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April 22, 2009 • Press Releases
Salmonella Lawsuit Filed on Behalf of Family of Minnesota Man Felled by Peanut Butter
Clifford Tousignant, father, grandfather, and decorated veteran of the Korean War, died in January, 2009, after eating Salmonella-contaminated peanut butter served in the retirement home where he lived in Brainerd, MN. His family, represented by foodborne illness law firm Marler Clark and Minneapolis-based Jardine, Logan, & O’Brien, filed suit against …
April 22, 2009 • Listeria
Michigan Cheese Maker Recalls More Product Out Of Fears About Listeria
Reading, MI-based Torres Hillsdale Country Cheese has been recalling its various cheeses since last month. It has now put out another request for return of it Oaxaca soft Mexican-style cheese due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination. The cheese was distributed in Illinois and Minnesota. The recalled Oaxaca cheese product was …
April 22, 2009 • Salmonella
Sprouts and Spice All Adding Up To Salmonella From Michigan To California
We 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. Southeast Michigan …
April 19, 2009 • Hepatitis A
Produce Worker At Littleton, CO Albertson’s Tests Positive For Hepatitis A
Did you ever notice the people in the produce department at the grocery store are always the friendliest? That’s probably no comfort to customers at the Albertson’s in Littleton, CO who are being told that if they consumed store produced produce they should think about getting Hepatitis A vaccine …
April 17, 2009 • Listeria
Ontario Says Federal Government of Canada Isn’t Cutting It When It Comes To Food Safety; Hearings on Listeria Outbreak Set For Monday
We love Canada and the UK. After every major outbreak, there is always some high level inquiry or royal commission to hear from. This time, its Dr. David Williams, Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer of Health, making the report on the listeria outbreak blamed on the meat cutting machinery at Maple …
April 16, 2009 • Case News
April 16, 2009 • Events & Speaking Engagements
California Environmental Health Conference Annual Education Symposium (2009)
Patti Waller and Colin Caywood traveled to the California Environmental Health Association's AES in Monterey …
April 16, 2009 • Case News
Kinikin Dairy Raw Milk Campylobacter Outbreak
In March and April 2009, a cluster of Campylobacter poisoning cases among residents of the Colorado Western Slope led health officials to the Kinikin Corner Dairy in Mont …
April 16, 2009 • Outbreaks
Union International Foods White Pepper Spice Outbreak
Union International Food Company (Lian How and Uncle Chen Brands) Linked to 79 Salmonella illnesses in Western States …
April 16, 2009 • Salmonella
Spice Recall Expanded; All Listed Here May Be Contaminated With Salmonella
FDA 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 …
April 15, 2009 • Outbreaks
April 15, 2009 • Hepatitis A
Richard Miller – One Man’s Hepatitis A Story
In late October 2003, Beaver County ER doctors reported an alarming number of Hepatitis A cases. Investigators from the Pennsylvania Department of Health initiated an investigation immediately and discovered that many, if not all, cases had eaten at Chi Chi’s restaurant in Monaca, Pennsylvania’s Beaver Valley Mall. Along with …
April 15, 2009 • Salmonella
Iowa Health Officials Kept Focus For Salmonella St. Paul Outbreak On SunSprout Enterprises
The 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 …
April 14, 2009 • Outbreaks
April 14, 2009 • Hepatitis A
Hard To Treat Diseases (HTDS) Offers Hepatitis A Vaccine in India
This release from a single company speaks volumes about the size of the Hepatitis A vaccine market in India, which has developed in only the last few years. It says: Hard To Treat Diseases (HTDS) says its China based operating subsidiary Mellow Hope has surpassed sales of 200,000 units of …
April 13, 2009 • Salmonella
A Rainy Night In Georgia Is Followed By Spiked Salmonella Levels The Next Morning!
A 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 …
April 10, 2009 • Listeria
Amalgamated Produce, Inc. Recalls Sprouts Because Of Listeria Contamination
Here’s another listeria-related recall of sprouts just in from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA). Amalgamated Produce, Inc. (API), Bridgeport, CT, announced a voluntary recall today of its Specialty Farms, Vermont Sprout House, Nature’s Promise and BroccoSprouts (noted as distributed by API, Bridgeport, CT) sprout items with sell by …
April 10, 2009 • Outbreaks
April 09, 2009 • Salmonella
Bangladeshi Freshwater Fish Recalled Because Of Salmonella Contamination
Asia 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. CROWN FARMS brand “KESKI” (Bangladeshi Freshwater Fish) Fish …
April 08, 2009 • Events & Speaking Engagements
Washington State Hospital Food Service Providers (2009)
Colin Caywood addressed the monthly gathering of the Washington State Hospital Food Service Providers. …
April 08, 2009 • Salmonella
Get Your Widgets! – Salmonella Peanuts and Pistachios
FDA 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. Flash Player 9 is required. Visit http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/peanutbutterrecall/index.cfm to search for peanut product recalls or call CDC-INFO …
April 08, 2009 • Salmonella
Send In The Clowns? No, Send In The U.S. Marshals!
For 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.S. Food and Drug Administration …
April 07, 2009 • Outbreaks
April 07, 2009 • Listeria
FDA: Routine Tests Uncover Listeria Contamination in Strubs Norwegian Style Steelhead Salmon
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today warned consumers not to eat Strubs Norwegian Style Sliced Smoked Steelhead Salmon in 300 gram packages because of potential contamination with the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes. Listeria monocytogenes is a foodborne pathogen that can cause serious illness and death. Distributed by West Side Foods …
April 07, 2009 • Salmonella
FDA Alerts the Public to Uncle Chen and Lian How Brand Dry Spice Product Recall Due to Salmonella Illnesses
The 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. This investigation is being conducted …
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