through Farm-Wey Produce of Lakeland, FL due to possible salmonella contamination. The cantaloupes were shipped August 13th and 14th and were identified as 41 MG 10, Bin Numbers 4753-4980. These bins were distributed to Aldi's in Greenwood, Indiana and Meijer in Lansing, Michigan, Newport, Michigan, and Tipp City, Ohio...
Sprouts Thought To Be Serving Up Salmonella Cubana In Canada
Posted on August 14, 2009Up in Canada, sprouts may be serving up an outbreak of Salmonella Cubana, a rare sub-type that in some cases can lead to fatal infections. The Salmonella Cubana outbreak appears centered on the Ontario area where seven confirmed cases have been logged to date...
Six days after FSIS announces the recall of Salmonella Newport beef from Beef Packers (Cargill) and still no list of where the beef went?
Posted on August 13, 2009On August 6, 2009 Beef Packers, Inc., of Fresno, California recalled approximately 825,769 pounds of ground beef products linked to an outbreak of salmonellosis (disease that can be caused by antibiotic-resistant Salmonella Newport). This was announced on the U...
California Produce Firm Recalls Jumbo Green Onions Out Of Fear of Salmonella
Posted on August 13, 2009Salinas, CA-based NewStar Fresh Foods has recalled 772 cartons of iced jumbo green onions it distributed under the Omo and Fu Choy brand names in Georgia, Michigan, and California. The company fears the onions may be contaminated with Salmonella...
Cargill's Beef Packers Inc Was Cited For Not Being Very Nice To Cattle
Posted on August 12, 2009According to Garance Burke, super AP reporter, USDA records show that Cargill linked - Beef Packers, Inc., that recalled tons of hamburger meat due to salmonella fears was slapped with humane handling violations in a government review of meatpacking plants last year...
Safeway Joins In Beef Packers Inc.'s Salmonella Recall In Nine Western States
Posted on August 11, 2009In cooperation with Beef Packers, Inc.'s (Cargill's) recall of 825,769 pounds of ground beef linked to an outbreak of salmonellosis, Pleseanton, CA-based Safeway Inc. is recalling fresh ground beef products sold between June 6 through July 14, 2009, at stores in Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, South Dakota and Wyoming...
Multi-State Salmonella Newport Outbreak Leads To Huge Ground Beef Recall; Consumers At Risk In Four Western States
Posted on August 06, 2009The multi-state Salmonella Newport outbreak centered on Colorado has taken new twist with a huge beef recall out of California being announced today by the U. S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety & Inspection Service. Target of the recall is an estimated 825,769 pounds of ground beef products manufactured by Fresno, CA-based Beef Packers Inc...
Salmonella Newport Proving Resistant To Antibiotics Might Be Caused By Ground Beef Still Being Sold
Posted on August 04, 2009Colorado doctors and hospitals are combating Salmonella Newport infections that resistant to the most commonly used antibiotics. Twenty-one people spread mostly up and down the Front Range are being treated for Salmonella Newport. Cases have been reported in eight other states as well...
Colorado Salmonella Outbreak(s) Bring Warning From State Not To Eat Ground Beef Or Be Real Sure Its Cooked Throughout!
Posted on August 01, 2009A second Salmonella outbreak, or maybe the second stage of the first one, is underway in Colorado. It adds up to 21 confirmed cases of Salmonella from the end of June into July. First reports of Salmonella in Colorado coincided with the July 22ND recall of nearly 500,000 pounds of ground beef by the Kroger owned grocery store chain know as King Soopers, based in Denver...
One "Lot" Of Cilantro Recalled By Frontera Produce; Keeps Retailer List Secret
Posted on July 30, 2009Frontera Produce, of Texas, is recalling a lot of cilantro that may be contaminated with Salmonella, according to The Packer. Frontera is not, however, releasing to the public the names of the retailers that received the recalled lot...
Memphis Father & Son Sue A&R Bar-be-que, LLC After Suffering Salmonella Poisoning
Posted on July 30, 2009A lawsuit stemming from the recent outbreak of Salmonella illnesses was filed today in the Circuit Court for Shelby County, Tennessee against A&R Bar-be-que, LLC. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of a Memphis father and son by Seattle foodborne illness law firm Marler Clark and by John Day of the Tennessee firm Day & Blair...
King Soopers Recall First Time Ground Beef Recalled For Salmonella; And Strain Is A Dangerous One.
Posted on July 27, 2009The 466,236 pound recall of ground beef by the Denver-based King Soopers grocery chain is going now in the history books as historic for two reasons: 1. For the first time in history, the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has recalled ground beef that is tainted with salmonella...
14 Sick In Colorado As Denver-Based King Soopers Grocery Chain Recalls Nearly Half Million Pounds Of Ground Beef For Salmonella Contamination
Posted on July 23, 2009From the Food Safety & Inspection Service (FSIS) of the United States Department of Agriculture: WASHINGTON, July 22, 2009 - King Soopers, Inc., a Denver, Colo., establishment, is recalling approximately 466,236 pounds of ground beef products that may be linked to an outbreak of salmonellosis, the U...
Another Fresh Produce Recall; This Time It's Romaine Lettuce Due To Salmonella
Posted on July 22, 2009From a Company Press Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 21, 2009 Tanimura & Antle, Inc. of Salinas, Calif. is voluntarily recalling one lot of romaine lettuce because it has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. No illnesses have been reported to date, and the company is working with FDA to inform consumers of this recall...
FDA Testing Finds Salmonella Contamination In Fresh Cilantro From Texas Company
Posted on July 19, 2009The McAllen, TX-based Sweet Superior Fruit Company Saturday recalled 104 cases of fresh cilantro because testing by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) was positive for salmonella. No illnesses have yet been associated with this recall. The tainted cilantro was sold from July 13 to 16 at the Sweet Superior outlet in McAllen...
Egg Producers Look To Be More Ready Than Not For "New" Regulations
Posted on July 10, 2009Some reform, some recycled policies, and something the bureaucracy could dust off and make new. Those are among the comments that can be made about the recommendations made earlier this week by the President's Food Safety Working Group. The 'new' are the 'public health regulation(s) to improve egg safety and reduce salmonella illnesses...
Milk Coop's Ingredient Recall Is Growing Rapidly--202 Products To Date
Posted on July 09, 2009After the Plainview Milk Products Cooperative, located in Plainview, MN, discovered salmonella contamination on its equipment, it asked on June 29th that the ingredients its sold over the past two years to others-- instant nonfat dried milk, whey protein, fruit stabilizers and gums (thickening agents)--be recalled...
Virginia And Texas Communities Combat Local Salmonella Outbreaks
Posted on July 07, 2009Charlottesville, VA and Lockhart, TX are the latest examples of communities dealing with nasty little outbreaks of Salmonella. In Central Virginia, a half dozen patrons of the Mona Lisa Pasta Shop were sickened with salmonella that apparently came from frozen lasagna product...
Salmonella Contamination Causes Wegmans To Pull Anaheim Peppers
Posted on July 03, 2009Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. the 73-store supermarket chain with stores in New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Virginia, and Maryland, is recalling all Anaheim peppers its sold since June 11, 2009. On July 2nd, Wegmans removed fresh Anaheim peppers from its produce departments due to the possibility of salmonella contamination...
Dunkin' Donuts Stops Pouring Beverages With Coop's Milk Products
Posted on June 30, 2009When it learned that one of its suppliers had equipment contaminated with salmonella, Dunkin' Donuts removed hot chocolate and its Dunkaccino beverages from its menu. Behind that action was the decision by Minnesota's Plainview Milk Products Cooperative to recall all the instant nonfat dried milk, whey protein, fruit stabilizers and gums or thickening agents that it has manufactured over the past two years because of possible Salmonella contamination...
Yes, It's Looking Like The Caterer Did It --She Raised Chicks And Did Business Without A License
Posted on June 26, 2009If you raise chicks and you are in the catering business, you need to be extra careful not to cross contaminate the food you serve with salmonella from the chicks you keep. It's looking like that's what happened in North Dakota where an unlicensed caterer linked to three separate incidents of salmonella food poisoning that sickened more than 75 people and hospitalized nine turned out to also be a chicken rancher...
Orca Repacked And Sold Setton Pistachios As California Prime Products & Orange County Orchards
Posted on June 24, 2009The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has warned consumers not to eat two brands of pistachios repacked by Orca Distribution West Inc. of Anaheim, California. The brands are: California Prime Produce Orange County Orchards The pistachios may be contaminated with Salmonella, an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems...
Same Caterer In North Dakota May Have Spread Salmonella To Two Events
Posted on June 23, 2009There was a wedding in Washburn and a family reunion in Wilton that will probably be remembered for a long time. Both North Dakota towns are north of Bismarck. There apparently was a common ingredient at both events--salmonella. And it was not pretty...
Companies Recalling Peanut Products Tell Bankruptcy Court They Are Victims Too!
Posted on June 16, 2009To list all the peanut products they've recalled takes a couple pages each for Kellogg Co. and Clif Bar Inc. For Kellogg's, it includes products like Famous Amos Peanut Butter Cookies and Keebler Soft Batch Homestyle Peanut Butter Cookies...
Bar Date Extended to October 31, 2009 for Filing of Salmonella Personal Injury Claims Against Peanut Corporation of America
Posted on June 14, 2009Salmonella Was The Big Bacteria On The Block In 2006
Posted on June 13, 2009Perhaps the most interesting statistic about salmonella is that only 6.1 percent of all the thousands of illnesses it was responsible for in 2006 could be attributed to the recognized outbreaks that are laid out in this week's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)...
"Team D" Profiled On Blog at Consumer Reports: Credited For Role In Finding Salmonella In Peanut Butter
Posted on June 09, 2009The Consumer Reports Blog has a nice profile up on "Team D," the environmental science students at the University of Minnesota who've been at the center of tracking down recent outbreaks of food-borne illness, including salmonella. Here's how CR begins the story: "Graduate students in the University of Minnesota School of Public Health vie to get on an elite team, even if they have to put up with its icky nickname—Team D...
Usually All Is Well In Lee's Summit, MO; But Not Today--Salmonella Sends Two Little Ones To The Hospital
Posted on June 03, 2009Richardson Elementary School students in Lee's Summit, MO were sent home with warning letters yesterday after two kindergartners were hospitalized with salmonella. A boy, listed in fair condition, and a girl, whose condition was not being released, were enrolled in Richardson's Kids Country during the school year...
Tested Positive For Salmonella Last September, Union International Just Gets Around To Recalling White Peppers With Red Labels
Posted on June 02, 2009Somebody must have hit the "re-send" button overnight at the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) as we received a number of recall notices from earlier May that we've already written about. One that is somewhat new, however, is from last Friday when Union International Food Company recalled Lian How Brand White Peppers with red labels because of possible Salmonella contamination...
Setton Pistachio Claims It "Never Knowingly" Shipped Tainted Product
Posted on May 27, 2009After the recall since March of a couple million pounds of pistachios in over 660 separate products, Setton Pistachio sent its Chief Operating Officer (COO) out to deny the California company continued to ship its seeds after discovering they were contaminated with salmonella...
Raw Milk Used To Make Mexican-Style Cheese Blamed In Utah Salmonella Outbreak
Posted on May 26, 2009Homemade queso fresco , a Mexican-style soft cheese made with raw milk, is being blamed by health officials for a salmonella outbreak in Utah's Salt Lake Valley. The Salt Lake Tribune reported last week on seven salmonella cases that were being linked to someone in Kearns, Utah who was making queso fresco using raw milk from a cow on a nearby farm...
Food & Drug Administration (FDA) Makes Its 483 Inspection Report of Setton Pistachio Public
Posted on May 23, 2009In a 483 Inspection Report released today, FDA inspectors identified multiple food-safety shortcomings at the Setton Pistachio of Terra Bella California that was linked to a Salmonella outbreak earlier this year: 1. The company detected the bacteria in roasted pistachios in October but did not change its processing procedures until March 2...
WAL*MART Cantaloupes In Carolinas Recalled After Testing Positive For Salmonella
Posted on May 17, 2009How big is "a lot?" Raleigh, NC-based L&M Companies, Inc. has recalled "one lot of whole cantaloupes because it has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. One lot must be a lot because there were enough cantaloupes to fulfill the needs of Walmart Supercenter Stores in North Carolina and South Carolina, and in the Walmart Supercenter Store located at 315 Furr Street in South Hill, Virginia...
WAL*MART Cantaloupes In Carolinas And South Hill, Virginia Recalled After Testing Positive For Salmonella
Posted on May 17, 2009How big is "a lot?" Raleigh, NC-based L&M Companies, Inc. has recalled "one lot of whole cantaloupes because it has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. One lot must be a lot because there were enough cantaloupes to fulfill the needs of Walmart Supercenter Stores in North Carolina and South Carolina, and in the Walmart Supercenter Store located at 315 Furr Street in South Hill, Virginia...
Peanuts & Pistachios Will Mark The History Of Change At Food & Drug Administration
Posted on May 14, 2009Few would have predicted that when history is written on the first term of the Obama Administration that peanuts and pistachios would play such prominent roles. Those unlikely products, however, will be used by historians to demonstrate the bad old ways versus the new U...
FDA Updates Its Alfalfa Sprout Investigation And Continues To Ban Their Consumption; Tells About The Seeds of Destruction
Posted on May 12, 2009Here are the highlights of an update just posted from the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on the sprout-caused Salmonella Saintpaul outbreak that has impacted at least 14 states: A preliminary report of the investigation is available from CDC's, the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, MMWR [PDF - 114 KB]...
De Jong Bros. Farms Recalls Spinach That May Be Contaminated With Salmonella
Posted on May 02, 2009And in news from Illinois Agriculture this morning we learn of a spinach recall due to possible Salmonella contamination. De Jong Bros . Farms, Incorporated of Lansing, Illinois, has recalled its curly leaf spinach packages sold in 2...
FDA Alerts Sprout Growers and Retailers About Specific Lots of Alfalfa Seed Potentially Contaminated with Salmonella
Posted on May 02, 2009The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) may be getting to the bottom of the problem of contaminated sprouts. And, the very bottom appears to be the seeds. FDA issued this statement late yesterday: Preliminary epidemiology regarding the ongoing outbreak of illness from Salmonella Saintpaul in people who had eaten alfalfa sprouts was shared with the supplier of the seeds associated with illness...
Why Not Recall The Seeds In the Sprout-Caused Salmonella Saintpaul Outbreak?
Posted on May 01, 2009The CDC reports that since mid-March, 35 persons infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Saintpaul have been reported from 7 states. The number of ill persons identified in each state is as follows: Michigan (17), Minnesota (4), Ohio (3), Pennsylvania (6), South Dakota (2), Utah (1), and West Virginia (2)...
Field Trippers Take A Little Piece of Environment Home With Them--The Salmonella Bacteria!
Posted on April 30, 2009This time of year, you see school kids on all sorts of field trips. Seems teachers can only stand to be locked up with the little buggers for so long. What could be better than taking them out to something called "Stone Environmental" camp on a rented piece of the "Purity Springs Resort" in Madison, N...
Nevada Woman, Shirley Shultz, Hospitalized Due to Salmonella Spices from Union International Food Company and CJ United Corporation
Posted on April 26, 2009A 77-year-old Dayton woman is recovering after being hospitalized for salmonella poisoning from pepper. Shirley Shultz's infection coincides with recalls of white and black pepper by California-based companies Union International Food Co. and CJ United Corp...
Federal Government's Top Food Safety Agencies Say "Do Not Eat Raw Sprouts!"
Posted on April 26, 2009The Obama Administration is far from having its own people in place to run the food safety machinery of the federal government. However, we are starting to see some of the changes that were promised in last year's campaign. One of these changes is to issue warnings to the public not to eat something once its apparent there is a problem...
Experts For The Victims Get Inside The Peanut Corporation of America's Plants in Texas and Georgia
Posted on April 24, 2009Experts for lawyers representing the victims of the Salmonella Typhimurium inspected both the Peanut Corporation of America's Plainview, TX and Blakely, GA plants this week. With nine deaths and hundreds of illnesses linked to the Salmonella contamination found inside the PCA facilities, media attention on this week's first inspections by outside experts was high...
Sprouts and Spice All Adding Up To Salmonella From Michigan To California
Posted on April 22, 2009We were chatting earlier today with one of the nation's experts on food borne illnesses. He was making the point that people in good health, in the prime of their life, can be cut down by food-borne illnesses like Salmonella. And Salmonella seems to be everywhere this spring...
Spice Recall Expanded; All Listed Here May Be Contaminated With Salmonella
Posted on April 16, 2009FDA announced that Union International Food Co. is expanding a spice recall to include all Lian How brand and Uncle Chen brand sauces, oil and oil blends in various size packages because the products may be contaminated with salmonella, an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections, especially in young children, the elderly and those with weakened immune systems...
Iowa Health Officials Kept Focus For Salmonella St. Paul Outbreak On SunSprout Enterprises
Posted on April 15, 2009The recall of sprouts by SunSprout Enterprises Inc. of Omaha, Neb did not come quick enough for 34 Iowans including 3 living clear across the state on the banks of the Mississippi River in Scott County. The 34 Iowans are suffering from Salmonella St. Paul, the very bacteria found in the recalled sprouts...
A Rainy Night In Georgia Is Followed By Spiked Salmonella Levels The Next Morning!
Posted on April 13, 2009A rainy night in Georgia A rainy night in Georgia I believe that it's raining all over the world I feel that it's raining all over the world Scientific American is out with a report today that says when you add that famous rain to Georgia you end up with lot's of Salmonella...
Bangladeshi Freshwater Fish Recalled Because Of Salmonella Contamination
Posted on April 09, 2009Asia Cash & Carry Inc. in Maspeth, New York, is recalling 34 cases of CROWN FARMS brand 'KESKI' Frozen Fish (Bangladeshi Freshwater Fish) in 300gm packages with production code JULY 2008 because the product has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella...
Send In The Clowns? No, Send In The U.S. Marshals!
Posted on April 08, 2009For the last few weeks the FDA and Westco Fruit and Nuts Inc. (Westco/Westcott), have been "negotiating" on whether a recall would be issued of Westco/Westcott peanut products. Today the FDA dropped the hammer down. From the FDA Website: At the request of the U...
Get Your Wdgets! - Salmonella Peanuts and Pistachios
Posted on April 08, 2009FDA Product Recall List FDA pistachio product Recall Widget. Flash Player 9 is required. Visit http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/pistachiorecall/index.cfm to search for pistachio product recalls for more information. FDA Product Recall List FDA Peanut Product Recall Widget...
Get Your Widgets! - Salmonella Peanuts and Pistachios
Posted on April 08, 2009FDA Product Recall List FDA pistachio product Recall Widget. Flash Player 9 is required. Visit http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/pistachiorecall/index.cfm to search for pistachio product recalls for more information. FDA Product Recall List FDA Peanut Product Recall Widget...
Feds Find Salmonella At Setton's Plant; Company Expands Pistachio Recall
Posted on April 07, 2009There are a couple of developments today in the pistachio front. First the feds have found traces of salmonella in the Terra Bella, California processing facility. That was probably why Setton Pistachio earlier today expanded its recall of pistachios to include all roasted shell pistachios and in-shell pistachios "due to possible salmonella contamination...
FDA Alerts the Public to Uncle Chen and Lian How Brand Dry Spice Product Recall Due to Salmonella Illnesses
Posted on April 07, 2009The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is alerting the public to a voluntary recall by Union International Food Company (Union City, Calif.) of the company's dry spice products. The recall is based on an investigation of an ongoing foodborne illness outbreak of Salmonella Rissen...
Washington Post Reports FDA Found 20 More Peanut Product Makers Operating Off The Radar
Posted on April 03, 2009One of the awesome facts of the whole peanut/ salmonella outbreak was that the Peanut Corporation of America had gone for years with either a license or any inspections. But guess what? It was not an isolated incident. Washington Post Staff Writer Lyndsey Layton reports in Friday's WP that: During its investigation of the Peanut Corporation case, the FDA discovered about 20 additional facilities that have been making peanut products without the knowledge of federal regulators...
Here We Go With Pistachio Recall List
Posted on April 01, 2009According to the FDA Website, the FDA and the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) are investigating Salmonella contamination in pistachio products sold by Setton Pistachio of Terra Bella Inc, Calif. The company has stopped all distribution of processed pistachios and will issue a voluntary recall involving approximately 1 million pounds of its products...
Pistachios Sold At Both Wholesale And Retail Levels Recalled; Nationwide Alert Issued By FDA
Posted on March 31, 2009Setton Pistachio of Terra Bella, Inc. has been forced into a nationwide recall of specific lots of bulk roasted shelled pistachios and 2,000 lbs., 1,700 lbs., 1,800 lbs. and 1,000 lbs. tote bags of roasted inshell pistachios sold to wholesale customers due to potential contamination with the Salmonella organism...
Salmonellosis outbreak traced to pepper spices; break came in testing at Portland restaurant
Posted on March 30, 2009Public health officials in Oregon and three other western states have tracked a multi-state outbreak of salmonellosis to ground pepper imported, packaged and distributed by a California company. Union International Food Co. of Union City, Calif...
Just A Year Ago, Alamosa Was A Town In Crisis
Posted on March 26, 2009A year ago, the town of Alamosa was in crisis. Hundreds of people were sick from a Salmonella outbreak. The whole town was drinking bottled water because the city's public water supply was contaminated. The head of the Alamosa County Nursing Services, which is responsible for public health in the rural community, had it right from the start when she said: 'In the twelve years I've been here, we haven't seen anything like this...
Something Other Than Peanuts Being Recalled By Georgia Nut Company--Its Pistachios!
Posted on March 25, 2009The FDA announced today that the Georgia Nut Company is recalling certain bulk wholesale and retail products containing shelled pistachio nuts that have the potential to be contaminated with the Salmonella organism. The Company said it identified the potential as a result of a rigorous sampling and testing regimen it conducted with respect to shelled pistachios provided by a third-party supplier...
SunSprout-Caused Salmonella Outbreak In Midwest Is All Too Common
Posted on March 19, 2009The outbreak that's sickened people in four Midwest states has been tied to SunSprout Enterprises' sprouts that were distributed to grocery stores and restaurants. The Omaha company "voluntarily" recalled its products. Nebraska health officials say 84 cases of Salmonella saintpaul have been confirmed near Omaha, Lincoln and Kearney...
Fish Recalled For Salmonella Contamination: No Peanuts Involved!
Posted on March 16, 2009Crown Farms has recalled its "Gulsha" brand of frozen fish because of possible bacterial contamination. The Food & Drug Administration (FDA) said Asia Cash & Carry Inc. of Maspeth, N.Y., recalled the Bangladeshi freshwater fish because of the potential of salmonella contamination...
Omaha Sprout Outfit Recalls Products In Face Of Growing Midwest Salmonella Outbreak
Posted on March 12, 2009Just as FDA was putting out the press release for SunSprout's "voluntary recall," counts of illnesses due to the sprout-caused salmonella outbreak were going up in the impacted states. KELO-TV in Sioux Falls today was reporting that: "South Dakota health officials say the state is reporting 24 more probable cases of salmonella in addition to five confirmed cases last week...
"Confirmed Case" Count Rises to 683; List of Recalled Peanut Products Continue To Grow
Posted on March 11, 2009As of 9 PM EDT, Sunday, March 8, 2009, 683 persons infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Typhimurium have been reported from 46 states. The number of ill persons identified in each state is as follows: Alabama (2), Arizona (13), Arkansas (6), California (76), Colorado (17), Connecticut (11), Florida (1), Georgia (6), Hawaii (6), Idaho (17), Illinois (11), Indiana (10), Iowa (3), Kansas (2), Kentucky (3), Louisiana (1), Maine (5), Maryland (10), Massachusetts (48), Michigan (38), Minnesota (42), Missouri (15), Mississippi (7), Montana (2), Nebraska (1), New Hampshire (13), New Jersey (23), New York (34), Nevada (6), North Carolina (6), North Dakota (17), Ohio (99), Oklahoma (4), Oregon (13), Pennsylvania (19), Rhode Island (5), South Dakota (4), Tennessee (14), Texas (10), Utah (6), Vermont (4), Virginia (21), Washington (23), West Virginia (2), Wisconsin (5), and Wyoming (2)...
5-State Salmonella Outbreak Caused By Omaha-based SunSprout Enterprises, Inc
Posted on March 09, 2009About 50 cases from Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri, and South Dakota have been linked to the outbreak, according to a recent press release from the South Dakota Department of Health. Nebraska has identified 15 ill. South Dakota has identified five cases from five of its southeastern counties and that more cases were pending...
CDC Says Salmonella Typhimurium Outbreak Continues, Count of Confirmed Cases Hits 677
Posted on March 03, 2009Peanut Corporation of America Was In "Plain-view"--Health Inspector Just Missed It!
Posted on March 01, 2009Top Food Safety Expert Says Salmonella From Two Plants Had To Have Common Source
Posted on February 24, 2009It could be a common peanut farm, or a common peanut processor or some other shared source between the two plants. Whatever it is, Michael Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota, says salmonella with the same genetic fingerprint coming out of facilities in Georgia and Texas means there has to be a common source...
This Cannot Be Good; Number of Salmonella Cases Reaches 666
Posted on February 24, 2009This cannot be good. Through Sunday, the number of confirmed cases of Salmonella Typhimurium had reached the biblically scary figure of 666. Plus the number of states with confirmed cases increased by one to reach 45 with the addition of Montana...
End of The Beginning For Great Peanut Outbreak of '08-'09
Posted on February 19, 2009As we end this week, it's starting to feel like the end of beginning of the Great Peanut outbreak of '08 and '09. The number of confirmed Salmonella Typhimurium cases reached 654, adding a dozen, but all within the 44 impacted states that we've been looking at...
Peanut Corporation of America Files For Chapter 7 Bankruptcy
Posted on February 13, 2009Not really unexpected. Hartford Insurance, however, has $12,000,000 per policy period - perhaps as much $40,000,000 total to cover claims of victims of this tragedy. Also, manufacturers like Kellogg and King Nut are morally and legally responsible for the products they manufactured and sold...
Texas Recalls Everything Peanut Corporation of America Ever Made In Plainview
Posted on February 12, 2009The Texas Department of State Health Services today ordered Peanut Corporation of America to recall all products ever shipped from its Plainview plant. The order was issued after dead rodents, rodent excrement and bird feathers were discovered yesterday in a crawl space above a production area during an in-depth DSHS inspection...
Ninth Death Linked To The Salmonella Outbreak That Few Now Believe Was An Accident
Posted on February 11, 2009Salmonella Typhimurium spread by products from Peanut Corporation of America has killed has killed its ninth victim. Announcement of the death came before the Subcommittee on Oversight & Investigations ended its hearing today into the deadly Salmonella outbreak...
Parnell And Plant Manager Plead Fifth--Refuse To Answer Questions From Congress
Posted on February 11, 2009Stewart Parnell, president of Peanut Corporation of America, and Sammy Lightsey, manager of PCA's Blakely, GA plant both just invoked their rights under the Fifth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution to avoid giving truthful answers to a Congressional panel today in Washington, D...
More Salmonella Found- Now PCA Closes Its Texas Plant
Posted on February 10, 2009This just in from the State of Texas: Peanut Corporation of America voluntarily closed its Plainview plant last night after laboratory tests of sample products from the plant indicated the possible presence of Salmonella in some products. PCA notified the Texas Department of State Health Services of the findings on Monday...
Time For A Good Defense Attorney For PCA
Posted on February 06, 2009The Food and Drug Administration had initially said Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) retested products after getting an initial positive result for Salmonella. The FDA and PCA said the company shipped the goods after follow-up tests came back negative...
Recall List Keeps Growing--But So Does The Number Getting Sick
Posted on February 05, 2009How fast is the list of peanut butter products growing? Today a top Food & Drug Administration (FDA) official was sent up the United States Senate to tell its Agriculture Committee that 1,000 products in 16 categories have been "voluntarily recalled" by 75 companies that choose poorly when buying peanut butter and/or paste from the Peanut Corporation of America (PCA)...
Investigation of Outbreak of Infections Caused by Salmonella Typhimurium 2008-2009
Posted on February 05, 2009As of 9PM EDT, Wednesday, February 4, 2009, 575 persons infected with the outbreak strain of SalmonellaTyphimurium have been reported from 43 states. The number of ill persons identified in each state is as follows: Alabama (2), Arizona (12), Arkansas (5), California (74), Colorado (13), Connecticut (9), Georgia (6), Hawaii (4), Idaho (15), Illinois (6), Indiana (7), Iowa (3), Kansas (2), Kentucky (3), Maine (4), Maryland (8), Massachusetts (47), Michigan (30), Minnesota (36), Missouri (12), Mississippi (6), Nebraska (1), New Hampshire (11), New Jersey (23), New York (22), Nevada (6), North Carolina (6), North Dakota (13), Ohio (80), Oklahoma (2), Oregon (11), Pennsylvania (17), Rhode Island (4), South Dakota (4), Tennessee (11), Texas (6), Utah (5), Vermont (4), Virginia (21), Washington (17), West Virginia (2), Wisconsin (3), and Wyoming (2)...
Birdsong Peanut Wagons Stand Empty Now; But Peanut Season Will Begin Anew In May
Posted on February 01, 2009Ever wonder about how the peanut industry works. We sure did, especially while visiting south Georgia where the Peanut Corporation of America's salmonella-tainted processing plant is located. Today's Atlanta Journal-Constitution stepped up with the facts on how things are suppose to work...
A Statement From Marler Clark, Attorneys at Law
Posted on January 31, 2009In light of shocking revelations disclosed by the FDA about the Peanut Corporation of America’s (PCA) Blakey, GA facility, foodborne illness law firm Marler Clark amended the Federal lawsuit it had filed against PCA to allege punitive damages...
Salmonella Typhimurium Outbreak Count Now Tops 500
Posted on January 30, 2009The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported today that 529 persons infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Typhimurium have been reported from 43 states. The number of ill persons identified in each state is as follows: Alabama (2), Arizona (11), Arkansas (5), California (68), Colorado (13), Connecticut (9), Georgia (6), Hawaii (3), Idaho (13), Illinois (6), Indiana (6), Iowa (3), Kansas (2), Kentucky (3), Maine (4), Maryland (8), Massachusetts (43), Michigan (26), Minnesota (36), Missouri (9), Mississippi (3), Nebraska (1), New Hampshire (11), New Jersey (23), New York (20), Nevada (5), North Carolina (6), North Dakota (12), Ohio (72), Oklahoma (2), Oregon (11), Pennsylvania (14), Rhode Island (4), South Dakota (4), Tennessee (9), Texas (6), Utah (5), Vermont (4), Virginia (21), Washington (13), West Virginia (2), Wisconsin (3), and Wyoming (2)...
CDC Updates Its Investigation of Outbreak of Infections Caused by Salmonella Typhimurium 2008-2009
Posted on January 27, 2009Persons Infected with the Outbreak Strain of Salmonella Typhimurium, United States, by State, September 1, 2008 to January 25, 2009 As of 9PM EDT, Sunday, January 25, 2009, 501 persons infected with the outbreak strain of SalmonellaTyphimurium have been reported from 43 states...
Most Cases/Most Deaths -- Salmonella Outbreak Hitting State Of Ohio Hard
Posted on January 25, 2009Sixty-seven cases of Salmonella poisoning have been reported in Ohio, the most in any state during a nationwide outbreak linked to peanut butter products. The Ohio Department of Health announced Friday that four deaths have been reported among the 67 cases and 19 people have been hospitalized...
Deaths Increase As Likely Cause Is Feces in Peanut Butter
Posted on January 25, 2009It is likely that bird or rat feces in the Peanut Corporation of America peanut butter started all of this. There is the ever-expanding list of Salmonella free products. The FDA list of products containing tainted peanut butter continues to grow as does the list of the deaths...
Peanut Butter Recall Reaches 31 MILLION POUNDS
Posted on January 23, 200931,000,000 pounds of Peanut Butter Now Recalled Stunning, just stunning. we can not keep up with the FDA recall list. If this does not catch Obama's attention, what will? Hey, Mr. President, call US, we'll work for peanuts...
Mr. President- Here Are The Blue, Turquoise, & Yellow States:Outbreak of Infections Caused by Salmonella Typhimurium 2008-2009
Posted on January 20, 2009Persons Infected with the Outbreak Strain of Salmonella Typhimurium, United States, by State, September 1, 2008 to January 18, 2009 As of 9PM EDT, Sunday, January 18, 2009, 475 persons infected with the outbreak strain of SalmonellaTyphimurium have been reported from 43 states and Canada...
Here's FDA's One Source Tracker Of Peanut/Salmonella Recalls
Posted on January 20, 2009We think the best advice is to just stop eating anything you think might contain peanut butter. It is a small price to pay for avoiding a really nasty bout with Salmonella. The individual company recalls just keep rolling in. If you want to check some product against the master list maintained by the U...
Meijer Recalls and Removes Items with Peanut Butter
Posted on January 19, 2009Meijer stores and gas stations recalled of two types of its Meijer Brand crackers and two types of Meijer Brand ice cream sold in Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Kentucky. Meijer removed all identified products from its stores and gas stations. All sell-by dates are impacted by this recall...
Kroger Recalls Ice Cream That May Be Tainted With Salmonella
Posted on January 19, 2009All the big chains are rolling in with their peanut butter-related recalls. Kroger is recalling the following ice cream: Private Selection Peanut Butter Passion Ice Cream sold in 48-ounce containers with a "Sell by" date of 9-13-2009 under the following UPC Code Number: 0001111054437...
Hy-Vee Joins Kellogg's, King Nut, and PCA In Recalling Peanut Butter Products
Posted on January 17, 2009Iowa-based Hy-Vee Inc. today recalled the following products made in its bakery departments because they contain peanut butter that has the potential to be contaminated with salmonella: Peanut Butter Cookies, Monster Cookies, Peanut Butter Reese's Pieces Cookies, Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies, Lunchbox Reese's Pieces Cookies, Lunchbox Peanut Butter Cookies, People Chow Party Mix and Assorted Truffle Fudge...
PCA Recall Now Includes Everything From Five Pounds Up To Tanker Containers--Georgia Plant Shut Down
Posted on January 17, 2009There is bad news today for Blakely, GA. The town of 5,300, where a majority of the population is Black and incomes run less than half that of the statewide average, is now looking at its Peanut Corporation of America plant ceasing production due to Salmonella contamination...
KELLOGG COMPANY ANNOUNCES VOLUNTARY NATIONWIDE RECALL OF AUSTIN® AND KEEBLER® BRANDED PEANUT BUTTER SANDWICH CRACKERS AND SELECT SNACK-SIZE PACKS OF FAMOUS AMOS® AND KEEBLER® SOFT BATCH PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES BECAUSE OF POSSIBLE HEALTH RISK
Posted on January 17, 2009Very early Saturday morning, Kellogg Company recalled certain Austin® and Keebler® branded Peanut Butter Sandwich Crackers and select snack-size packs of Famous Amos® Peanut Butter Cookies and Keebler® Soft Batch Homestyle Peanut Butter Cookies because the products have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella...
Hershey's Claims Reese Cups Are Safe, But FDA Says Just Postpone Eating Anything With Peanut Butter In It
Posted on January 17, 2009"The FDA urged consumers on Saturday to avoid eating peanut butter and products that contain it until they can determine the scope of an outbreak of Salmonella food poisoning that may have contributed to six deaths." "We urge consumers to postpone eating any products that may contain peanut butter until additional information becomes available," Dr...
Perry's Ice Cream Also A PCA Customer--Recalls 16 Products With Three Brand Names
Posted on January 17, 2009Perry's Ice Cream is the latest company to recall products made with either peanut butter or paste made at the Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) salmonella contaminated plant in Georgia. Perry's is distributed in New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland and Virginia under the Perry's, Shurfine, and Wegman's brand names...
Connecticut Finds Tainted King Nut In UnOpened Container
Posted on January 16, 2009Connecticut says its found the first unopened tub of King Nut peanut butter definitively found contaminated with Salmonella Type B. And the state has sent its Consumer Protection Commissioner, Jerry Farrell, Jr., into the battle. “This is the first unopened tub of King Nut peanut butter found in the country that is definitively identified as being tainted with salmonella,” Farrell said...
From One Plant In George To Products By Up To 85 Companies
Posted on January 16, 2009In its update today on the investigation into the ongoing Salmonella outbreak, the U.S. Drug Administration acknowledged: In many instances, the peanut butter and peanut paste manufactured by PCA (the Georgia plant implicated in the outbreak) are further distributed to manufacturers to be used as ingredients in many products, including cookies, crackers, cereal, candy and ice cream...
Six Dead Among 454 In Salmonella Typhimurium Outbreak
Posted on January 16, 2009Today, the CDC reported 453 persons (454 if you count the Canadian) infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Typhimurium have been reported from 43 states. The number of ill persons identified in each state is as follows: Alabama (1), Arizona (9), Arkansas (4), California (60), Colorado (10), Connecticut (8), Georgia (6), Hawaii (1), Idaho (10), Illinois (5), Indiana (3), Iowa (1), Kansas (2), Kentucky (3), Maine (4), Maryland (7), Massachusetts (40), Michigan (25), Minnesota (33), Missouri (8), Mississippi (1), Nebraska (1), New Hampshire (11), New Jersey (18), New York (18), Nevada (5), North Carolina (4), North Dakota (10), Ohio (57), Oklahoma (2), Oregon (5), Pennsylvania (13), Rhode Island (4), South Dakota (2), Tennessee (8), Texas (6), Utah (4), Vermont (4), Virginia (20), Washington (13), West Virginia (2), Wisconsin (3), and Wyoming (2)...
Kellogg Company Announces Precautionary Hold on Austin and Keebler Branded Peanut Butter Sandwich Crackers
Posted on January 15, 2009From A Company Press Release As Distributed by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -- Battle Creek, MI -- January 14, 2009 -- Kellogg Company today announced it has taken the precautionary measure of putting a hold on Austin® and Keebler® branded Toasted Peanut Butter Sandwich Crackers, Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich Crackers, Cheese and Peanut Butter Sandwich Crackers, and Peanut Butter-Chocolate Sandwich Crackers...
CDC Update On A Truly Nasty Outbreak--448 Sick Including Five Dead
Posted on January 15, 2009The CDC just reported that the number now is 448 persons infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Typhimurium have been reported from 43 states. The number of ill persons identified in each state is as follows: Alabama (1), Arizona (8), Arkansas (4), California (60), Colorado (10), Connecticut (8), Georgia (6), Hawaii (1), Idaho (10), Illinois (5), Indiana (3), Iowa (1), Kansas (2), Kentucky (3), Maine (4), Maryland (7), Massachusetts (40), Michigan (25), Minnesota (33), Missouri (8), Mississippi (1), Nebraska (1), New Hampshire (11), New Jersey (18), New York (18), Nevada (5), North Carolina (1), North Dakota (10), Ohio (57), Oklahoma (2), Oregon (5), Pennsylvania (13), Rhode Island (4), South Dakota (2), Tennessee (8), Texas (6), Utah (3), Vermont (4), Virginia (20), Washington (13), West Virginia (2), Wisconsin (3), and Wyoming (2)...
Peanut Corporation of America Announces Voluntary Nationwide Recall of Salmonella Peanut Butter
Posted on January 14, 2009As of a few moments ago, 15 more cases of salmonella poisoning in the now nationwide outbreak have been reported, bringing the total to 425 in 43 state with 3 deaths. Nearly 18% of the victims have been hospitalized. Praise to Peanut Corporation Corporation for the Recall...
Salmonella recovered from King Nut peanut butter by MDA lab found to be a genetic match to cases in national Salmonella outbreak
Posted on January 12, 2009Our thanks go out to the Minnesota Department of Health for the contents of this 1,300th Salmonella blog entry: The Minnesota Departments of Agriculture and Health today announced that laboratory analyses have confirmed a genetic match between the strains of Salmonella bacteria found in a container of King Nut brand creamy peanut butter and the strains of bacteria associated with 30 illnesses in Minnesota and nearly 400 illnesses around the country...
People get Salmonella Typhimurium from eating Peanut Butter, Minnesota points the finger at King Nut, who points the finger at Peanut Corporation of America, so what is next?
Posted on January 12, 2009Minnesota Department of Health announces late Friday that the have linked thirty illnesses ( and a death) to the consumption of King Nut Peanut Butter (and Parnell's Pride?). There is nothing on the CDC website or other State Health Department sites naming names - yet...
Salmonella Typhimurium linked to Peanut Butter in West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming
Posted on January 12, 2009The CDC reports that 410 persons infected with the outbreak strains of Salmonella Typhimurium have been reported from 43 states. The number of ill persons identified in each state is as follows: Alabama (1), Arizona (8), Arkansas (3), California (55), Colorado (9), Connecticut (6), Georgia (5), Hawaii (1), Idaho (10), Illinois (5), Indiana (4), Iowa (1), Kansas (2), Kentucky (3), Maine (4), Maryland (7), Massachusetts (40), Michigan (20), Minnesota (30), Missouri (8), Mississippi (1), Nebraska (1), New Hampshire (10), New Jersey (13), New York (12), Nevada (6), North Carolina (1), North Dakota (10), Ohio (53), Oklahoma (2), Oregon (5), Pennsylvania (12), Rhode Island (4), South Dakota (2), Tennessee (9), Texas (5), Utah (3), Vermont (4), Virginia (17), Washington (11), West Virginia (2), Wisconsin (3), and Wyoming (2)...
Salmonella Typhimurium linked to Peanut Butter in New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Nevada, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington,
Posted on January 12, 2009The CDC reports that 410 persons infected with the outbreak strains of Salmonella Typhimurium have been reported from 43 states. The number of ill persons identified in each state is as follows: Alabama (1), Arizona (8), Arkansas (3), California (55), Colorado (9), Connecticut (6), Georgia (5), Hawaii (1), Idaho (10), Illinois (5), Indiana (4), Iowa (1), Kansas (2), Kentucky (3), Maine (4), Maryland (7), Massachusetts (40), Michigan (20), Minnesota (30), Missouri (8), Mississippi (1), Nebraska (1), New Hampshire (10), New Jersey (13), New York (12), Nevada (6), North Carolina (1), North Dakota (10), Ohio (53), Oklahoma (2), Oregon (5), Pennsylvania (12), Rhode Island (4), South Dakota (2), Tennessee (9), Texas (5), Utah (3), Vermont (4), Virginia (17), Washington (11), West Virginia (2), Wisconsin (3), and Wyoming (2)...
Salmonella Typhimurium linked to Peanut Butter in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi,
Posted on January 12, 2009The CDC reports that 410 persons infected with the outbreak strains of Salmonella Typhimurium have been reported from 43 states. The number of ill persons identified in each state is as follows: Alabama (1), Arizona (8), Arkansas (3), California (55), Colorado (9), Connecticut (6), Georgia (5), Hawaii (1), Idaho (10), Illinois (5), Indiana (4), Iowa (1), Kansas (2), Kentucky (3), Maine (4), Maryland (7), Massachusetts (40), Michigan (20), Minnesota (30), Missouri (8), Mississippi (1), Nebraska (1), New Hampshire (10), New Jersey (13), New York (12), Nevada (6), North Carolina (1), North Dakota (10), Ohio (53), Oklahoma (2), Oregon (5), Pennsylvania (12), Rhode Island (4), South Dakota (2), Tennessee (9), Texas (5), Utah (3), Vermont (4), Virginia (17), Washington (11), West Virginia (2), Wisconsin (3), and Wyoming (2)...
King Nut and Parnell's Pride Peanut Butter Linked To Nationwide Salmonella Outbreak--Recalls Ordered
Posted on January 11, 2009The Cleveland Plain Dealer is the hometown newspaper for King Nut, the Solon, Ohio based snack and airline food company at the center of the nationwide Salmonella Typhimurium outbreak. It has a good wrap-up today of the events that have transpired since late Friday after Minnesota health officials linked the outbreak King Nut brand creamy peanut butter...
King Nut Steps Up: Recalls Salmonella Tainted Peanut Butter
Posted on January 10, 2009Press Release For: Immediate Release Date: January 10, 2009 Subject: Salmonella found in King Nut Peanut Butter manufactured by Peanut Corporation of America (Solon, Ohio) King Nut Companies, a distributor of peanut butter produced by Peanut Corporation of America, announces today that Salmonella has been found in their 5 lb...
First Word From Federal Government On 4-Month Old Salmonella Outbreak
Posted on January 09, 2009<p><img alt="CDC, FDA, FSIS" width="200" height="162" vspace="5" hspace="5" align="left" src="http://www.limogesboutique.com/catalog/images/i7024.jpg" /> The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA), and the U...
Salmonella Typhimurium Outbreak Might Have Taken A Life In Minnesota
Posted on January 09, 2009<p>The nationwide salmonella outbreak may have killed a person in Minnesota. A health department spokesman in Minnesota says an elderly woman had the infection when she died, but it's not clear that salmonella was the cause.</p> <p>The U...
Ohio Is Just Tip Of The Salmonella Typhimurium Ice Berg
Posted on January 09, 2009<p> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; ">The CDC reports that an outbreak of <a href="http://www.about-salmonella.com/" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 51, 102); font-weight: bold; ">Salmonella</a> food poisoning has made 388 people sick across 42 states, sending 18 percent of them to the hospital, U...
State of Ohio Joins Salmonella Typhimurium Multistate Outbreak Investigation
Posted on January 09, 2009<p>The <strong>Ohio Department of Health </strong>says it is investigating the multi-state Salmonella Typhimurium outbreak.</p> <p><img width="240" height="240" vspace="5" hspace="5" align="right" alt="" src="http://www...
State of Wisconsin Orders Recall Of Sprouts From Sunrise Farms Due To Salmonella Contamination
Posted on January 09, 2009<p><br /> <img width="200" height="194" vspace="5" hspace="5" align="right" alt="" src="http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/uimages/kitchen/2008_03_14-Sprouts.jpg" />Wisconsin's <strong>Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection </strong>is not waiting for someone to get sick with <a href="http://www...
Salmonella Puts Family Mortgage At Risk, But There is A Miracle on the Blog
Posted on January 09, 2009<p><img width="300" height="167" vspace="5" hspace="5" align="right" alt="" src="http://www.indiebusinessblog.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/12/24/holiday_house_border_350.jpg" />Second in the world only to China's melamine scandal, <a href="http://www...
UK Says Some Herbs Carry Salmonella--Warning Issued To Consumers
Posted on January 09, 2009<p> The United Kingdom is warning its consumers about salmonella in ready-to-eat herbs. According to the <strong>Mail Online:</strong></p> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1...
Multistate Outbreak of Salmonella Infections Associated with Frozen Pot Pies --- United States, 2007
Posted on January 09, 2009<p><strong>SOURCE: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, Nov. 28, 2008<br /> Centers for Disease Control and Prevention<br /> 1600 Clifton Rd, MailStop E-90, Atlanta, GA 30333, U.S.A</strong></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>On June 6, 2007, a cluster of four human <i>Salmonella</i> serotype I 4,5,12:i:-* infections sharing a pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) pattern was identified by the <img width="200" height="196" vspace="5" hspace="5" align="left" alt="" src="http://walmartwatch...
Pew's Produce Safety Project Weighs In On Salmonella Saintpaul Outbreak
Posted on January 09, 2009<p> One item in the consumer news wrap-up published by the <strong>Salt Lake Tribune</strong> yesterday caught our eye. It was this:</p> <p style="margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; line-height: 18px; text-indent: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; ">"A failure by government agencies to coordinate their investigation into a U...
California's Next Big Housing Boom Will Be For The Calves, Pigs and Chickens--Will There Be Less Salmonella?
Posted on January 09, 2009<p>We decided not to comment on this one before now because it seemed to be a battle of the experts and we did not have the resources to sort it out. <strong>California voters have now spoken and by a 63-36 percent margin, they've said the calves, pigs and chickens will get new housing by 2015...
Salmonella Contaminated Hershey Candy Found Back On Store Shelves
Posted on January 09, 2009<p>A couple of years ago, <strong>Hershey Canada Inc.</strong> recalled some of its candy due to possible salmonella contamination. Now some of that same candy is showing up on store shelves in the Toronto area.</p> <p>That prompted this action over the weekend: <strong>The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)</strong> and <strong>Hershey Canada</strong> warned the public that certain Hershey chocolate products previously recalled on November 12, 2006, have been found for sale in a small number of independent retail outlets in the Etobicoke, North York, Niagara Falls, and Oshawa areas in Ontario...
Volunteers of America Kitchen In Los Angeles Linked To Salmonella Outbreak
Posted on January 09, 2009<p><font id="Zoom"><img width="220" vspace="5" hspace="5" height="115" align="left" alt="" src="http://www.voala.org/images/top_left.jpg" />A single kitchen that supplies food to 29 preschools operated by the <strong>Volunteers of America of Greater Los Angeles </strong>has put up to 900 people at risk of exposure to salmonella...
Canada's Raw Milk Poster Boy Compares Himself With Gandhi and King--Dilutional or Dilirious?
Posted on January 09, 2009<p><img width="100" vspace="5" hspace="5" height="119" align="left" alt="" src="http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/toronto/michaelschmidt.jpg" />Let's see. You cook up a scheme to evade the law. You get caught...
Wisconsin Updates Public On Multi-State Salmonella Outbreak
Posted on January 09, 2009<p><img width="200" vspace="5" hspace="5" height="200" align="left" src="http://images.civicheraldry.com/119/wisconsin_seal_n4199.gif" alt="" />Well, it's been a week since we learned that consumers were being blamed for a multi-state salmonella outbreak involving under-cooked chicken...
Federal Government Blames Salmonella Outbreak On Consumers
Posted on January 09, 2009<p><strong>Bad, bad, bad consumers! </strong>Don't you fools know that if you pick up the wrong box in the grocery store coolers with thousands of products that can be microwaved that some smaller percentage must be oven-baked? Can't you read the small print on the boxes? What's the matter with you?</p> <p>That's what the <strong>U...
State Forces Alamosa To Accept Chlorinating & Testing Of Water
Posted on January 09, 2009<p><img width="287" vspace="5" hspace="5" height="300" align="left" alt="" src="http://media.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/content/img/photos/2008/03/26/326ALAMOSA__t220.jpg" />Eight months after the town's public water supply was found to be responsible for a salmonella outbreak that made <strong>more 400 people sick and contributed to one person's death,</strong> Alamosa, Colorado has reached an agreement with the state Department of Health and Environment for regular testing...
If You Get "Poona," The Good News Is You Will Probably Get Over It
Posted on January 09, 2009<p>If you come down with something with the word <strong>"Poona" </strong>in it, somehow it seems a whole lot more serious. However, at least one Canadian health expert is saying you get <strong>Salmonella Poona</strong> and you get over it...
20 Salmonella Cases Linked to Amarillo Texas IHOP
Posted on January 09, 2009<p><img width="200" vspace="5" hspace="5" height="150" align="right" src="http://www.salmonellablog.com/uploads/image/IHOP(1).jpg" alt="" />According the the Texas Department of Health, as of noon, Wednesday afternoon, the number of salmonella cases reported to the Health Department linked to the IHOP restaurant at I-40 and Western Street has grown to twenty...
Amarillo IHOP Linked To Salmonella Outbreak
Posted on January 09, 2009<p><img width="200" vspace="5" hspace="5" height="150" align="left" src="http://kfda.images.worldnow.com/images/8515985_BG1.jpg" alt="" />For the third time in three months, the International House of Pancakes (IHOP) in Amarillo, Texas is closed<span style="font-weight: bold;">--this time at least seven confirmed cases of salmonella are linked to the restaurant...
Salmonella Outbreak In Pacific Northwest Due To Sprouts, Says Bill Marler
Posted on January 09, 2009<p>Thirteen people -- nine in Washington and four in Oregon -- have been <u>infected with Salmonella</u> Typhimurium from eating alfalfa sprouts. </p> <p><img width="200" vspace="5" hspace="5" height="179" align="left" src="http://weblogs...
The CDC's List of States with Salmonella Peanut Butter Cases
Posted on January 09, 2009The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a breakdown on Friday of the number of cases in each of 42 states involved in a nationwide outbreak of salmonella poisoning that has stricken at least 399 people: _ California, 55 _ Ohio, 53 _ Massachusetts, 39 _ Minnesota, 30 _ Michigan 20 _ New Jersey 13 _ New York, 12 _ Pennsylvania 12 _ Virginia 12 _ Washington 11 _ Idaho, 10 _ North Dakota, 10 _ New Hampshire, 10 _ Colorado, 9 _ Tennessee, 9 _ Arizona, 8 _ Missouri, 8 _ Maryland, 7 _ Connecticut, 6 _ Nevada, 6 _ Georgia, 5 _ Oregon, 5 _ Texas, 5 _ Illinois, 4 _ Vermont, 4 _ Arkansas, 3 _ Indiana, 3 _ Kentucky, 3 _ Maine, 3 _ Rhode Island, 3 _ Utah, 3 _ Wisconsin, 3 _ Kansas, 2 _ Oklahoma, 2 _ South Dakota, 2 _ West Virginia, 2 _ Wyoming, 2 _ Alabama, 1 _ Hawaii, 1 _ Iowa, 1 _ Nebraska, 1 _ North Carolina, 1
efoodalert Weighs In With Case Counts By State
Posted on January 09, 2009From the pages of efoodalert - Based on information posted by the three states, and on media reports across the United States, the following 29 states have reported confirmed cases of Salmonella Typhimurium that are linked genetically to the national outbreak...
Ohio Is Just Tip Of The Salmonella Typhimurium Ice Berg
Posted on January 08, 2009 The CDC reports that an outbreak of Salmonella food poisoning has made 388 people sick across 42 states, sending 18 percent of them to the hospital, U.S. health officials said on Wednesday. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is trying to trace the source of the outbreak, which began in September...
State of Ohio Joins Salmonella??Typhimurium??Multistate??Outbreak??Investigation??
Posted on January 07, 2009The Ohio Department of Health says it is investigating the multi-state Salmonella Typhimurium outbreak. Ohio health officials say they are participating in a nationwide investigation to try to identify the contaminated food vehicle for an outbreak of salmonellosis that has been going on since last October...
Ohio Is Just Tip Of The Salmonella Typhimurium Ice Berg
Posted on January 07, 2009The CDC reports that an outbreak of Salmonella food poisoning has made 388 people sick across 42 states, sending 18 percent of them to the hospital, U.S. health officials said on Wednesday. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is trying to trace the source of the outbreak, which began in September...
State of Ohio Joins Salmonella Typhimurium Multistate Outbreak Investigation
Posted on January 07, 2009The Ohio Department of Health says it is investigating the multi-state Salmonella Typhimurium outbreak. Ohio health officials say they are participating in a nationwide investigation to try to identify the contaminated food vehicle for an outbreak of salmonellosis that has been going on since last October...
State of Wisconsin Orders Recall Of Sprouts From Sunrise Farms Due To Salmonella Contamination
Posted on January 05, 2009Wisconsin's Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection is not waiting for someone to get sick with salmonella after finding sprouts contaminated with the bacteria. Instead, Wisconsin is recalling packaged sprouts from Sunrise Farms Inc...
State of Wisconsin Orders Recall Of Sprouts From Sunrise Farms Due To Salmonella Contamination
Posted on January 04, 2009Wisconsin's Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection is not waiting for someone to get sick with salmonella after finding sprouts contaminated with the bacteria. Instead, Wisconsin is recalling packaged sprouts from Sunrise Farms Inc...
Salmonella Puts Family Mortgage At Risk, But There is A Miracle on the Blog
Posted on December 26, 2008Second in the world only to China's melamine scandal, Salmonella was the top food-borne illness story in the United States in 2008. Salmonella Saintpaul in tomatoes—wait—peppers. A final count of 1,442 ill in 43 states, D.C., and Canada, and those are the confirmed illnesses...
Salmonella Puts Family Mortgage At Risk, But There is A Miracle on the Blog
Posted on December 25, 2008Second in the world only to China's melamine scandal, Salmonella was the top food-borne illness story in the United States in 2008. Salmonella Saintpaul in tomatoes—wait—peppers. A final count of 1,442 ill in 43 states, D.C., and Canada, and those are the confirmed illnesses...
UK Says Some Herbs Carry Salmonella--Warning Issued To Consumers
Posted on November 30, 2008 The United Kingdom is warning its consumers about salmonella in ready-to-eat herbs. According to the Mail Online: In a study of packets of fresh herbs Government scientists found the food poisoning bug in dangerous levels in a small proportion of packets...
Multistate Outbreak of Salmonella Infections Associated with Frozen Pot Pies --- United States, 2007
Posted on November 27, 2008SOURCE: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, Nov. 28, 2008 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 1600 Clifton Rd, MailStop E-90, Atlanta, GA 30333, U.S.A On June 6, 2007, a cluster of four human Salmonella serotype I 4,5,12:i:-* infections sharing a pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) pattern was identified by the Pennsylvania Department of Health and reported to PulseNet...
Pew's Produce Safety Project Weighs In On Salmonella Saintpaul Outbreak
Posted on November 18, 2008 One item in the consumer news wrap-up published by the Salt Lake Tribune yesterday caught our eye. It was this: "A failure by government agencies to coordinate their investigation into a U.S. salmonella outbreak may have put the public at risk and caused needless harm to the tomato industry, according to the Produce Safety Project, an initiative of the Pew Charitable Trusts at Georgetown University...
Pew's Produce Safety Project Weighs In On Salmonella Saintpaul Outbreak
Posted on November 18, 2008One item in the consumer news wrap-up published by the Salt Lake Tribune yesterday caught our eye. It was this: "A failure by government agencies to coordinate their investigation into a U.S. salmonella outbreak may have put the public at risk and caused needless harm to the tomato industry, according to the Produce Safety Project, an initiative of the Pew Charitable Trusts at Georgetown University...
California's Next Big Housing Boom Will Be For The Calves, Pigs and Chickens--Will There Be Less Salmonella?
Posted on November 05, 2008We decided not to comment on this one before now because it seemed to be a battle of the experts and we did not have the resources to sort it out. California voters have now spoken and by a 63-36 percent margin, they've said the calves, pigs and chickens will get new housing by 2015...
California's Next Big Housing Boom Will Be For The Calves, Pigs and Chickens--Will There Be Less Salmonella?
Posted on November 05, 2008We decided not to comment on this one before now because it seemed to be a battle of the experts and we did not have the resources to sort it out. California voters have now spoken and by a 63-36 percent margin, they've said the calves, pigs and chickens will get new housing by 2015...
Salmonella Contaminated Hershey Candy Found Back On Store Shelves
Posted on November 04, 2008A couple of years ago, Hershey Canada Inc. recalled some of its candy due to possible salmonella contamination. Now some of that same candy is showing up on store shelves in the Toronto area. That prompted this action over the weekend: The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and Hershey Canada warned the public that certain Hershey chocolate products previously recalled on November 12, 2006, have been found for sale in a small number of independent retail outlets in the Etobicoke, North York, Niagara Falls, and Oshawa areas in Ontario...
Volunteers of America Kitchen In Los Angeles Linked To Salmonella Outbreak
Posted on October 24, 2008A single kitchen that supplies food to 29 preschools operated by the Volunteers of America of Greater Los Angeles has put up to 900 people at risk of exposure to salmonella. A salmonella outbreak linked to the kitchen has sickened more than two dozen children and adults in the Los Angeles area...
Canada's Raw Milk Poster Boy Compares Himself With Gandhi and King--Dilutional or Dilirious?
Posted on October 20, 2008Let's see. You cook up a scheme to evade the law. You get caught. You then conclude you must be just like Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. Ordinarily we'd say "Only in America," but this two-bit drama is going on in Canada...
Wisconsin Updates Public On Multi-State Salmonella Outbreak
Posted on October 13, 2008Well, it's been a week since we learned that consumers were being blamed for a multi-state salmonella outbreak involving under-cooked chicken. Today, Wisconsin stepped forward with its perspective on the foul situation. The Wisconsin Department of Health Services said four Wisconsin cases are part of a multi-state Salmonella outbreak that has caused 32 illnesses in 12 states...
Federal Government Blames Salmonella Outbreak On Consumers
Posted on October 06, 2008Bad, bad, bad consumers! Don't you fools know that if you pick up the wrong box in the grocery store coolers with thousands of products that can be microwaved that some smaller percentage must be oven-baked? Can't you read the small print on the boxes? What's the matter with you? That's what the U...
State Forces Alamosa To Accept Chlorinating & Testing Of Water
Posted on October 05, 2008Eight months after the town's public water supply was found to be responsible for a salmonella outbreak that made more 400 people sick and contributed to one person's death, Alamosa, Colorado has reached an agreement with the state Department of Health and Environment for regular testing...
If You Get "Poona," The Good News Is You Will Probably Get Over It
Posted on September 30, 2008If you come down with something with the word "Poona" in it, somehow it seems a whole lot more serious. However, at least one Canadian health expert is saying you get Salmonella Poona and you get over it. However serious it gets, health experts in Canada are saying North America is experiencing an outbreak of another rare strain of Salmonella, this one known as "Poona...
20 Salmonella Cases Linked to Amarillo Texas IHOP
Posted on September 25, 2008According the the Texas Department of Health, as of noon, Wednesday afternoon, the number of salmonella cases reported to the Health Department linked to the IHOP restaurant at I-40 and Western Street has grown to twenty. Cases still continue to be reported and are investigated, but here are the facts that we know to be verified by a joint investigation and consultation with the Texas Department of State Health Services...
Amarillo IHOP Linked To Salmonella Outbreak
Posted on September 24, 2008For the third time in three months, the International House of Pancakes (IHOP) in Amarillo, Texas is closed--this time at least seven confirmed cases of salmonella are linked to the restaurant. With its location just off Interstate 40 at Western, the IHOP could well be sending a lot more sick people down the road...
Salmonella Outbreak In Pacific Northwest Due To Sprouts, Says Bill Marler
Posted on September 24, 2008Thirteen people -- nine in Washington and four in Oregon -- have been infected with Salmonella Typhimurium from eating alfalfa sprouts. The illnesses have been traced back to Sprouters Northwest, Inc in Kent, WA, which has voluntarily recalled the product and stopped distributing it...
Outbreak of Salmonella Serotype Saintpaul Infections Associated with Multiple Raw Produce Items --- United States, 2008
Posted on September 24, 2008From MMWR Weekly Report, August 29, 2008: On May 22, 2008, the New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) notified CDC about four persons infected with Salmonella Saintpaul strains that were indistinguishable from each other by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) and 15 other persons with Salmonella infections whose isolates had not yet been characterized...
Salmonella Saintpaul Outbreak Continues In August
Posted on September 24, 2008The Salmonella Saintpaul outbreak may be winding down, but it is not over. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today updated its publicly available data for the first time since last Friday. The outbreak, which began last April 16, continues this month with August 8 being the latest date for someone becoming a confirmed case...
A Laugh From Argus Hamilton
Posted on September 24, 2008"Everything that's wholesome and good for you costs $4 a pound and has salmonella in it." --Argus Hamilton is host comedian at The Comedy Store in Hollywood.
Minnesota Restaurant That Helped Crack The Case Named
Posted on September 24, 2008We've known since we published, Minnesota's "Team Diarrhea" Cracks Salmonella Saintpaul Mystery, that all 27 of the Gopher State's Salmonella Saintpaul victims ate at the same restaurant. Now we know, from KAAL-TV 6, the name and location of that restaurant...
CDC Says Salmonella Saintpaul Making People Sick As Recently AS July 19
Posted on September 24, 2008Two and half weeks ago, someone was still getting sick from Salmonella Saintpaul. According to today's report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the latest onset date for the illness was July 19th. During much of the outbreak, the latest onset date was as recently as ten days ago or less...
What is Salmonella?
Posted on September 24, 2008Salmonella is a bacterium that causes one of the most common enteric (intestinal) infections in the United States – Salmonellosis. In some states (e.g. Georgia, Maryland), salmonellosis is the most commonly reported cause of enteric disease, and overall it is the second most common bacterial foodborne illness reported (usually slightly less frequent than Campylobacter infection)...
Salmonella Saintpaul Lawsuit Filed Against Wal-Mart
Posted on September 24, 2008The first lawsuit stemming from the Salmonella outbreak that has sickened 1319 people, hospitalized 255 and caused the death of 2 in 43 states, the District of Columbia and Canada was filed today in the District Court of Montezuma County, Colorado. The complaint was filed on behalf of Delores, Colorado resident Brian Grubbs against Wal-Mart and an unknown supplier, referred to as “John Doe”...
The Smoking Hot Pepper Has Been Found, Just Across The Rio Grande
Posted on September 24, 2008They managed to do it with a little drum roll before a Congressional committee. The smoking hot pepper has been captured across the Rio Grande in Mexico. Here's a bit of what the Washington Post reported just a short time ago: Investigators discovered the Salmonella saintpaul strain in irrigation water and serrano peppers on a farm in Mexico, where jalapeno peppers are also grown...
The Salmonella Saintpaul Outbreak--The Fat Lady Isn't Singing, But She Maybe Warming Up!
Posted on September 24, 2008As we go into the weekend, we know more than at anytime since the start of the Salmonella Saintpaul outbreak. We know the source of the outbreak is jalapeño peppers grown, harvested or packed in Mexico. We know jalapeño and Serrano peppers grown in the USA are safe to eat, be they raw, canned, pickled or cooked...
Minnesota's "Team Diarrhea" Cracks Salmonella Saintpaul Mystery
Posted on September 24, 2008Did one state with its act together on food poisoning cases crack the Salmonella Saintpaul outbreak when all the expertise of the federal government ended up looking like the keystone cops? The Minneapolis Star-Tribune in a story published on its website tonight, says the answer to that question would be: "Yah, sure! You betcha!" In 'Team Diarrhea' called in to crack salmonella case, Star Tribune health reporters Josephine Marcotty and Maura Lerner, write: In less than two weeks, Minnesota Department of Health investigators traced the source of a mysterious salmonella outbreak that had stumped federal health officials for two months and sickened more than 1,200 people in 43 states and Canada...
Here's The Details on the Recall of Jalapeno Peppers
Posted on September 24, 2008Jalapeno Peppers distributed since June 30th by Agricola Zaragoza, Inc. to customers in Georgia and Texas are being recalled because sampling by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) found these Jalapenos are contaminated with the same strain of Salmonella Saintpaul that is responsible for the current Salmonella outbreak...
Salmonella Saintpaul found on Mexican Jalapeno Peppers in a Texas Plant
Posted on September 24, 2008Only showing how our food system is truly global, today, US government inspectors have found Salmonella Saintpaul, the strain responsible for a nationwide food-poisoning outbreak, in Mexican-grown jalapenos in a Texas plant, prompting a new warning for consumers to avoid eating fresh jalapenos...
Tomatoes, Jalape??o Peppers, Serrano Peppers, and Cilantro still linked to Salmonella Saintpaul Illnesses in United States and Canada
Posted on September 24, 2008According to the CDC since April, 1237 persons infected genetic fingerprint have been identified in 43 states, the District of Columbia, and Canada. These were identified because clinical laboratories in all states send Salmonella strains from ill persons to their State public health laboratory for characterization...
North Carolina Recalls HASS Avocados & Jalapenos After Testing Positive For Salmonella
Posted on September 24, 2008The State of North Carolina has forced the recall of Mexican-grown HASS avocados and jalapenos of unknown origin after they tested positive for Salmonella. Two samples from a Charlotte, NC food distributor tested positive for salmonella. The state asked the company to recall jalapeno peppers and HASS avocados it received from a specific Texas food supply company...
CDC Offers New Way Of Looking At the Salmonella Saintpaul Outbreak
Posted on September 24, 2008Interpretation of Epidemic Curves During an Active Outbreak
FDA Declares it's OK to Eat Tomatoes Again
Posted on September 24, 2008ABC News just reported: The U.S. government has declared it's OK to eat tomatoes again, lifting its salmonella warning amid signs that the outbreak -- while not over -- may finally be slowing. Officials reiterated earlier warnings that the people most at risk of salmonella should avoid hot peppers -- jalapenos and serranos...
Marler Speaks With Wall Street Journal's Law Blog About Salmonella Saintpaul Outbreak
Posted on September 24, 2008Today's update from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) added 19 confirmed cases to the Salmonella Saintpaul outbreak, bringing the total up to 1,167. The latest onset date (last time someone got sick) remains July 4th...
We Were Not Free of Salmonella Saintpaul on the 4th of July; And Probably Still Aren't
Posted on September 24, 2008Remember one of the lessons of the movie classic "Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid?" If you are being chased and the distance on the ground between you and them isn't changing; your losing! For days now, the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention has been able to look in its rear view mirror and ten days back see the last onset of the Salmonella Saintpaul illness...
A Laugh From Argus Hamilton
Posted on August 20, 2008"Everything that's wholesome and good for you costs $4 a pound and has salmonella in it." --Argus Hamilton is host comedian at The Comedy Store in Hollywood.
Minnesota Restaurant That Helped Crack The Case Named
Posted on August 07, 2008We've known since we published, Minnesota's "Team Diarrhea" Cracks Salmonella Saintpaul Mystery, that all 27 of the Gopher State's Salmonella Saintpaul victims ate at the same restaurant. Now we know, from KAAL-TV 6, the name and location of that restaurant...
CDC Says Salmonella Saintpaul Making People Sick As Recently AS July 19
Posted on August 06, 2008Two and half weeks ago, someone was still getting sick from Salmonella Saintpaul. According to today's report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the latest onset date for the illness was July 19th. During much of the outbreak, the latest onset date was as recently as ten days ago or less...
Salmonella Saintpaul Lawsuit Filed Against Wal-Mart
Posted on August 01, 2008The first lawsuit stemming from the Salmonella outbreak that has sickened 1319 people, hospitalized 255 and caused the death of 2 in 43 states, the District of Columbia and Canada was filed today in the District Court of Montezuma County, Colorado. The complaint was filed on behalf of Delores, Colorado resident Brian Grubbs against Wal-Mart and an unknown supplier, referred to as “John Doe”...
What is Salmonella?
Posted on August 01, 2008Salmonella is a bacterium that causes one of the most common enteric (intestinal) infections in the United States – Salmonellosis. In some states (e.g. Georgia, Maryland), salmonellosis is the most commonly reported cause of enteric disease, and overall it is the second most common bacterial foodborne illness reported (usually slightly less frequent than Campylobacter infection)...
The Smoking Hot Pepper Has Been Found, Just Across The Rio Grande
Posted on July 30, 2008They managed to do it with a little drum roll before a Congressional committee. The smoking hot pepper has been captured across the Rio Grande in Mexico. Here's a bit of what the Washington Post reported just a short time ago: Investigators discovered the Salmonella saintpaul strain in irrigation water and serrano peppers on a farm in Mexico, where jalapeno peppers are also grown...
The Salmonella Saintpaul Outbreak--The Fat Lady Isn't Singing, But She Maybe Warming Up!
Posted on July 26, 2008As we go into the weekend, we know more than at anytime since the start of the Salmonella Saintpaul outbreak. We know the source of the outbreak is jalapeño peppers grown, harvested or packed in Mexico. We know jalapeño and Serrano peppers grown in the USA are safe to eat, be they raw, canned, pickled or cooked...
Minnesota's "Team Diarrhea" Cracks Salmonella Saintpaul Mystery
Posted on July 24, 2008Did one state with its act together on food poisoning cases crack the Salmonella Saintpaul outbreak when all the expertise of the federal government ended up looking like the keystone cops? The Minneapolis Star-Tribune in a story published on its website tonight, says the answer to that question would be: "Yah, sure! You betcha!" In 'Team Diarrhea' called in to crack salmonella case, Star Tribune health reporters Josephine Marcotty and Maura Lerner, write: In less than two weeks, Minnesota Department of Health investigators traced the source of a mysterious salmonella outbreak that had stumped federal health officials for two months and sickened more than 1,200 people in 43 states and Canada...
Here's The Details on the Recall of Jalapeno Peppers
Posted on July 21, 2008Jalapeno Peppers distributed since June 30th by Agricola Zaragoza, Inc. to customers in Georgia and Texas are being recalled because sampling by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) found these Jalapenos are contaminated with the same strain of Salmonella Saintpaul that is responsible for the current Salmonella outbreak...
Salmonella Saintpaul found on Mexican Jalapeno Peppers in a Texas Plant
Posted on July 21, 2008Only showing how our food system is truly global, today, US government inspectors have found Salmonella Saintpaul, the strain responsible for a nationwide food-poisoning outbreak, in Mexican-grown jalapenos in a Texas plant, prompting a new warning for consumers to avoid eating fresh jalapenos...
Tomatoes, Jalapeño Peppers, Serrano Peppers, and Cilantro still linked to Salmonella Saintpaul Illnesses in United States and Canada
Posted on July 19, 2008According to the CDC since April, 1237 persons infected genetic fingerprint have been identified in 43 states, the District of Columbia, and Canada. These were identified because clinical laboratories in all states send Salmonella strains from ill persons to their State public health laboratory for characterization...
North Carolina Recalls HASS Avocados & Jalapenos After Testing Positive For Salmonella Saintpaul
Posted on July 18, 2008The State of North Carolina has forced the recall of Mexican-grown HASS avocados and jalapenos of unknown origin after they tested positive for Salmonella Saintpaul. Two samples from a Charlotte, NC food distributor tested positive for salmonella. The state asked the company to recall jalapeno peppers and HASS avocados it received from a specific Texas food supply company...
North Carolina Recalls HASS Avocados & Jalapenos After Testing Positive For Salmonella
Posted on July 18, 2008The State of North Carolina has forced the recall of Mexican-grown HASS avocados and jalapenos of unknown origin after they tested positive for Salmonella Saintpaul. Two samples from a Charlotte, NC food distributor tested positive for salmonella. The state asked the company to recall jalapeno peppers and HASS avocados it received from a specific Texas food supply company...
CDC Offers New Way Of Looking At the Salmonella Saintpaul Outbreak
Posted on July 17, 2008Interpretation of Epidemic Curves During an Active Outbreak
FDA Declares it's OK to Eat Tomatoes Again
Posted on July 17, 2008ABC News just reported: The U.S. government has declared it's OK to eat tomatoes again, lifting its salmonella warning amid signs that the outbreak -- while not over -- may finally be slowing. Officials reiterated earlier warnings that the people most at risk of salmonella should avoid hot peppers -- jalapenos and serranos...
Marler Speaks With Wall Street Journal's Law Blog About Salmonella Saintpaul Outbreak
Posted on July 15, 2008Today's update from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) added 19 confirmed cases to the Salmonella Saintpaul outbreak, bringing the total up to 1,167. The latest onset date (last time someone got sick) remains July 4th...
We Were Not Free of Salmonella Saintpaul on the 4th of July; And Probably Still Aren't
Posted on July 14, 2008Remember one of the lessons of the movie classic "Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid?" If you are being chased and the distance on the ground between you and them isn't changing; your losing! For days now, the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention has been able to look in its rear view mirror and ten days back see the last onset of the Salmonella Saintpaul illness...
Might Basil Be The Break In The Salmonella Saintpaul Outbreak?
Posted on July 13, 2008We learned Friday that the Salmonella Saintpaul outbreak was still making people sick as July began.With 1,090 confirmed cases making this the largest fresh produce outbreak in a couple of decades, we are looking at the details and whether something might turn out to be the break needed to discover the source of the outbreak...
Salmonella Saintpaul Makes More Than 1,000 Sick: CDC Putting Focus On Peppers, Cilantro As Well
Posted on July 09, 2008The Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) today says its counting 1,017 confirmed cases of Salmonella Saintpaul in 41 states, the District of Columbia, and Canada. West Virginia appears to be the latest state with a case added to the count...
Might Salmonella Saintpaul Outbreak Be Stopped At June 26th?
Posted on July 08, 2008We suppose the good news is that the date for the last time someone contracted Salmonella Saintpaul has NOT moved beyond last June 26th nor have any more states been added to the total of 40 and the District of Columbia. The number of confirmed Salmonella Saintpaul cases has edged up to 971...
Tomatoes, Cilantro, Jalapeño Peppers, Serrano Peppers, Scallions and Bulb Onions Now Being Investigation in Salmonella Saintpaul Outbreak - Nearly 1,000 Sickened
Posted on July 05, 2008According to CNN, “starting Monday, health inspectors will halt the shipment of ingredients common to Mexican cuisine from Mexico to the United States” – this will include cilantro, jalapeno peppers, Serrano peppers, scallions and bulb onions...
Say, Do you have Salmonella Saintpaul in my Salsa?
Posted on July 03, 2008The CDC says now that we have 887 people infected with Salmonella Saintpaul with the same genetic fingerprint have been identified in 38 states and the District of Columbia. Two new states, Alabama and South Carolina, report ill persons. The number of ill persons identified in each state is as follows: Alabama (2 persons), Arkansas (10), Arizona (44), California (8), Colorado (11), Connecticut (4), Florida (1), Georgia (22), Idaho (4), Illinois (91), Indiana (11), Kansas (17), Kentucky (1), Maine (1), Maryland (29), Massachusetts (21), Michigan (6), Minnesota (2), Missouri (12), New Hampshire (3), Nevada (11), New Jersey (6), New Mexico (90), New York (26), North Carolina (5), Ohio (7), Oklahoma (23), Oregon (10), Pennsylvania (8), Rhode Island (3), South Carolina (1), Tennessee (6), Texas (354), Utah (2), Virginia (22), Vermont (2), Washington (4), Wisconsin (6), and the District of Columbia (1)...
922 Confirmed Cases; 40 States & District of Columbia; Onset Date Marches Forward To June 25th: Outbreak Still Winning
Posted on July 03, 2008Another day, another 35 confirmed cases of Salmonella Saintpaul and Iowa and Louisiana have joined the oubreak. That brings the ground being covered by this outbreak to 40 states and the District of Columbia. Plus, Canada has confirmed one of its citizens is also a Salmonella Saintpaul victim after getting back from the USA...
CDC's Tauxe Says Salmonella Saintpaul Outbreak Investigation Now Looking Beyond Tomatoes
Posted on July 01, 2008The fact the number of confirmed cases of Salmonella Saintpaul continued to rise on Monday was not the big worry for the Centers for Disease Conrol and Prevention (CDC). It was the fact that the date that people continued to fall ill continues to move forward, now the latest onset date for the illness is June 20th...
Salmonella Saintpaul Still Making People Sick; 851 Confirmed Cases Latest Count In 36 States And D.C.
Posted on July 01, 2008Persons infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Saintpaul, by state, as of 9pm EST June 29, 2008 Since April, 851 persons infected with Salmonella Saintpaul with the same genetic fingerprint have been identified in 36 states and the District of Columbia...
Outbreak Investigation Class 101 Not Doing So Good
Posted on June 29, 2008In case anyone is concerned that the tomato industry or the larger produce industry does not have a voice in this ongoing Salmonella Saintpaul outbreak, let us introduce you to Jim Prevor's Perishable Pundit. Through this saga, we’ve largely relied upon “official” sources of information...
"We know the confusion they are going through"
Posted on June 27, 2008The Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) added 49 individual cases to the Salmonella Saintpaul outbreak today, bringing the total to 756. Everyone who has come down with the rare salmonella strain did so before June 13th. The outbreak continues to involve 34 states and the District of Columbia...
Salmonella Saitpaul hits 810 in 36 States - Was it Really Tomatoes?
Posted on June 27, 2008From a CDC/FDA Press Conference today: As salmonella cases continue to climb, the government is checking if tainted tomatoes really are to blame for the record outbreak - or if the problem is with another ingredient, or a warehouse that is contaminating newly harvested tomatoes...
Salmonella Outbreak At Italy's Grand Hotel Gardone
Posted on June 26, 2008Sometimes we think about things in terms of what might make good fiction. Chapter 1 - A rare strain of Salmonella spread by an early harvest of tomatoes somewhere in Mexico or Florida makes thousands of people sick in the United States. Hundreds if not thousands of state and federal food safety and health officials are, so far, failing to find the source of dangerous tomatoes...
Count In Salmonella Saintpaul Outbreak Rises To 707
Posted on June 25, 2008States with persons with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Saintpaul, by state of residence. Since April, 707 persons infected with Salmonella Saintpaul with the same genetic fingerprint have been identified in 34 states and the District of Columbia...
At 5 PM, Monday, June 23rd, CDC Issued This Update
Posted on June 24, 2008Since April, 613 persons infected with Salmonella Saintpaul with the same genetic fingerprint have been identified in 33 states and the District of Columbia. These were identified because clinical laboratories in all states send Salmonella strains from ill persons to their State public health laboratory for characterization...
Clock Is Ticking On FDA: Where Did the Bad Tomatoes Come From?
Posted on June 24, 2008While we are all wondering how long those federal teams will remain in those tomato fields in old Mexico and south Florida, we thought it might be a good time to offer a little editorial opinion of our own. Two weeks ago, on June 11th, the New Mexico Department of Health issued a time-line covering their early involvement in the outbreak of Salmonella Saintpaul caused by bad tomatoes...
Tomatoes NOT Being Blamed In NC Salmonella Outbreak
Posted on June 23, 2008We interrupt this blog to bring you news of a salmonella outbreak NOT involving tomatoes. For this report, we must go high up into the mountains of North Carolina where we know from past personal experience that it sure is pretty this time of year...
Will the Great Salmonella Saintpaul Tomato Outbreak End With A Bang or A Whimper?
Posted on June 21, 2008This weekend began with news from both the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC). The FDA gave the impression it was closing in on the source of the contaminated tomatoes, sending teams into areas of both Mexico and Florida to some specific farms that might finally turn up who is responsible for the outbreak...
CDC Tomato/Salmonella Update: 383 Confirmed Cases In 30 States Plus D.C.
Posted on June 19, 2008States with persons with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Saintpaul, by state of residence. Here are the money lines from today's update on the Salmonella Saintpaul outbreak involving tomatoes from the Centers on Disease Control & Prevention: Since April, 383 persons infected with Salmonella Saintpaul with the same genetic fingerprint have been identified in 30 states and the District of Columbia: Arkansas (2 persons), Arizona (26), California (8), Colorado (2), Connecticut (2), Florida (1), Georgia (8), Idaho (3), Illinois (34), Indiana (8), Kansas (9), Kentucky (1), Maryland (10), Michigan (3), Missouri (9), New Hampshire (1), New Mexico (70), New York (9), North Carolina (1), Ohio (3), Oklahoma (5), Oregon (4), Pennsylvania (2), Tennessee (4), Texas (131), Utah (2), Virginia (17), Vermont (1), Washington (1), Wisconsin (5), and the District of Columbia (1)...
CDC Says Tomatoe Outbreak Now Spans 28 States
Posted on June 17, 2008Bill's blog has the new official numbers from the Centers on Disease Control & Prevention on the Salmonella Saintpaul tomato outbreak. Go here for it. We've got a border-to-border, coast-to-coast outreak here involving 28 states with 277 confirmed cases and the related death of Raul Rivera in Houston...
Some Tomato Growing Areas Of Mexico Said To Be Safe
Posted on June 14, 2008Now it's been two weeks and a day since the Centers For Disease Control called up the U.S. Food & Drug Administration to report that we have a problem with tomatoes. Instead of quickly being able to come up with the area growing the tomatoes tainted with the deadly Salmonella Saintpaul bacteria, FDA has been dribbling out a list of areas NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THE OUTBREAK...
More Cases In New States and D.C.
Posted on June 13, 2008Since yesterday’s update of the numbers from the Centers for Disease Control, it appears that new cases of Salmonella Saintpaul have turned up in Ohio, Kentucky, and the District of Columbia. The Columbus Dispatch reports: Three cases of salmonella have been reported in central Ohio and linked to the national outbreak involving tomatoes, according to Columbus Public Health...
The New Map - States with persons with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Saintpaul, by state of residence.
Posted on June 13, 2008Is Federal probe stumped on bad tomatoes?
Posted on June 12, 2008Everybody knows that coming "close" usually does not count. For the last couple news cycles, top officials from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration(FDA) including Commissioner Andrew von Eschenbach have been quoted saying that the agency is "very close" to naming the source of the tainted tomatoes that have spread Salmonella Saintpaul to 17 states...
Tomato Outbreak of Salmonella Saintpaul Grows To 228 In 23 States
Posted on June 12, 2008The official number of confirmed cases of Salmonella Saintpaul now stands at 228, up from 167; and the number of affected states now is 23, up from 17. Six states added to the outbreak are: Florida, Georgia, Missouri, New York, Tennessee and Vermont. The addition of states in the South and East gives the outbreak, which started out in the West, looking more and more like a border-to-border event The U...
FDA actions " have basically shut down the southern tomato growers."
Posted on June 11, 2008State agriculture commissioners just happen to be meeting in Louisville, and they say the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) is harming innocent tomato producers throughout the South. “We understand that the FDA has a big responsibility, but it is necessary for them to open the lines of communication with the public as well as the states,” said Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner Richie Farmer, president of the Southern Association of State Departments of Agriculture (SASDA), during SASDA’s annual conference in Lexington, Ky...
State Of Florida Added To "Safe to Eat" List: $40 Million of Tomatoes On The Line
Posted on June 10, 2008State of Florida officials say the Sunshine State has been added to the U.S. Food & Drug Administration's (FDA) "Safe to Eat" list ---meaning Florida is NOT responsible for the Salmonella Saintpaul outbreak in tomatoes. Florida is the nation's largest grower of fresh tomatoes and it has a $40 million crop ready to be picked, making today's announcement by the state one of vital economic importance to the state...
"Killer Tomatoes" Did Take Mr. Rivera's Life
Posted on June 10, 2008We think we just heard a radio network news report saying that the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention now lists the death of 67-year old Paul Rivera of Houston as the first official fatality of the outbreak of Salmonella Saintpaul in tomatoes...
Tomato Outbreak of Salmonella Saintpaul Grows To 17 States
Posted on June 10, 2008States with persons with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Saintpaul, by state of residence. The Centers for Disease Control & Prevention offers the following summary of the outbreak as of today:Since mid-April, 167 persons infected with Salmonella Saintpaul with the same genetic fingerprint have been identified in 17 states: Arizona (12 persons), California (2), Colorado (1), Connecticut (1), Idaho (2), Illinois (27), Indiana (7), Kansas (5), Michigan (2), New Mexico (39), Oklahoma (3), Oregon (3), Texas (56), Utah (1), Virginia (2), Washington (1), and Wisconsin (3)...
A Second Source Says: "It Must Be Mexico"
Posted on June 09, 2008Bob Drobatz is president of operations for Petaluma Market in Santa Rosa, CA. He told the Santa Rosa Press Democrat that the tomatoes he was pulling from grocery shelves came from Mexico. Mexico is one of the biggest suppliers of red round tomatoes and the country was conspicuously absent from the FDA “safe” list, Drobatz said...
Hunt For Killer Tomato Growing Area May End In Mexico
Posted on June 08, 2008The Gallup, New Mexico Independent Sunday (6/8/08) is reporting that Mexico is the likely source of the tainted tomatoes responsible now for making people in 16 states sick with Salmonella Saintpaul. The newspaper quotes Dr. Michael Landen, deputy state epidemiologist with the New Mexico Department of Health, as saying “Preliminary data indicates the tomatoes we are having problems with are from Mexico...
16 States, 145 Sick, 23 In Hospitals: FDA Expands Warnings
Posted on June 07, 2008Consumers got an expanded warnings today (06/07/08) from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration NOT to eat Red Plum or Red Roma nor Round Red raw tomatoes. The expanded warning comes as the Salmonella Saintpaul outbreak blamed on red raw tomatoes spreads to 16 states with at least 145 people sick and 23 in hospitals...
Big Salmonella Outbreak Remains Unsolved: Chicks Nabbed In Smaller Outbreak
Posted on June 06, 2008At least 97 sickened by Salmonella Tomatoes in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Utah, Virginia and Wisconsin That's the headline on tonight's Salmonella Saintpaul update on the Marler blog. It can be found here...
Houston TV Reporting On Death That Maybe Due To Salmonella Outbreak
Posted on June 06, 2008Raul Rivera will be buried Saturday (6/7/08) in Houston. His family is telling Houston television stations tonight that Mr. Rivera is the first death in the Salmonella Saintpaul outbreak. Rivera was battling cancer, specifically lymphoma, and more recently his insurance company...
FDA Issues List of The Innocent In Salmonella Outbreak
Posted on June 06, 2008The U.S. Food & Drug Administration is out with a list of states and countries that have been eliminated as sources for the Salmonella Saintpaul-tainted tomatoes. States and countries on the list below were eliminated based on FDA traceback review and production and distribution patterns...
Texas Hunts For Source Of Salmonella Outbreak
Posted on June 05, 2008The hunt is on. What is the source of the tomatoes making people sick throughout the Western United States with the rare Saintpaul strain of Salmonella? Texas is looking its own Harris County. The Houston Chronicle reports: Frank Borden, manager of the Texas Department of State Health Services' food and drug inspections branch, said he has concentrated his agents in Houston, where they are scrutinizing invoices and other documents in hope of finding a source for the contaminated fruit...
Here Are the Latest Salmonella Saintpaul Numbers; State-by-State
Posted on June 05, 2008The Centers for Disease Control, along with several state health agencies and the federal Indian Health Service says the investigation into the Salmonella Saintpaul outbreak has identified consumption of raw tomatoes as the likely source of the illnesses in New Mexico and Texas...
Uncommon Salmonella serotype Saintpaul Making People Sick
Posted on June 04, 2008Here's tomato update from the Marler blog: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is alerting consumers in New Mexico and Texas that a salmonellosis outbreak appears to be linked to consumption of certain types of raw red tomatoes and products containing raw red tomatoes...
Tomatoes Giving People Samonella In New Mexico
Posted on June 02, 2008The Marler Blog is out today with Tomatoes Cause Salmonella Illnesses in New Mexico and Other States.Blamed are uncooked tomatoes that already have been found responsible for giving the strain known as Salmonella St. Paul to 31 people in seven New Mexico counties...
Crackling Pork Recalled Due To Salmonella Contamination
Posted on May 22, 2008When we first heard there was something going on with fully cooked crackling pork, we thought that it must have something to do with the Farm Bill. But, no, it seems it's about a small recall of 1,100 pounds of crackling pork. The U.S. Food Safety and Inspection Service said the pork was produced on 5/12/08 by Miami-based Sofia Chicharones Inc...
Five Restaurant Employees Spread Rare Type Of Salmonella To Customers
Posted on May 17, 2008Five employees of a Mexican restaurant in Norwalk, Ohio have tested positive for the rare S. Muenchen type of Salmonella. It's match with at least 29 customers of the Casta Fiesta restaurant who also became sick. Another seven customers also contracted a less rare type of Salmonella...
Multistate Outbreak of Human Salmonella Infections Caused by Contaminated Dry Dog Food --- United States, 2006--2007
Posted on May 15, 2008This is a first. Dry dog food did cause a Salmonella outbreak in humans. That according to today's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Further, dry dog food may be an under-recognized source of illness in people, especially small children, according to the CDC report...
Numbers Grow In Princeton University Salmonella Outbreak
Posted on May 07, 2008"Salmonella outbreak plagues University" headlines today's story by Jack Ackerman in The Daily Princetonian. Since we first reported on students and staff getting sick at Princeton Univesity, the only thing that has changed is the rising numbers...
Ten Salmonella Illnesses Traced in Norwalk Ohio Casa Fiesta
Posted on May 03, 2008Ohio Health officials are working to identify the source of a salmonella scare that sent 10 people to the hospital last week in Norwalk. However, The common thread linking the 10 victims together is that they all ate at Casa Fiesta, 196 Milan Avenue in Norwalk on April 24...
Princeton University Is Dealing With Salmonella Outbreak
Posted on May 01, 2008We hear there's been some salmonella activity on PulseNet during the last few days, and now comes this report of an outbreak at Princeton University where everyone who needs an excuse for delaying a final exam probably now has one.The University reports that up to 60 students have come down with some sort of stomach flu, while three students and an employee have tested positive for salmonella...
Pennsylvania Testing Of Raw Milk Turns Up Salmonella
Posted on April 29, 2008Raw milk from a dairy in Berks County near Allentown, PA has tested positive for Salmonella. The Pennsylvania Agriculture Department is warning anyone who bought raw milk from the Norman Sauder dairy farm in Maxatawny Township anytime after March 31st to throw it away...
Death Linked to Alamosa Salmonella Water
Posted on April 18, 2008As of early this week, Alamosa has reported 389 cases of Salmonella, 107 of which have been confirmed by laboratory testing. Sixteen people have been hospitalized. It now appears that there may be a death related to the consumption of Salmonella-tainted water...
Common Misspellings of Salmonella - Salmonela, Samonella, Salmenella, Salmonilla, Salmanella, Salmoella, Salmnella, Salminella, Salmonellae
Posted on April 18, 2008Salmonella is one of the most common enteric (intestinal) infections in the United States. Salmonellosis (the disease caused by Salmonella) is the second most common foodborne illness after Campylobacter infection. It is estimated that 1.4 million cases of salmonellosis occur each year in the U...
Updated Numbers On Malt-O-Meal Salmonella Outbreak
Posted on April 16, 2008The Center for Infectious Disease Research & Policy (CIDRAP) at the University of Minnesota reports revised numbers in the Malt-O-Meal salmonella outbreak. The Food & Drug Administration originally said the outbreak involved 23 cases in 14 states...
Massachusetts Becomes Fourth State With Salmonella Cases
Posted on April 15, 2008Add Massachusetts to the list of states with confirmed cases of salmonella linked to the Malt-O-Meal recall. The Massachusetts Department of Public Health says a 73-year old woman and 18-month old toddler are among the 23 people in 14 states stricken with salmonella...
1998 and 2008 Salmonella Outbreaks At Malt-O-Meal Are Looking A Lot ALike!
Posted on April 14, 2008The talking heads are really chatting up the big Malt-O-Meal recall because they cannot understand how dry wheat or dry rice out of a bag can give somebody salmonella. Bill Marler, the managing partner of the law firm that sponsors this site, is not surprised about that...
State Gives OK To Drinking Alamosa Water
Posted on April 12, 2008It's safe to again drink tap water in Alamosa, Colorado.The Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment officially lifted the "boil water" order at 2:30 pm, Friday, April 11, 2008. It was in effect for 23 days.The water will not taste the same as it is now treated with chlorine...
Taylor Joins The Big Honduran Cantaloupe Recall
Posted on April 04, 2008Taylor Fresh Foods has added its name and brands to the big recall of Honduran cantaloupes. Here's what the Salinas, CA grower said via a press release issued through the FDA yesterday (04/03/08):Taylor Fresh Foods, of Salinas, California is voluntarily recalling selected fresh cut fruit products which may contain cantaloupe from the Honduran grower Agropecuaria Montelibano identified by FDA to have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella, Taylor Fresh Foods had previously begun to recover this product on March 22, based on a notice published by the U...
How Do You Make Cantaloupes Drip, Drip, Drip
Posted on April 01, 2008We have to wonder if the food industry and its regulators are in cahoots with one another to make recalls as confusing as possible in order to get the public to just stop paying attention. In the last week, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration has put out company press releases for Charlie’s Produce, T...
Alamosa Joins Walkerton In The Tainted Water Experience
Posted on March 28, 2008Alamosa, Colorado and Walkerton, Ontario have something in common now. Both cities have in their history the experience of seeing their public water contaminated with tragic consequences. In Alamosa the water is tainted with salmonella...
More Recalls Of Honduran Melons By US Importers
Posted on March 26, 2008Recalls of Honduran cantaloupes continued today (3/26/08), and the latest company caught with salmonella-tainted cantaloupes usually imports fruits from Costa Rica.The U.S. Food & Drug Administration put out two company press releases announcing voluntarily recalls of Central America-grown cantaloupes...
Jefferson County Response Team Lands In Alamosa
Posted on March 23, 2008The Columbine is a colorful Rocky Mountain flower so favored by First Lady Mame Eisenhower that Ike adopted it as the name for "Air Force One" before anyone had a name for the President's airplane.More recently, Columbine High School in Jefferson County, west of Denver, was the site of the most tragic high school killing spree in U...
Recall of Honduran Melons Turning Into International Incident
Posted on March 23, 2008Honduras is not happy with Uncle Sam. The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) is telling people to toss cantaloupes from Agropecuaria Montelibano in Honduras.At least 50 people in 16 states have become sick with salmonella from eating the Honduran cantaloupes...
Big Flush Begins Tuesday In Alamosa
Posted on March 22, 2008FROM ALAMOSA, CO --- Residents woke up this morning to learn they have about 72 hours before the town begins flushing a high amount of chlorine through its public water system.When that begins, boiling water will no longer make it fit for cooking or drinking...
Gov. Ritter Declares State of Emergency
Posted on March 21, 2008FROM ALAMOSA, CO---This town of 9,000, including Colorado's Adams State College, was declared to in a state of emergency today (3/21/08) by Gov. Bill Ritter due to the salmonella outbreak that may be related to the public water supply.The emergency came as 139 Alamosa residents were said to be sick with salmonella...
Salmonella-tainted Sprouts Pulled From Market
Posted on March 20, 2008Kowalke Family Sprouts Inc., which distributes through Farmer's Markets, Whole Foods and Gelson's Supermarkets, is recalling all its alfalfa sprout products because the seeds used to grow them were found to be contaminated with Salmonella.No illnesses have yet been associated with the Kowalke sprouts...
Is Salmonella Really In Town's Water? Answer Is Week Away
Posted on March 20, 2008Hew Hallock and Ruth Heide, reporters for the Valley Courier in Alamosa, CO are reporting that it will be "about a week" before state and federal laboratories will be able to tell the town if its water truly was tainted with salmonella.A single water test, out of 20 samples taken, was positive for coliform bacterial contamination...
Colorado Blames Alamosa Water For Salmonella Outbreak
Posted on March 19, 2008Here's the officials world from the State of Colorado issued Wednesday (3/19/08):DENVER--The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment Wednesday has ordered the city of Alamosa to issue a bottled water advisory for Alamosa residents due to an outbreak of Salmonella in the community...
Bottle Water Order Empties Store Shelves In Alamosa
Posted on March 19, 20089NEWS in Denver tonight (3/19/08) is reporting on what happens when an isolated town on a high mountain plain learns its public water is no good due to a salmonella outbreak. There's been a run on bottle water in Alamosa, Colorado that has its store shelves looking like those in Venezuela or Cuba...
Salmonella Outbreak Hits Colorado Town
Posted on March 17, 2008KUSA-TV in Denver tonight (3/17/08) is reporting a salmonella outbreak is occurring in Alamosa, Colorado. The town of about 8,500 is reporting 18 confirmed cases of salmonella and 21 other cases that are still pending test results.Alamosa is located immediately south of the Great Sand Dunes National Monument, and just north of the Colorado/New Mexico border at an elevation of just over 7,600 feet...
Spielberg's Cast and Crew Sucking Up in Salmonella Outbreak
Posted on March 09, 2008You Yangs, the dual peaks rising up down under, are experiencing a flash back to World War II thanks to a $200 million HBO mini series project under the careful direction of Steven Spielberg.An outbreak of salmonella is also being experienced by cast and crew...
Aunt Jemima Recalls Big Boxes Due to Salmonella
Posted on March 05, 2008Some two and five pound boxes of Aunt Jemima Pancake & Waffle Mix are being recalled by the Quaker Oats Co. Aunt Jemima Pancake & Waffle Mix: Original, Original Complete and Buttermilk Complete may have potential salmonella contamination...
California Recalls Sprouts Carrying Salmonella Bacteria
Posted on March 03, 2008When San Francisco area Vegans opened their newspapers this morning (3/3), they could not have liked reading that the California Department of Public Health was warning consumers not to eat certain brands of alfalfa sprouts because they may be contaminated with Salmonella...
Tri Tips Give Yuma Folks Salmonella
Posted on February 22, 2008You have to admire a city like Yuma, AZ. They do not waste food, especially when it comes to something like beef tri tip cuts. It was served at the Hospice of Yuma roping roundup, barbecue and western dance at the Yuma County Fairgrounds...
Salmonella Paratyphi B Strikes Islands Again
Posted on February 18, 2008The Honolulu Advertiser reported over the weekend that health officials in Hawaii have confirmed an additional case of illness on the island of O'ahu caused by Salmonella Paratyphi B. The person who became sick ate raw ahi poke after purchasing it from a local market...
Peter Pan Is BACK!!
Posted on February 14, 2008For several weeks we've been observing the return of Peter Pan peanut butter to store shelves. We've noted two things. One, incredible price cutting. A jar of peanut butter that normally goes for around $3 is available for under a dollar...
Salmonella-tainted Tuna From Indoneasia Is A Problem on O'ahu
Posted on February 10, 2008Health officials in Hawaii are trying to find out what and who is responsible for 33 cases of the same strain of salmonella that were confirmed between October and December of 2007. The strain---Salmonella paratyphi B---was linked to 'ahi tuna consumed raw, but none were linked to a specific restaurant, grocery store, or even one distributor...
PA Report Points To Raw Milk Danger
Posted on January 29, 2008The potential health risks associated with raw milk consumption need to be better understood by policy makers and the public. So says a report by the Pennsylvania Departments of Health and Agriculture. It was published online today by the Journal of the American Medical Association...
Organic sesame seeds may contain Salmonella
Posted on January 28, 2008Shiloh Farms has recalled organic sesame seeds that may be contaminated with Salmonella. They were distributed in New York, Connecticut, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Arkansas. Full StoryThis product comes in a 12-ounce blue and white 5" x 8" plastic bag with a Shiloh Farms logo and USDA organic symbol...
90 Percent Chance Your Pet Turtle Has Salmonella
Posted on January 24, 2008We usually focus on food-borne illness here, but when pets poise a serious threat to children due to salmonella we want to help get the word out. HealthDay Reporter Steven Reinberg today wrote about the Centers for Disease Control finding that 103 children got salmonella poisoning in the last half of 2007 from their pet turtles...
South Dakota State Epidemiologist Mum On Spread Of Salmonella Outbreak
Posted on January 14, 2008South Dakota public health officials apparently want to make a game out of guessing the other three states involved in a four-state salmonella outbreak.Rapid City, the largest town in South Dakota's Black Hills, is said to be the center of the outbreak...
Salmonella outbreaks being investigated in Pennsylvania, Montana
Posted on January 07, 2008The Lancaster News reported that at least eleven people have been culture-confirmed with Salmonella infections since eating food from Mazzi, a restaurant whose owner also co-owns the Leola Village Inn & Suites. According to the story: John Calabrese, who owns Mazzi and co-owns Leola Village Inn & Suites with his wife, Deborah Shirk, said about 50 people attended the Dec...
Did PetSmart Cover Up Salmonella Outbreak?
Posted on January 04, 2008We're not members of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), but we do moniter the organization's acitivities and positions because they offer a view that is worth paying attention to. PETA's latest campaign is to get PetSmart, the naitonal pet food retailer from offering live pets for sale in its stores...
Salmonella cases linked to Safeway beef
Posted on December 21, 2007Thirty-eight people from three states are sick with salmonella that may be linked to ground beef processed at Safeway stores, the United States Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service says.The shipments with the salmonella contaminated beef were received between Sept...
Salmonella fear prompts recall of Mexico-grown basil
Posted on December 20, 2007Full Story from the Associated Press LOS ANGELES Some 5,500 pounds of basil grown in Mexico and sold in the United States is being recalled because of fears it may be infected with salmonella. Los Angeles-based importer Top Line Specialty Produce says that the basil was imported from a farm in Mexico's southern Baja California region on Dec...
Wisconsin man files Salmonella lawsuit against ConAgra
Posted on December 12, 2007A Marion, Wisconsin resident filed a lawsuit against ConAgra, the manufacturer of Banquet pot pies, today. The lawsuit is one of seven filed by Seattle-based Marler Clark on behalf of victims of a nationwide outbreak of Salmonella infections traced to the pot pies...
Arizona health officials track salmonella flare-up
Posted on December 12, 2007Arizona health officials are still uncertain what the source of the salmonella outbreak is that cause 14 people to become ill, 7 of which were hospitalized. Full story from The Arizona RepublicKen Komatsu, top epidemiologist for the Arizona Department of Health Services, said seven of those ill in Arizona had to be hospitalized after becoming infected with salmonella, a food-borne germ...
Salmonella Outbreak Traced to Pulled Pork
Posted on December 10, 2007The East Metro Health District issued a report last week indicating that a Salmonella outbreak associated with attendance at Sherman's Last Burning could be traced further to consumption of pulled pork at the Lion's Club booth. At least 67 people became ill with Salmonella after eating at the Lion's Club booth at the festival, which was held in Covington, Georgia, in October...
Seattle law firm files sixth lawsuit against ConAgra over Salmonella-tainted pot pies
Posted on November 28, 2007SEATTLE, WA (November 28, 2007) – Marler Clark filed a sixth lawsuit against ConAgra today on behalf of a victim of the Banquet pot pie Salmonella outbreak that sickened hundreds. The lawsuit was filed in Yakima County Superior Court on behalf of Yakima resident Renee Barnes, who became ill with a Salmonella infection in May, 2007 after consuming a Banquet pot pie manufactured by ConAgra...
Salmonella outbreaks traced to tomatoes
Posted on November 28, 2007Vindy.com today reported on the resolution of one of the last Sheetz Salmonella cases that stemmed from the 2004 Salmonella outbreak traced to contaminated tomatoes. According to the newspaper report: Anslinger's case was notable because it was the vehicle for the complicated discovery process — the pretrial exchange of evidence — used to determine where the tomatoes originated, said Anslinger's attorney, William Marler...
ConAgra Banquet and Great Value Pot Pie Outbreak Update
Posted on November 18, 2007Investigation of Outbreak of Human Infections Caused by Salmonella I 4,[5],12:i:- CDC is collaborating with public health officials in multiple states across the United States and with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service to investigate an ongoing multi-state outbreak of Salmonella I 4,[5],12:i:- (pronounced “four five twelve eye minus”) infections in humans...
Salmonella outbreaks
Posted on November 14, 2007WBTV published a press release from the Catawba County Public Health Department on its website regarding the Salmonella outbreak that has recently plagued customers of Carniceria y Taqueria Hermanos Chavez located in Newton. Following is an excerpt from the press release: Catawba County Public Health is continuing to investigate a food borne illness outbreak...
Marler Clark files fifth lawsuit against ConAgra on behalf of man who ate contaminated Banquet pot pies
Posted on November 13, 2007NEWS RELEASEContact:Suzanne Schreck(206) 346-1879sschreck@marlerclark.com SEATTLE, WA (November 13, 2007) – A Pasco, Washington man who became ill with Salmonella after eating a Banquet pot pie in September filed a lawsuit against ConAgra, the food manufacturer whose Banquet pot pies were recalled in October after they were identified as the source of a nationwide Salmonella outbreak...
Update: North Carolina Salmonella Outbreak
Posted on November 09, 2007WSOC TV reported yesterday that the Newton, North Carolina restaurant associated with a large Salmonella outbreak may not reopen after the health department concludes its investigation into the source of the outbreak. Experts with the Catawba County Public Health Office said they may never know for sure what caused the outbreak at the Carniceria y Taqueria off U...
2 more cases of Salmonella confirmed
Posted on November 08, 2007Public health officials have confirmed two more cases of Salmonella associated with a food poisoning outbreak in Catawba County, North Carolina. According to an article published in the Hickory Daily Record today: The number of confirmed cases stood at 15 as of late Wednesday afternoon, but 126 people have complained of Salmonella-like symptoms, they said...
Quizno's Salmonella outbreak likely from tomatoes
Posted on November 08, 2007This week's food safety infosheet from the International Food Safety Network highlights a recent Salmonella outbreak that was traced to a Quizno's restaurant in Rochester, Minnesota. From the infosheet: Doug Schultz, spokesman for the Minnesota Department of Health was quoted as saying "We're still investigating the outbreak, and part of that investigation involves produce items being the likely vehicle for the contamination...
Salmonella outbreak in Catawba County, NC
Posted on November 07, 2007The Charlotte Observer reported yesterday on the closure of Carniceria & Taqueria Hermanos Chavez in Newton. The restaurant was closed on Friday after dozens of people became ill with Salmonella infections after eating at the restaurant, according to Catawba County health officials...
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