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October 31, 2006 • Listeria
Listeria Info
Here is some good information on Listeria from The Cooking Blog …
October 31, 2006 • Outbreaks
October 31, 2006 • Salmonella
NH seeks source of salmonella outbreak
Fresh tomatoes and lettuce have emerged as a key suspect in an 18-state outbreak of salmonella that has sickened 172 people, including eight in New Hampshire, public health officials said yesterday. Seven of the eight New Hampshire residents had eaten fresh tomatoes, said Gregory P. Moore, spokesman for the New …
October 31, 2006 • Salmonella
CDC Report: Produce suspected in Salmonella outbreak
The CDC has announced that at least 172 people in 18 states had been confirmed ill with Salmonellosis as part of a nation-wide outbreak of Salmonella typhimurium infections. Eleven people have been hospitalized. An ongoing investigation indicates that contaminated produce, possibly tomatoes, is the source of the outbreak. The CDC …
October 30, 2006 • Salmonella
Lightning Striking Tomatoes Twice
In the summer of 2004, hundreds of people on the east coast became ill from eating salmonella-tainted tomatoes purchased at Sheetz Convenience Stores. In 2004 the FDA warned the lettuce and tomato industry by letter: "This letter is intended to make you aware of the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) …
October 30, 2006 • Salmonella
CDC investigates outbreak of salmonella illnesses
A salmonella outbreak potentially linked to produce has sickened at least 172 people in 18 states, reports KARE11 News. Health officials think the bacteria may have spread through some form of produce — the list of suspects includes tomatoes. But the illnesses have not been tied to any specific product …
October 29, 2006 • Outbreaks
October 27, 2006 • Salmonella
Salmonella Food Safety Infosheet
State and local public health officials on Thursday cleared Margaritas Restaurant to reopen, six days after the Tex-Mex eatery was ordered to close because of an outbreak of Salmonella. Of the 15 customers who contracted Salmonella after eating at the restaurant, 4 were hospitalized. A recent study suggests that food …
October 27, 2006 • Salmonella
DHEC: Salmonella made people sick
Facing the largest food-borne illness investigation in recent history, the state’s health department says it is "too early to say" whether the agency will look at how it inspects restaurants or issues public health advisories. The number of peopled sickened from a salmonella outbreak in Camden grew to 287 on …
October 27, 2006 • Outbreaks
October 27, 2006 • Outbreaks
October 27, 2006 • Salmonella
UCSB students feel effects of bacterial bout
A hangover is not the only thing making UCSB students sick in Isla Vista, as a recent outbreak of salmonella infections has students running for the toilet, reports the UCSB Daily Nexus. Michele Mickiewicz, deputy director of the Public Health Dept., said there have been 75 lab-confirmed cases of salmonella …
October 26, 2006 • Listeria
Macaroni Salad, Slaws Recalled
Containers of macaroni salad, sweet slaw and cole slaw produced by Ballard’s Farm Sausage Inc. have been recalled because they could be contaminated with listeria, health officials said. Listeria can cause seriously and sometimes fatal infections in the young, the elderly and people with weakened immune systems, officials said. The …
October 26, 2006 • Listeria
Ballard’s Farm Recalls More Products
WAYNE, W.Va. — Ballard’s Farm is recalling more of its products after last week’s recall of egg salad. The most recent recall includes the 24 oz. Amish Macaroni Salad, the 24 oz. Amish Sweet Slaw, the 12 oz. Cole Slaw and the Food City 12 oz. Cole Slaw. The foods …
October 26, 2006 • Listeria
Warning issued for meat store’s items
BELLVILLE — Customers were being warned by the state health department on Wednesday not to consume any ready-to-eat or smoked meat products purchased from the Bellville Meat Market on or after Oct. 6. The warning comes after a product tested positive for listeria monocytogenes. The bacterium can cause listeriosis, with …
October 26, 2006 • Outbreaks
October 26, 2006 • Hepatitis A
Officials Report Fake Vodka Killing Scores in Russia
Toxic hepatitis has killed a dozen people in Russia since September 2006 after drinking vodka, or so they thought: And in the northwestern city of Pskov, near the border with Estonia, at least 12 people died of toxic hepatitis and 134 remained hospitalized with the disease after drinking bad alcohol …
October 26, 2006 • Outbreaks
October 26, 2006 • Outbreaks
October 26, 2006 • Outbreaks
October 26, 2006 • Outbreaks
October 26, 2006 • Salmonella
Restaurant reopens after Salmonella outbreak
State and local public health officials have cleared Margaritas restaurant to reopen in Canton, Connecticut, six days after the Tex-Mex eatery was ordered to close because of an outbreak of salmonella. Of the 15 customers who contracted the bacteria after eating at the restaurant, 4 were hospitalized. No other outbreaks …
October 25, 2006 • Outbreaks
October 25, 2006 • Salmonella
Salmonella cases at Doral Pre-K leveling off
The Salmonella outbreak that infected more than three dozen students at a private kindergarten in Miami has now subsided: After a recent outbreak of Salmonella at a private Doral Pre-K school, officials with the Miami Dade County Health Department say the number of confirmed cases has leveled off to 3 …
October 25, 2006 • Salmonella
An infectious agent of deception, exposed through proteomics
A team led by Liang Shi, staff scientist at the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, has turned up a suspect protein that may hold the key to controlling salmonella outbreaks, reports the PNNL Newsroom. The discovery of the protein, dubbed STM3117, allowed the researchers to subsequently crippled the …
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