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October 13, 2005 • Salmonella
UNPASTEURIZED FRUIT JUICE AND CIDER
Health Canada and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency are advising parents and caregivers that children should not be served unpasteurized apple juice or other unpasteurized products, such as unpasteurized cider, fruit juices and raw milk. Unpasteurized products have the potential to be contaminated with harmful bacteria, such as salmonella and …
October 13, 2005 • Listeria
Orca Bay Foods, Inc. Recalls Red King Crab Legs and Claws Due to Possible
Health Risk Contact: Mark Tupper 425-204-9100 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE –Renton, Washington — October 7, 2005 — Orca Bay Foods, Inc. of Renton, Washington is conducting a nationwide voluntary recall of approximately 40,000 pounds of “red king crab legs and claws” because they have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria …
October 13, 2005 • Hepatitis A
Students to receive hepatitis-A shots
By News Sentinel staff October 12, 2005 All school-aged children in Campbell County public schools will receive the hepatitis-A vaccine after several residents contracted the virus over the spring and summer, health officials said. An additional 2,000 adult doses of the vaccine will be available on a first-come, first-served basis …
October 13, 2005 • Listeria
Juice that sickened students drank had more yeast than normal
Thursday, October 13, 2005 By Kati Phillips, Special to The Star Tinley Park, IL – Yeasty juice may be to blame for an outbreak of stomach cramps and nausea at a Park Forest middle school last week. Tests ordered by Ceres Food Group indicate mixed fruit juice served to sixth-graders …
October 12, 2005 • Salmonella
Survival of Salmonella and Escherichia coli O157:H7 in chorizos
Mexican-style raw meat sausages (chorizos) are not regulated in California when they are produced in small ethnic food markets. These sausages are sold uncooked, but their formulation imparts a color that may lead the consumer to assume that they are already cooked, and thus the chorizos may sometimes be eaten …
October 12, 2005 • Hepatitis A
Health Officials Issue Raw Oyster Warning
Associated Press Wednesday, October 12, 2005 Officials at the D.C. Department of Health are warning residents about Gulf Coast oysters contaminated with hepatitis A. Officials said 29 people in Alabama, Florida and Tennessee have contracted the illness within a month of eating raw oysters from the same Louisiana shellfish dealer …
October 12, 2005 • Hepatitis A
DC health officials issue raw oyster warning
10/12/2005 WASHINGTON Raw oyster fans beware: Washington D-C’s health department is warning residents about Gulf Coast oysters contaminated with Hepatitis-A. Officials say twenty-nine people in Alabama, Florida and Tennessee have contracted the illness within a month of eating raw oysters from the same Louisiana shellfish dealer. Investigators think the shellfish …
October 12, 2005 • Outbreaks
October 12, 2005 • Outbreaks
October 12, 2005 • Outbreaks
Maryland Dietary Managers Association (2005)
Bruce Clark was a special guest speaker when he presented on the "Implications of Foodborne Outbreaks" at the annual meeting for the Maryland Dietary Managers Association in Ocean City, Maryland. …
October 12, 2005 • Firm News
Something's Happening Here
In the last few months, Marler Clark has been contacted by individuals, mostly the parents of young children, who have suffered from E. coli O157:H7 infections. The victims live in New York, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Minnesota, and Oregon. The food implicated as the source of their infections is primarily …
October 11, 2005 • Outbreaks
October 11, 2005 • Outbreaks
October 11, 2005 • Outbreaks
October 11, 2005 • Listeria
LISTERIA RECALL
New Jersey processor calls in sausage products. Buffalo Meat & Provision, a Linden, New Jersey, processor, is voluntarily recalling approximately 890 pounds of sausage products that may be cross- contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, the U.S. Department of Agriculture‚Äôs Food Safety and Inspection Service announced. According to an FSIS release, products …
October 11, 2005 • Listeria
MDA reports listeria in smoked bratwurst served at golf course event
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, October 7, 2005 CONTACTS: Michael Schommer, Communications Director, 651-297-1629 ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) today announced that Dave’s Quality Meats, a state-inspected meat processor based in Foley, Minn., has voluntarily withdrawn and destroyed approximately 124 pounds of smoked bratwurst product that …
October 11, 2005 • Hepatitis A
Hepatitis outbreak subsides in Nizhny Novgorod
11.10.2005 NIZHNY NOVGOROD, October 11 (Itar-Tass) – Medics from the Volga River city of Nizhny Novgorod say an outbreak of hepatitis A is subsiding. “There are no grounds to speak about a second wave of hepatitis A,” Dmitry Poguzov, spokesman for the headquarters set up to monitor the situation, said …
October 11, 2005 • Salmonella
Launceston salmonella cases continue to rise
There has been another five confirmed cases of salmonella poisoning in Tasmania, bringing the total number so far to 57. The Public and Environmental Health Service says the latest victims have not needed to go to hospital. "The bulk of the cases are from Launceston and surrounding areas and all …
October 11, 2005 • Recalls
Bagged "Pre-Washed" Lettuce: Is Convenience Worth the Risk?
At least 23 Minnesotans were ill with E. coli O157:H7 infections after eating bagged, pre-washed lettuce. 245,000 bags of lettuce were recalled for potential E. coli contamination nationwide, and some of the recalled lettuce was found to be contaminated with the same E. coli that sickened the 23 Minnesotans. E …
October 10, 2005 • Outbreaks
October 10, 2005 • Salmonella
Fortuna Sea issues recall on West Bay frozen cooked clam meat
The company behind the West Bay brand of seafood has issued a voluntary recall, saying some of its frozen cooked clam meat cartons might be contaminated with salmonella. Fortuna Sea Products Inc. said it is recalling the West Bay-labeled frozen cooked clam meat master cartons stamped with Lot No. C7397 …
October 10, 2005 • Outbreaks
October 10, 2005 • Hepatitis A
63 people hospitalized with suspected Hepatitis A in Central Russia
16:27 | 10/ 10/ 2005 NIZHNY NOVGOROD, October 10 (RIA Novosti, the Volga area, Olga Skomorokhova) – Sixty-three people, including 11 children, were hospitalized last weekend in central Russia with suspected Hepatitis A. A spokesman for the Nizhny Novgorod governor said 92 people were discharged at the same time. The Emergency Situations Ministry said a […] …
October 08, 2005 • Outbreaks
October 07, 2005 • Outbreaks
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