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August 14, 2006 • Salmonella
Summer foods may increase illness risk
Food-borne illness increases during the summer months. The harmful microorganisms that might be present in food grow faster in warm summer months. Most food-borne bacteria grow fastest at temperatures from 90 to 110 degrees. They also need moisture to flourish, and summer weather often is hot and humid. Outside activities …
August 14, 2006 • Salmonella
Fullei Fresh Recalls Alfalfa Because of Possible Health Risk
Miami, Florida-based Fullei Fresh is recalling its 5-ounce containers of alfalfa sprouts because they have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. The recalled alfalfa sprouts were distributed statewide in food service establishments. The product comes in a 5-ounce, clear plastic cup container. This product was grown and packaged by …
August 14, 2006 • Salmonella
Sheetz is Heading Back to Court
Four members of a family in Preston County say they got sick after eating tomatoes in sandwiches they bought at the gas station in Parsons. The lawsuit is seeking 70 thousand dollars, but Sheetz has denied causing the family’s problem. In July 2004 a salmonella outbreak made nearly 400 people …
August 14, 2006 • Hepatitis A
Outbreak leads to quarantine
2006-08-14 NINETY-THREE teachers and students have been quarantined in a high school in the southern Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region after 69 students contracted acute hepatitis A, health officials said. Fifty-six of the 69 students were still hospitalized yesterday. Yu Yang, deputy director of the Pingnan County Health Bureau, said Siwang …
August 14, 2006 • Hepatitis A
Hepatitis A knocks down 69 students in Guangxi
(Xinhua) 2006-08-13 NANNING — Ninety-three teachers and students have been quarantined in a high school in south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, as 69 students of the school have contracted acute hepatitis A over the past 20 more days, local health official said on Sunday. At press time, 56 of …
August 11, 2006 • Listeria
Product recalls
Aug. 11, 2006, 8:10PM By The Associated Press © 2006 The Associated Press The following recalls have been announced: 365 Everyday Value Soy Cream Chocolate and 365 Everyday Value Soy Cream Vanilla, all lot codes, distributed nationwide by Whole Foods Market of Austin, Texas, because they may contain undeclared milk proteins. People who have an […] …
August 11, 2006 • Press Releases
Family Sues Wendy’s over E. coli Poisoning
Marler Clark filed an E. coli lawsuit against Wendy’s, the Dublin, Ohio-based restaurant chain whose North Ogden, Utah, restaurant was traced as the source of an E. coli O121:H19 outbreak in late June, 2006. The complaint, which was filed in Weber County Superior Court, seeks compensation for the family’s significant …
August 11, 2006 • Listeria
Man battles listeria infection
Near-fatal bout leaves father blind, unable to work by By Susan Reinhardt, SREINHARDT@CITIZEN-TIMES.COM August 11, 2006 BLACK MOUNTAIN – They’d been married only a month. And here stood the bride, Dana Goode, peering over her dying husband and facing the doctor’s words: that should her husband make it, he’d likely …
August 11, 2006 • Salmonella
Classic Salads digs into cause of product contamination
Salinas, CA-based Classic Salads doesn’t yet know what led to a recent sample of the company’s product testing positive for Salmonella contamination, but the company is, according to The Produce News, attempting to get to the bottom of the problem. According to Classic Salads Sales Manager Lex Camany, the company …
August 11, 2006 • Outbreaks
August 11, 2006 • Salmonella
Corky and Lenny’s Salmonella Outbreak
On February 6, 2006 the Cuyahoga County Board of Health was contacted by a husband and wife who had eaten at Corky and Lenny’s, a restaurant located in Woodmere, Ohio. Shortly after their meal the couple became ill with salmonellosis. That same day, the CCBH learned that the Ohio Department …
August 11, 2006 • Listeria
Man battles listeria infection – LISTERIA
Near-fatal bout leaves father blind, unable to work by By Susan Reinhardt, SREINHARDT@CITIZEN-TIMES.COM published August 11, 2006 12:15 am They’d been married only a month. And here stood the bride, Dana Goode, peering over her dying husband and facing the doctor’s words: that should her husband make it, he’d likely …
August 10, 2006 • Salmonella
Salmonella risk in imported fresh beef, beef preparations, and beef products
Additional guarantees for Salmonella in imported defined animal-derived foods were agreed on for Finland when it was admitted to the European Community. The aim of this project was to evaluate the impact of these AGs on the prevalence of Salmonella in the Finnish beef supply and the adequacy of their …
August 10, 2006 • Salmonella
Salmonella outbreaks in restaurants in Minnesota, 1995 through 2003: Evaluation of the role of infected foodworkers
The 23 restaurant-associated salmonellosis outbreaks that occurred in Minnesota from 1995 through 2003 were reviewed to characterize the role of infected foodworkers and the findings published in the August issue of the Journal of Food Protection. A specific food vehicle was implicated in four outbreaks and suspected in five. Salmonella …
August 10, 2006 • Hepatitis A
Update: Hepatitis A Outbreak
CP Health News August 10, 2006 LOWER SACKVILLE, N.S. (CP) – Three more people have been diagnosed with hepatitis A – a temporary, flu-like illness – following an outbreak in a community outside Halifax. That brings to 10 the number of confirmed cases of the virus in Lower Sackville, N.S. …
August 10, 2006 • Salmonella
Salmonella Inquiry Continues
Investigations are continuing into the source of a recent salmonella outbreak at a west Cumbrian hotel. 98-year-old Jessie Hewitson from Carlisle died, and another ended up in intensive care after contracting salmonella more than a month ago. It is believed the food-poisoning outbreak was linked to a tiramisu dessert served …
August 09, 2006 • Salmonella
The raw truth
Raw whole milk, or "real milk" as advocates call it, has not been pasteurized, a heating process that kills bacteria responsible for several infectious diseases and lengthens shelf life. Nor has it been homogenized, a sort of straining process, that breaks up the cream and prevents it from floating to …
August 09, 2006 • Salmonella
Wilmington resident contracts salmonella
A Wilmington resident has contracted salmonella. He thinks he got food poisoning from eating at a local fast food restaurant. Twenty-four-year-old Ryan Conn started to feel sick the day after eating at a local fast food restaurant. He went to the Medac on Shipyard Boulevard for treatment. A few days …
August 09, 2006 • Outbreaks
August 09, 2006 • Hepatitis A
Nova Scotia health officials confirm three more hepatitis A cases
Aug 9, 2006 Canadian Press LOWER SACKVILLE, N.S. (CP) – Three more people have been diagnosed with hepatitis A – a temporary, flu-like illness – following an outbreak in a community outside Halifax. That brings to 10 the number of confirmed cases of the virus in Lower Sackville, N.S. In …
August 09, 2006 • Hepatitis A
Lower Sackville hepatitis A cases on rise
The Chronicle Herald Halifax, Nova Scotia August 9, 2006 Three more people in Lower Sackville have been found to be infected with hepatitis A, public health officials announced Tuesday. These cases are connected to a local outbreak that began in early June. Last week, the Capital district health authority said …
August 09, 2006 • Salmonella
No Salmonella in wild turkey droppings
New Hampshire Fish and Game officials say they’ve found no sign of Salmonella bacteria in wild turkey droppings in the state. Fish and Game is in its second year of collecting specimens on dairy farms to see if there was a threat of Salmonella being transmitted from turkeys to dairy …
August 09, 2006 • Hepatitis A
Three more hepatitis A cases: officials
August 9, 2006 Journal Pioneer (Summerside) CP Three more people have been diagnosed with hepatitis A following an outbreak in a community outside of Halifax. That brings to 10 the number of confirmed cases of the virus in Lower Sackville, N.S. In mid-July dozens of people began experiencing flu-like symptoms …
August 08, 2006 • Outbreaks
August 08, 2006 • Listeria
Got milk? Make sure it’s pasteurized
Linda Bren Sheknows.com Pasteurization, since its adoption in the early 1900s, has been credited with dramatically reducing illness and death caused by contaminated milk. But today, some people are passing up pasteurized milk for what they claim is tastier and healthier “raw milk.” Public health officials couldn’t disagree more. Drinking …
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