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Salmonella Saitpaul hits 810 in 36 States - Was it Really Tomatoes?

Posted on June 27, 2008
From 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, 2008
Sometimes 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, 2008
States 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, 2008
Since 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...

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Clock Is Ticking On FDA: Where Did the Bad Tomatoes Come From?

Posted on June 24, 2008
While 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, 2008
We 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, 2008
This 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, 2008
States 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, 2008
Bill'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, 2008
Now 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, 2008
Since 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, 2008

Is Federal probe stumped on bad tomatoes?

Posted on June 12, 2008
Everybody 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, 2008
The 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, 2008
State 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, 2008
State 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, 2008
We 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, 2008
States 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, 2008
Bob 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, 2008
The 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, 2008
Consumers 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, 2008
At 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, 2008
Raul 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, 2008
The 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, 2008
The 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, 2008
The 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, 2008
Here'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, 2008
The 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, 2008
When 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, 2008
Five 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...

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