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September 15, 2006 • Outbreaks
September 15, 2006 • Outbreaks
September 15, 2006 • Salmonella
WENDY’S HOMESTYLE GARLIC CROUTONS MAY CONTAIN SALMONELLA BACTERIA
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency and Wendy’s Restaurants of Canada, Inc. are warning the public not to consume Wendy’s Homestyle Garlic Croutons because the product may be contaminated with Salmonella. The affected product has been sold at Wendy’s restaurants in Ontario and Quebec. A voluntary recall of the affected product …
September 15, 2006 • Outbreaks
September 15, 2006 • Outbreaks
September 15, 2006 • Outbreaks
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September 14, 2006 • Outbreaks
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September 14, 2006 • Press Releases
Dole sued by Oregon E. coli victim
Marler Clark filed a lawsuit against Dole in United States District Court for the District of Oregon. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of Gwyn Wellborn, a Salem, Oregon woman who became ill with an E. coli O157:H7 infection after eating Dole brand baby spinach. …
September 14, 2006 • Outbreaks
September 14, 2006 • Outbreaks
September 14, 2006 • Salmonella
Three confirmed salmonella cases in Polk
The Rutherford-Polk-McDowell District Health Department has confirmed three salmonella cases in Polk County. All three cases involve Polk County High School students but no connection among them has yet been established. At least one of the confirmed patients had to be hospitalized. Helen White, RN, PHN Supervisor at Rutherford-Polk-McDowell District …
September 14, 2006 • Salmonella
Pasteurization helps kill bacteria in egg recipe dishes
Pasteurization kills bacteria present in food. As long as cross-contamination does not occur (from hands, utensils or other foods) pasteurized foods should be safe for even those in high risk groups. To pasteurize recipes containing eggs, 160 degrees F must be reached or 140 degrees F reached and held for …
September 14, 2006 • Salmonella
Lethality of commercial whole-muscle beef jerky manufacturing processes against Salmonella serovars and Escherichia coli O157:H7
The September issue of the Journal of Food Protection investigated how beef jerky can become contaminated with Salmonella. Several salmonellosis outbreaks have been associated with beef jerky, suggesting enhanced pathogen thermotolerance. In this study, beef strips were inoculated with five-strain cocktails of either Salmonella serovars or Escherichia coli O157:H7, marinated …
September 14, 2006 • Salmonella
Thermal injury and recovery of Salmonella enterica serovar enteritidis in ground chicken with Temperature, ph, and sodium chloride as controlling factors
The September issue of the Journal of Food Protection investigated the interactions of growth temperature, heating temperature, NaCl concentration and pH on the thermal injury and recovery of Salmonella Enteritidis in ground chicken. It was observed that the rate of recovery of heat-injured cells was similar at each pH level …
September 14, 2006 • Salmonella
Validation of a tertiary model for predicting variation of Salmonella Typhimurium DT104 (ATCC 700408) growth from a low initial density on ground chicken breast meat with a competitive microflora
The September issue of the Journal of Food Protection investigated the growth of a multiple antibiotic-resistant strain of Salmonella on ground chicken breast meat in relation to time and temperature. Primary, secondary, and tertiary models were assembled and then combined to assess the variation of Salmonella growth in batches of …
September 14, 2006 • Hepatitis A
Crops destroyed after contamination at Madison farm
by Jordan Schrader, STAFF WRITER September 14, 2006 MARSHALL – Officials have destroyed the crops grown at a Madison County farm where contaminated water led to hepatitis A cases throughout the country. Public health officials have refused to identify the farm in northeastern Madison County. But they issued a statement …
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