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December 23, 2011 • Salmonella
Green Valley Food Recalls Salmonella Sprouts
Green Valley Food Corp. is recalling 650 cases of alfalfa sprouts that may be contaminated with Salmonella. In a news release, the company said a random sample of the sprouts collected on Dec, 12 from a customer tested positive for Salmonella. There so far have been no illnesses confirmed in …
December 23, 2011 • Listeria
Notable Listeria Illness Outbreaks of 2011
Over at Outbreak Database, we have been keeping track of foodborne illness outbreaks – small and large – over the last 12 months. Here is one of the more interesting Listeria Outbreaks: Jensen Farms Rocky Ford Cantaloupe October 2011 – 146 Ill. A multistate outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes was associated with consumption of cantaloupe that […] …
December 23, 2011 • Outbreaks
December 23, 2011 • Outbreaks
December 23, 2011 • Salmonella
Notable Salmonella Illness Outbreaks of 2011
Over at Outbreak Database, we have been keeping track of foodborne illness outbreaks – small and large – over the last 12 months. Here are some of the more interesting Salmonella Outbreaks. Don Julio Mexican Restaurant December 2011 – 59 Ill. A Salmonellosis outbreak was linked to eating at the Don Julio’s Mexican Restaurant in […] …
December 23, 2011 • Outbreaks
December 23, 2011 • Listeria
New Research on Groups Most Susceptible to Listeria Infection
The recent outbreak of listeria caused by Jensen Farms/Frontera cantaloupes was the most recent reminder that Listeria poses the greatest risk to certain groups of people. The most deadly foodborne illness outbreak in U.S. history sickened 146 and has now killed 31 people. According to the CDC, the average age …
December 22, 2011 • Listeria
Chicago Sandwich Maker, Triple A Services, Agrees to Stop Production – FDA Finds Unsanitary Conditions
The FDA announced today that the Chicago-area based company Triple A Services Inc. has agreed to stop making its ready-to-eat sandwiches and produce after “FDA investigators repeatedly found unsanitary conditions and bacterial contamination in the facility.” The company and FDA filed what is called a “consent decree” in the U.S …
December 21, 2011 • Hepatitis A
Possible Hepatitis A Exposure for Fruity Yogurt Patrons in Goldsboro, NC
Patrons who ate at the Fruity Yogurt restaurant in Goldsboro, North Carolina on December 7, 2011 may have been exposed to Hepatitis A through a sick employee. The Wayne County Health Department announced that an employee who worked at the Fruity Yogurt on that date was diagnosed with Hepatitis A …
December 20, 2011 • Salmonella
Hannaford Supermarkets Linked to Salmonella Typhimurium infections in Several States
A bit(e) of history of Antibiotic-Resistant Salmonella Outbreaks. Hannaford, a Scarborough, Maine-based grocery chain, last week recalled an undetermined amount of fresh ground beef products that may be contaminated with a strain of Salmonella Typhimurium. This recall was initiated due to concerns about illnesses caused by an outbreak of salmonellosis …
December 20, 2011 • Listeria
Death Toll in Listeria Outbreak Rises
The Schwarz’s family is mourning the loss of a 92-year-old local man affected by cantaloupe tainted with listeria. Paul Schwarz’s family said he passed away over the weekend. He was very active until the cantaloupe recall when he suffered brain trauma from the bacteria. The strain killed more than two …
December 20, 2011 • Outbreaks
December 19, 2011 • Press Releases
Second Salmonella Lawsuit Filed Against Lawndale El Gran Burrito
Marler Clark Salmonella attorneys have filed a lawsuit against a Chicago El Gran Burrito on behalf of a woman who suffered kidney failure due to a Salmonella infection. …
December 19, 2011 • Outbreaks
Fourth Salmonella Lawsuit Filed in Turkish Pine Nuts Salmonella Outbreak
Marler Clark has filed a fourth lawsuit in a Salmonella outbreak linked to Turkish pine nuts. …
December 19, 2011 • Salmonella
Pine Nut Salmonella Lawsuit Filed, Again
A Salmonella lawsuit was filed today on behalf of a Webster, New York woman and her child against New Jersey-based pine nut importer Sunrise Commodities. This is the fourth lawsuit the law firms have filed against the company. According to a complaint (#11CV6618) filed in U.S. District Court in Rochester …
December 19, 2011 • Salmonella
Chicago’s El Gran Burrito Sued in Salmonella Outbreak
A Salmonella lawsuit was filed on Wednesday against a Chicago El Gran Burrito restaurant. This is the second lawsuit filed by the law firm against El Gran Burrito on behalf of Salmonella victims. In July of 2011, City of Chicago Public Health Officials along with the Illinois Department of Public …
December 18, 2011 • Salmonella
Schreiber Kosher Broiled Chicken Livers Linked to 179 Salmonella Heidelberg cases in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Ohio and Minnesota
In August 2011, CDC identified a sustained increase in the number of Salmonella Heidelberg isolates with the outbreak strain reported to PulseNet from New York and New Jersey. Based on the previous 5 years of reports to PulseNet, New York and New Jersey would expect approximately 5 cases per month …
December 16, 2011 • Outbreaks
Marler Clark Uncovers Distributor in Schnucks E. coli Outbreak, Adds Vaughan Foods to Lawsuit
Marler Clark E. coli lawyers have uncovered the identity of the romaine lettuce distributor implicated in the Schnucks supermarkets E. coli outbreak that has sickened at least 60 in 10 states. Vaughan Foods of Moore, Oklahoma has now been added as a defendant to a previous E. coli lawsuit against Schnucks …
December 16, 2011 • Outbreaks
December 16, 2011 • Salmonella
Swanson Recalls Celery Seed for Salmonella
Swanson Health Products says it is recalling some packages of organic celery seed because it has the potential to be contaminated with salmonella. The recall affects Swanson Organic Celery Seed (Whole) packaged in plastic bottles with a net weight of 1.4 ounces. The product was sold between June 16 and …
December 16, 2011 • Outbreaks
Hannaford Supermarkets Salmonella Hamburger Outbreak
Fresh ground beef sold in Hannaford Supermarkets in the Northeastern U.S. was the source of a 2011 Salmonella outbreak …
December 15, 2011 • Salmonella
After 14 Ill with Salmonella, Hannaford Recalls Hamburger in Maine, New York, New Hampshire and Vermont
Hannaford, a Scarborough, Maine-based grocery chain, is recalling an undetermined amount of fresh ground beef products that may be contaminated with a strain of Salmonella Typhimurium, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. The products subject to recall are any size package of the …
December 15, 2011 • Outbreaks
December 14, 2011 • Outbreaks
December 14, 2011 • Outbreaks
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