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December 17, 2016 • Salmonella
Salmonella Tainted Milk Powder Prompts Recalls
Williams-Sonoma of San Francisco, CA is voluntarily recalling limited quantities of WILLIAMS-SONOMA MEYER LEMON POPPY SEED QUICK BREAD, as it has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. The ingredient supplier has issued a recall of the bulk milk powder. Although no pathogenic bacteria have been found in the powdered …
December 17, 2016 • Outbreaks
December 07, 2016 • Outbreaks
December 03, 2016 • Salmonella
Morimoto Restaurant Tied to Salmonella Outbreak
Napa Valley Register reports several people reported getting sick with Salmonella after eating at Morimoto Napa last month, according to Napa County Public Health. There are at least six confirmed cases of salmonella-related food borne illnesses in customers who dined at the restaurant on Main Street between Oct. 10 and …
December 03, 2016 • Outbreaks
December 03, 2016 • Listeria
Trader Joe’s Hummus Recalled
Bakkavor Foods USA, Inc. is voluntarily recalling Trader Joe’s Mediterranean Hummus (SKU #90642) and Trader Joe’s White Bean & Basil Hummus (SKU #91107) with “USE BY” date codes up through and including 12/15/2016, because these products have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. Listeria monocytogenes is an organism …
December 03, 2016 • Listeria
Goat Cheese Recalled Over Listeria
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration advises consumers not to eat goat cheese products manufactured by Apple Tree Goat Dairy of Richfield, Penn. (Apple Tree), because the products have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. Apple Tree manufactures pasteurized and 60-day aged, semi-soft, and hard goat cheeses under …
December 03, 2016 • Listeria
Herring Recalled over Listeria Risk
Royal Seafood Baza, Inc. of Staten, Island, New York is recalling various refrigerated ready to eat herring products because they have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened …
November 25, 2016 • Listeria
Sabra Recalls Hummus over Listeria worry
Sabra Dipping Co., LLC is voluntarily recalling certain hummus products made prior to November 8, 2016 due to concerns over Listeria monocytogenes, which was identified at the manufacturing facility but not in tested finished product. The recall includes the products listed below; these were distributed to retail outlets, including food …
November 10, 2016 • Salmonella
Salmonella Tainted Cucumbers Pulled from Schools and Hospitals in California
Prime Time Produce has issued a voluntary product recall for certain lots of cucumbers delivered to multiple locations in Bakersfield due to potential salmonella contamination. These cucumbers may have been served in salad bars at the following schools between October 19, 2016 through October 28, 2016: Bakersfield City Schools Greenfield …
November 10, 2016 • Salmonella
Hawaiian Seaweed Tied to Salmonella Outbreak
More than two dozen people in Hawaii have been infected by Salmonella bacteria in an outbreak that is tentatively linked to seaweed (limu or ogo) from an unnamed farm on Oahu. The 14 infected people include children and adults, with four victims have such severe symptoms that they required hospitalization …
November 10, 2016 • Hepatitis A
Hepatitis A Outbreak in Hawaii Hits 292
In its weekly update Wednesday, the Hawaii Department of Health reported no new confirmed cases from Nov. 3 through 9. It recorded one new case the previous week, bringing the total number of sick people to 292. About a fourth of the outbreak victims have had symptoms so severe that …
October 28, 2016 • Outbreaks
October 22, 2016 • Outbreaks
October 22, 2016 • Hepatitis A
Hawaii Sushi Hepatitis A Update
Since the last update, HDOH has identified 2 new cases of hepatitis A. Seventy-three (73) have required hospitalization. Findings of the investigation suggest that the source of the outbreak is focused on Oahu. Eleven (11) individuals are residents of the islands of Hawaii, Kauai, or Maui, and seven visitors have …
October 09, 2016 • Salmonella
Costco Recalls Chicken Salad Due to Salmonella
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing a public health alert out of an abundance of caution due to concerns about illnesses caused by Salmonella that may be associated with a chicken salad product sold from Costco Store #1190, in Lynwood, Wash. The chicken …
October 08, 2016 • Salmonella
Micro Greens Recalled after Salmonella Test
Osage Gardens Inc. is recalling Osage Gardens Organic 2oz Micro Greens, because it has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Healthy persons infected with Salmonella often …
October 08, 2016 • Outbreaks
October 08, 2016 • Salmonella
Good Earth has Bad Eggs
CDC is working with public health and regulatory officials in Missouri, several other states, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to investigate a multistate outbreak of Salmonella Oranienburg infections. Eight people infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Oranienburg have been reported from three states. A list of …
October 08, 2016 • Outbreaks
October 08, 2016 • Listeria
Listeria Linked to Drumstick Ice Cream Cones
Glendale-based Nestle USA, Inc. is recalling some of its drumstick ice cream cones, due to a possible health risk. The voluntary recall includes the company’s 16-count variety pack and 24- count vanilla pack (with cones marked for individual sale) that were manufactured in Bakersfield and distributed nationally, Nestle announced in …
October 08, 2016 • Hepatitis A
Hepatitis A in Chehalis Washington
Lewis County Public Health & Social Services announced today that recent customers of the Shop’N Kart bakery in Chehalis, may have been exposed to hepatitis A. “On October 6, 2016, a case of hepatitis A in a bakery worker was reported to the Health Department,” said Danette York, Lewis County …
September 24, 2016 • Outbreaks
September 17, 2016 • Hepatitis A
Hawaii Scallop Hepatitis A Outbreak Hits 271
As of September 14, 2016: Since the last update, HDOH has identified 19 new cases of hepatitis A. All cases have been in adults, 68 have required hospitalization. Findings of the investigation suggest that the source of the outbreak is focused on Oahu. Ten (10) individuals are residents of the islands of Hawaii, Kauai, or […] …
September 17, 2016 • Hepatitis A
123 with Hepatitis A in Arkansas, Maryland, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Virginia, Wisconsin and West Virginia
Arkansas, Maryland, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Virginia, Wisconsin, West Virginia and CDC, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are continuing to investigate a multistate outbreak of foodborne hepatitis A. Information available at this time does not indicate an ongoing risk of acquiring hepatitis A virus infection at …
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