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January 12, 2009 • Salmonella
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,
The 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 […] …
January 12, 2009 • Salmonella
Salmonella recovered from King Nut peanut butter by MDA lab found to be a genetic match to cases in national Salmonella outbreak
Our 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 …
January 12, 2009 • Salmonella
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?
Minnesota 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. On Saturday King Nut and …
January 11, 2009 • Outbreaks
Peanut Corporation of America Peanut Butter Salmonella Outbreak
More than 700 people were sickened and 4 died as a result of eating Salmonella-tainted peanut butter products made by Peanut Corporation of America …
January 11, 2009 • Salmonella
King Nut and Parnell’s Pride Peanut Butter Linked To Nationwide Salmonella Outbreak–Recalls Ordered
The 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 …
January 10, 2009 • Salmonella
King Nut Steps Up: Recalls Salmonella Tainted Peanut Butter
Press 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 …
January 10, 2009 • Outbreaks
Salmonella Outbreak Tied to Peanut Butter - Again
The source of the outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium that has sickened at least 400 and may have contributed to one death has been identified in Minnesota as King Nut peanut butter. Peanut butter tainted with salmonella was tested by the Minnesota Health Department. The product is suspected as the source …
January 09, 2009 • Salmonella
The CDC’s List of States with Salmonella Peanut Butter Cases
The 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, […] …
January 09, 2009 • Salmonella
efoodalert Weighs In With Case Counts By State
From 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. Arkansas: 3 cases Arizona: 8 cases California: 5 …
January 09, 2009 • Salmonella
First Word From Federal Government On 4-Month Old Salmonella Outbreak
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA), and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) all have tremendous public relations programs to communicate with the public. However, once or twice a year, the federal government’s three top …
January 09, 2009 • Salmonella
Salmonella Typhimurium Outbreak Might Have Taken A Life In Minnesota
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. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the outbreak has struck 4 …
January 07, 2009 • Salmonella
Ohio Is Just Tip Of The Salmonella Typhimurium Ice Berg
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 …
January 07, 2009 • Salmonella
State of Ohio Joins Salmonella Typhimurium Multistate Outbreak Investigation
The 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 ranks second in …
January 06, 2009 • Outbreaks
January 05, 2009 • Hepatitis A
New Source of Information on Hepatitis A For MSMs
Hepatitis A is covered in a new education website launched by the American Social Health Association (ASHA) with funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The target audience is: Men Who Have Sex with Men, which the social health group refers to as MSMs. We hope especially that …
January 05, 2009 • Outbreaks
January 04, 2009 • Listeria
Bacon Bits With Listeria Being Recalled After Customer Testing
Patrick Cudahy, a Cudahy, Wisc., firm, is recalling approximately 3,590 pounds of bacon bit products that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS). Its the first listeria recall of 2009. The tainted bacon bit products were produced on …
January 04, 2009 • Salmonella
State of Wisconsin Orders Recall Of Sprouts From Sunrise Farms Due To Salmonella Contamination
Wisconsin’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. of Neenah. The grower was ordered to tell its customers to remove the alfalfa sprouts …
January 02, 2009 • Outbreaks
January 01, 2009 • Outbreaks
Kinikin Dairy Raw Milk Campylobacter Outbreak - Colorado (2009)
At least 8 people were sickened with Campylobacter from consuming raw milk produced by the Kinikin Corner Dairy in Montrose, Colorado. The dairy was ordered to stop production of raw milk in early April, 2009. …
December 31, 2008 • Listeria
7-Eleven’s Burrito Maker Recalls Product Due To Listeria Contamination
There is a rich Hispanic culture in Denver. You can have authentic breakfast burritos delivered hot to your office by folks who will remember your name and what you like. So why anyone on the Front Range would stoop to buying their breakfast burritos at 7-Eleven is a mystery …
December 31, 2008 • Hepatitis A
Chinese Tourists Will Not Bring Hepatitis A Outbreak To Taiwan
We cannot say we were really worried about this one. Regular tourism between the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and Taiwan has been underway since last July. Apparently worry-warts have been concerned that the mainland tourists might spread Hepatitis A to residents of the island nation. With Taiwan and …
December 30, 2008 • Press Releases
Top Ten Food Safety Challenges of 2009
Bill Marler, food safety advocate and managing partner of foodborne illness law firm Marler Clark, asked the food safety community to weigh in on the most pressing food safety challenges for the coming year. As with the “Top Ten Food Safety Stories of 2008”, there was no shortage of contenders. …
December 28, 2008 • Outbreaks
December 25, 2008 • Salmonella
Salmonella Puts Family Mortgage At Risk, But There is A Miracle on the Blog
Second 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. Using CDC math – which estimates …
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