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February 23, 2018 • Listeria
South African Listeria Death Toll Jumps
IT has been more than a year since the first listeriosis case was reported to the National Institute of Communicable Diseases, however the source still remains unknown. There have been 915 laboratory-confirmed cases of listeriosis and the outbreak has already claimed 172 lives. Gauteng has the highest number of reported …
February 23, 2018 • Salmonella
Burrito Delight Salmonella Toll Now A Dozen
The Weld County Department of Public Health and Environment (WCDPHE) continues to investigate an outbreak of Salmonella illness at several locations in Weld County. The source of the outbreak is the Burrito Delight restaurant, which has voluntarily closed both of its locations in Fort Lupton and Dacono. It is still …
February 23, 2018 • Outbreaks
February 22, 2018 • Salmonella
Aims Community College Hit with Salmonella
The Weld County Department of Public Health and Environment (WCDPHE) is investigating an outbreak of Salmonella illness at Aims Community College. This illness may be associated with catered events held at Aims on February 9 and February 13, 2018. The February 9 event has 1confirmed Salmonella case that had about 70 people attend. The February […] …
February 22, 2018 • Outbreaks
February 20, 2018 • Outbreaks
February 17, 2018 • Outbreaks
February 16, 2018 • Salmonella
94 Sick in Iowa, Chicken Salad sold at Fareway grocery stores in Iowa, as well as Illinois, Minnesota, Nebraska and South Dakota
28 sick – Confirmed Case Definition: Persons with Salmonella Typhimurium (confirmed or visual match to Pattern JPXX01.0275) with illness onset since January 1, 2018 reporting consumption of chicken salad from Fareway (any store) in the 7 days prior to illness onset. 66 sick – Probable Case Definition: Persons that are epi linked to a confirmed […] …
February 13, 2018 • Salmonella
Salmonella Outbreak in Iowa tied to Chicken Salad
The Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) and the Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals (DIA) today jointly issued a consumer advisory for chicken salad sold at Fareway stores. The chicken salad, which is produced and packaged by a third party for Fareway, is implicated in multiple cases of salmonella …
February 13, 2018 • Case News
Pasha Mediterranean Salmonella Outbreak Lawsuits - Texas (2018)
San Antonio Metropolitan Health District commenced a foodborne outbreak investigation in September 2018 after it was bombarded with calls from over 250 ill patrons of Pasha Mediterranean Grill in San Antonio, Texas. Fourteen patrons were confirmed for Salmonella and a dozen were hospitalized. Those whose stool samples were confirmed at …
February 13, 2018 • Outbreaks
February 12, 2018 • Outbreaks
Cargill E.coli Outbreak and Litigation - Multistate (2018)
The CDC, public health and regulatory officials in several states, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA-FSIS) investigated a multistate outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O26 (E. coli O26) infections. …
February 12, 2018 • Outbreaks
El Toro Norovirus Outbreak - Washington (2018)
Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department was initially notified of a potential norovirus outbreak on January 4, 2018 when two people reported norovirus-like symptoms after eating at El Toro Restaurant located at 5716 N 26th Street in Tacoma, Washington. By January 8, four more people had reported similar symptoms after eating at …
February 11, 2018 • Outbreaks
J.B.S. Tolleson Raw Beef Salmonella Outbreak Lawsuits - Mulitstate (2018)
The first lawsuit was filed on October 5, 2018, in Arizona Superior Court against JBS Tolleson Inc., on behalf of Dana Raab of Florence, Kentucky who was diagnosed with Salmonella after consuming ground beef produced by the company. Ms. Raab and four other individuals were represented by Marler Clark, the …
February 11, 2018 • Outbreaks
Pearl Catering Shigella Outbreak Lawsuits - Oregon (2018)
On August 14, 2018 the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) and Yamhill County Health and Human Services received reports of multiple people with gastrointestinal illness days after attending a wedding and reception in Yamhill County on August 11. The wedding which took place at the Maysara Winery, was catered by a …
February 10, 2018 • Outbreaks
February 10, 2018 • Outbreaks
February 10, 2018 • Salmonella
Woman Dies after meal at Mexican Restaurant in Colorado
The woman is identified at Denise Castaneda of Westminster according to the Adams County coroner. We talked with her mother who says they ordered take-out carnitas at La California. Soon after Denise started throwing up. Her mother says Denise was hospitalized, had surgery and then she died. “I`m pretty upset …
February 10, 2018 • Salmonella
Two Minnesota Children Sickened by Salmonella Tainted Dog Food
Minnesota health officials say two children in the Twin Cities area got sick from salmonella poisoning after coming in contact with tainted pet food. The Minnesota Department of Health said Friday that testing found the same salmonella DNA patterns in the siblings. One of the children was hospitalized last month …
February 10, 2018 • Listeria
Listeria Fear – Turnip Sticks Recalled in Canada
A turnip sticks recall over Listeria concerns has been updated to include another brand and it now covers all of the Atlantic provinces, possibly the country, says the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. Compliments brand baby cut turnip sticks were added Thursday to the Sawler brand turnip sticks recall issued Jan …
February 08, 2018 • Salmonella
Colorado Mystery Salmonella Outbreak Uncovered
Fox 31 News reports that the Tri-County Health Department has confirmed to FOX31’s Erika Gonzalez that one person has died from Salmonella poisoning related to eating at a restaurant in Aurora. The health department tells FOX31 that 33 people were sickened by eating at La California restaurant on Peoria Street …
February 08, 2018 • Outbreaks
January 28, 2018 • Outbreaks
January 28, 2018 • Outbreaks
January 28, 2018 • Listeria
South Africa has a Listeria Problem
According to the National Institute for Communicable Diseases, at present, the source of the outbreak is not known. Although, according to press reports cooked chicken and other deli meats such as ham and ‘polony’ are high on the list of suspects for causing the world’s worst ever recorded listeriosis outbreak …
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