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August 30, 2004 • Outbreaks
August 30, 2004 • Outbreaks
August 27, 2004 • Salmonella
Food company says plant has FDA clearance
A West Virginia food-processing company said in a interview wih Michael Hasch of the Tribune-Review Thursday that federal investigators have found no "objectionable conditions" at a plant that would have caused the salmonellosis outbreak that sickened more than 400 people in five states. A spokesman for the U.S. Food and …
August 26, 2004 • Outbreaks
August 26, 2004 • Salmonella
Food and Drug Administration Releases the Results of Testing Conducted at Coronet Foods Incorporated
Results of an Establishment Inspection Report (EIR) conducted by the Food and Drug Administration find that the food processing facility of Coronet Foods Incorporated tested negative for "objectionable conditions." The EIR included environmental facility testing on both food contact and non-food contact surfaces as well as product samples of shredded …
August 25, 2004 • Outbreaks
August 24, 2004 • Salmonella
Salmonella Vaccine
Doctors in several states, including Ohio, are still tracking a salmonella outbreak that apparently began at a Sheetz convenience store in western Pennsylvania and the mystery illness of Put-in-Bay on South Bass Island continues to be a puzzle. According to Local Health Columbus’s Len Rome, there’s little you can do …
August 24, 2004 • Hepatitis A
Restaurant hurt by scare
Public health nurse says hepatitis case is nobody’s fault BY ERIN DOWER MALTA — During what should be a booming week, business is dwindling at the Ripe Tomato restaurant at Routes 9 and 9P following an announcement last week that an employee was diagnosed with infectious hepatitis. Joseph Gleason, the …
August 24, 2004 • Outbreaks
August 24, 2004 • Outbreaks
August 20, 2004 • Press Releases
Lawsuit filed against Safeway on behalf of man who suffered Salmonella infection
Marler Clark filed a Salmonella lawsuit on behalf of a Forest Grove, Oregon, resident who suffered extensive injuries when he contracted Salmonellosis after eating Salmonella-contaminated egg salad from a Safeway deli in September, 2003. The lawsuit was filed against Safeway in United States District Court in Portland. …
August 20, 2004 • Hepatitis A
Hepatitis found in employee of The Ripe Tomato
JIM KINNEY , The Saratogian 08/20/2004 MALTA — A food-service worker at The Ripe Tomato on Route 9 in Malta has tested positive for hepatitis A, Saratoga County Public Health said Thursday. Nurse Terry Stortz, the prevention team supervisor for Public Health, said the employee didn’t work while acutely ill …
August 20, 2004 • Outbreaks
August 20, 2004 • Outbreaks
August 19, 2004 • Salmonella
Anhing Corporation recalls black pepper seed because of possible Salmonella contamination
The Anhing Corporation of Los Angeles, California announced today in a press release that they are recalling their 1-ounce packaged black pepper seed because it may be contaminated with salmonella, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people and others with …
August 19, 2004 • Outbreaks
August 17, 2004 • Hepatitis A
No New Hepatitis Cases Linked To Wendy’s Restaurant In Indiana
Reported by: A.P. Web produced by: Neil Relyea 8/16/04 4:08:30 PM Indiana health officials say no new cases of Hepatitis A have been linked to an ill fast-food restaurant worker at Wendy’s located in Marion, north of Indianapolis. A warning prompted nearly 6,000 people to receive immunization shots more than …
August 17, 2004 • Outbreaks
August 16, 2004 • Hepatitis A
Wendy’s still recovering from disease scare
By RACHEL KIPP rlkipp@marion.gannett.com Fewer customers have stopped by the Wendy’s south restaurant since an employee there was found to have contracted Hepatitis A, but things may be on the upswing. “As you can imagine business has been impacted,” said Gary Boyer, director of operations for the locally-owned fast food …
August 13, 2004 • Outbreaks
E. coli infections particularly dangerous for small children
E. coli O157:H7 outbreaks across the country, and several illnesses in Olympia, Washington, prompted the Marler Clark attorneys to expand the information available on E. coli O157:H7, Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome, and Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura, complications of E. coli infections, that is available on the Internet. The firm has focused on …
August 13, 2004 • Salmonella
Product Safety Alert: Safeway Recalls Green Onions Because of Possible Health Risk
Safeway is voluntarily recalling green onions because they may be contaminated with salmonella. The recalled green onions, also known as scallions, were sold from August 3rd through August 7, 2004 in Safeway and Pak ‘n Save stores located in Northern California and Western Nevada. Business Wire report that the salmonella …
August 13, 2004 • Hepatitis A
Durham County warns restaurant patrons of hepatitis A
The Associated Press People who ate at a mall restaurant on several dates in late July and early August may have been exposed to hepatitis A, Durham County health officials warned. A worker at the Big Bowl restaurant at The Streets of Southpoint mall was diagnosed with the mildest form …
August 13, 2004 • Outbreaks
August 13, 2004 • Salmonella
Stock downgrade, salmonella settlement send Brinker shares down 6 percent
Shares of Brinker International Inc. fell 6 percent Wednesday, and another 5.9 percent or $1.85, to $29.75, in trading Thursday on the New York Stock Exchange after two analysts downgraded the stock and the company settled lawsuits with some of the diners who developed salmonella poisoning after eating at one …
August 12, 2004 • Press Releases
Marler Clark announces settlement of 49 Chili's Salmonella Claims
Marler Clark settled the claims of 49 individuals who were infected with Salmonella after eating at the Vernon Hills, Illinois, Chili’s Grill & Bar in late June and early July of 2003. All lawsuits filed by Marler Clark, along with a class action lawsuit that sought punitive damages on behalf …
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