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December 19, 2005 • Salmonella
Salmonella outbreak appears over Health unit
The Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District Health Unit have announced that an outbreak of salmonella poisoning related to bean sprouts appears to be over. The announcement piggybacks on a similar announcement from Sheela Basrur, chief medical officer of health for Ontario. Since Oct. 1, 648 cases of salmonella have been …
December 16, 2005 • Salmonella
Almond growers hear truths, myths
A University of California-Davis professor told almond growers that good agricultural practices take time. Trevor Suslow also separated myths from truth regarding salmonella and almonds for a crowd at the 33rd annual Almond Industry Conference. Suslow said salmonella migrates through the almond shell into the nut and can live in …
December 16, 2005 • Outbreaks
December 16, 2005 • Outbreaks
December 16, 2005 • Salmonella
Hotel food poisoning not an ongoing threat
The Cincinnati Health Department has said that it is OK to eat again at the Hilton Netherland Plaza hotel in downtown Cincinnati, but that they will continue to investigate a recent outbreak of food poisoning there. Up to 1,500 people from the Cincinnati area, as well as Ohio and 1 …
December 16, 2005 • Salmonella
Conroy’s beef the culprit
Tests have proved the listeria in Conroy’s corned beef was the same strain that contributed to the death of Royal Adelaide Hospital patient Richard Formosa. Test results proved listeria found on his factory’s equipment and corned beef was the same bacteria as that detected in the RAH kitchen and the …
December 15, 2005 • Salmonella
Only cooked bean sprouts for area residents and restaurants
While a recent Salmonella outbreak linked to consumption of bean sprouts appears to be over, the KFL&A area’s Medical Officer of Health is advising residents to cook bean sprouts before consuming them. Residents are being advised to ensure they properly cook the bean sprouts they purchase from grocery stores and …
December 15, 2005 • Listeria
Political row over listeria response
December 16, 2005 The Australian Tom Richardson SOUTH Australia’s deadly listeria crisis has exposed a rift in state Government ranks, with one senior minister suggesting that a “zero tolerance” policy on food contamination may be “too rigorous” on meat producers. Two patients have died in the state’s public hospitals in …
December 15, 2005 • E. coli
Raw milk strikes again
Douglas Powell of the Food Safety Network say that seven children have been stricken with E. coli O157:H7 in Woodland, Washington, and four of them remain in serious condition in hospital, after drinking contaminated raw milk. Dee Creek Farms, an unlicensed and uninspected farm near Woodland, provided the raw milk …
December 15, 2005 • Listeria
A Govt under fire after food poisoning outbreak
December 14, 2005 The World Today Reporter: Nance Haxton KAREN PERCY: The South Australian Government has been accused of not acting quickly enough to recall suspect smallgoods products after a food poisoning outbreak claimed two lives. Two more people are still recovering. The Conroys Smallgoods factory in Adelaide has already …
December 15, 2005 • Salmonella
Pasteurizing fruit? It could help fight salmonella
The idea of pasteurizing fruit sounds odd, but Agriculture Department researchers say a form of the technology might help fight outbreaks of salmonella that scientists are increasingly tracing back to fresh fruits and vegetables. Bassam Annous, a microbiologist at the Agriculture Department’s food safety technologies research unit in Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania …
December 15, 2005 • Salmonella
Salmonella confirmed in raw milk
The Pima County Health Department said Wednesday that it had received confirmation of salmonella contamination in nonpasteurized, raw milk produced by Colorado City’s Meadowayne Dairy. The milk was sold at several natural- and health-food stores in the Tucson area. Patti Woodcock, a spokeswoman for the Health Department, said no cases …
December 15, 2005 • Salmonella
Salmonella outbreak in Ontario traced back to bean sprouts
In the Kingston area of Eastern Ontario, 15 cases of food poisoning from salmonella bacteria have been linked to raw bean sprouts. At least 200 people across Ontario have become ill as result of salmonella in the past two months. Those infected in Kingston ate raw bean sprouts, either at …
December 15, 2005 • Outbreaks
December 14, 2005 • Outbreaks
December 14, 2005 • Outbreaks
December 13, 2005 • Listeria
Sara Lee Food & Beverage Issues Precautionary Recall of Four Products Due to Possible Health Risks
Contact: Matt Hall 314-259-7223 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — Downers Grove, IL — December 13, 2005 — Sara Lee Food & Beverage today announced that it is voluntarily recalling select cheeseburger and chicken biscuit products sold under the Jimmy Dean, Rudy’s Farm and State Fair brands. The company immediately took this …
December 13, 2005 • Listeria
Smallgoods listeria strain matches sample
New tests have confirmed that food products from an Adelaide company were contaminated with the same strain of listeria that contributed to the death of a man at the Royal Adelaide Hospital. Another person died in hospital in Gawler, while two women are recovering from the illness. Yesterday, products from …
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