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September 14, 2011 • Case News
September 14, 2011 • Case News
September 13, 2011 • Events & Speaking Engagements
Wyoming Environmental Health Agency Conference (2011)
The nation's foremost law firm dedicated to representing victims of food poisoning conducted a mock deposition of a health inspector at the 2011 Wyoming Environmental Health Association conference in Laramie, Wyoming. …
September 13, 2011 • Case News
September 13, 2011 • Listeria
New Mexico joins Colorado, Texas and Nebraska with Listeria Cantaloupe Cases
The New Mexico Department of Health (DOH) has identified nine cases of Listeria infection throughout the state with three of these cases resulting in death. Colorado has also had a significant increase in cases of Listeria. Their preliminary results have identified cantaloupe as the likely source of the Listeria outbreak …
September 11, 2011 • Salmonella
Cargill Recalls More Ground Turkey Due To Salmonella
Cargill Meat Solutions Corporation, a Springdale, Ark. establishment, is recalling approximately 185,000 pounds of ground turkey products that may be contaminated with a strain of Salmonella Heidelberg, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. The products subject to recall include: Fresh Ground Turkey Chubs …
September 09, 2011 • Listeria
Colorado Listeria Outbreak Linked to Cantaloupes
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment has identified nine cases linked to a multistate Listeria outbreak. Preliminary results have identified cantaloupe as the likely source of the state’s Listeria outbreak. While the state initially reported 13 Listeria cases, just nine of those cases are linked to the multistate …
September 09, 2011 • Case News
Jensen Farms Rocky Ford Cantaloupe Listeria Outbreak
Rocky Ford Cantaloupes were the source of a multi-state Listeria outbreak that sickened 146 people from 28 states. 33 deaths were linked to the Listeria outbreak. …
September 08, 2011 • Outbreaks
September 08, 2011 • Outbreaks
September 02, 2011 • Outbreaks
September 02, 2011 • Listeria
Two Dead, Seven Sickened in Colorado by Listeria
Colorado health officials say listeria killed two people in the state last month as the number of cases spiked. An epidemiologist for the state health department, Alicia Cronquist, said a total of nine people were sickened by listeria during August, compared with two in a typical month. Seven of the …
August 31, 2011 • Salmonella
Salmonella Settlements Reached in Oregon
On April 26, 2010, Douglas County Health Department (DCHD) received five Salmonella positive test results from a local laboratory. This influx of positive Salmonella reports immediately caught the attention of DCHD communicable disease staff as five cases in a single day is well above the county’s typical annual number of …
August 31, 2011 • Listeria
Vita Classic Premium Sliced Smoked Atlantic Nova Salmon Recalled
Vita Food Products, Inc. of Chicago, Illinois is notifying the public that 8,088 individual retail packages of 4 oz. Vita Classic Premium Sliced Smoked Atlantic Nova Salmon are being voluntarily recalled due to the potential for contamination with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections …
August 30, 2011 • Outbreaks
August 30, 2011 • Salmonella
Salmonella Papayas Hit 106
A total of 106 individuals infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Agona were reported from 25 states between January 1 and August 25, 2011. Epidemiologic, traceback, and laboratory investigations linked this outbreak to eating fresh, whole papayas imported from Mexico by Agromod Produce, Inc. of McAllen, Texas. On July 23, 2011, Agromod Produce, Inc. […] …
August 25, 2011 • Outbreaks
Missouri Victim of Turkey Salmonella Outbreak Sues Cargill; Punitive Damages Sought
Marler Clark filed a second Salmonella lawsuit against Cargill Meat Solutions on behalf of a victim of the 2011 Salmonella Heidelberg outbreak that sickened 111 in 31 states. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of a Missouri woman who was hospitalized due to the severity of her Salmonella infection. …
August 25, 2011 • Listeria
Mini Raw Milk Cheese Recalled over Listeria Risk
Meadow Creek Dairy of Galax, Virginia, is recalling approximately four pounds of their Mini raw milk cheese sold in Fredericksburg, Virginia between July 7 – August 19, 2011. The Mini cheese was sold in approximately 1-pound squares wrapped in white cheese paper bearing the company logo on top and an …
August 22, 2011 • Outbreaks
August 20, 2011 • Outbreaks
August 18, 2011 • Press Releases
Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Olive Garden in Fayetteville, NC
Marler Clark has filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of people who had to receive hepatitis A shots in the wake of a hepatitis illness tied to a Fayetteville, North Carolina Olive Garden. …
August 18, 2011 • Outbreaks
J.B. Meats E. coli Outbreak
An E. coli outbreak in Cincinnati has been linked to ground beef products served at restaurants. …
August 18, 2011 • Salmonella
August 18, 2011 • Salmonella
CDC Updates Cargill Salmonella Numbers
Among persons for whom information is available, illnesses began on or after February 27, 2011. Ill persons range in age from less than 1 year to 89 years old, with a median age of 21 years old. Fifty-five percent are male. Among the 73 ill persons with available information, 27 (37%) have been hospitalized. One […] …
August 18, 2011 • Outbreaks
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