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August 19, 2012

Kentucky, Illinois and Indiana hit hard in Salmonella Cantaloupe Outbreak

Wal-Mart and southwest Indiana farm only known link to outbreak – Kentucky (50), Illinois (17) and Indiana (13) sickened. The CDC and FDA have reported that a total of 141 persons infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Typhimurium have been reported from 20 states. The number of ill persons identified in each state is […]

Salmonella
August 19, 2012

Tanimura & Antle Romaine E. coli Lettuce Expanded

Tanimura & Antle Inc. is voluntarily recalling a single lot of romaine lettuce because it may be contaminated with Escherichia coli O157:H7 bacteria (E. Coli O157:H7). The affected product is limited to Tanimura & Antle Field Fresh Wrapped Single Head Romaine. This product is packed in a plastic bag with the UPC number 0-27918-20314-9 and […]

E. coli
August 18, 2012

Cantaloupe a year after a deadly Listeria outbreak – now Salmonella, Again

A year after 147 people were sickened, and perhaps 37 died, from Listeria-tainted cantaloupe, comes yesterday’s announcement from the CDC and FDA that a total of 141 persons infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Typhimurium have been reported from 20 states.  The number of ill persons identified in each state is as follows: Alabama […]

Salmonella Listeria
August 18, 2012

CFIA Recalls California Romaine Produced by Tanimura & Antle Due to E. coli

It is unclear what prompted the recall – retail testing – company testing – governmental testing? The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is warning the public not to consume the Tanimura & Antle brand Romaine Lettuce described below because this product may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7 bacteria. The affected product, Tanimura & Antle […]

E. coli
August 17, 2012

CDC and FDA Weigh in on Unnamed Farm and Unnamed Grocery Stores in Salmonella Cantaloupe Outbreak

The CDC and the FDA report tonight that a total of 141 persons infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Typhimurium have been reported from 20 states. The number of ill persons identified in each state is as follows: Alabama (7), Arkansas (3), California (2), Georgia (1), Illinois (17), Indiana (13), Iowa (7), Kentucky (50), […]

Salmonella Listeria
August 17, 2012

Cantaloupe, a Deadly Fruit – Again

According to Bloomberg News, Salmonella linked to cantaloupes are responsible for killing two people and sickening 141 others in 20 U.S. states. Among those sickened, 31 were hospitalized. Kentucky had the most reports of illness, 50, followed by Alabama, 7; Arkansas, 3; California, 2; Georgia, 1; Illinois, 17; Indiana, 13; Iowa, 7; Michigan, 6; Minnesota, […]

Salmonella Listeria +2
August 17, 2012

Indiana Salmonella Cantaloupes Sickens 50 in Kentucky – 2 dead

Nearly 150 Sick in 20 States total – 50 people in Kentucky, 14 in Indiana, 6 in Tennessee, 3 in Ohio and 3 in Minnesota – 31 hosptialized – more to be counted soon! According to press reports, A Kentucky outbreak of Salmonella has been pinpointed to produce from southwestern Indiana. Cantaloupes are connected to […]

Salmonella Listeria
August 17, 2012

Salmonella Newport contributes to Nebraska Death

The Lincoln Star Journal reports that the Salmonella outbreak that sickened 17 with one likely killed at the 62-bed Blue Hill Care Center appears nearly over. Initial fears that the bacterium involved at the 62-bed Blue Hill Care Center might be a Newport strain resistant to a broad range of antibiotics were receding by Thursday […]

Salmonella
August 16, 2012

Salmonella Cilantro Recall Expands to Chicken Salad

Real Mex Foods, a Vernon, Calif. establishment, is recalling approximately 77,688 pounds of Grilled Chicken Caesar Salad Kits. The salad kits include dressing made with cilantro that is the subject of a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recall by Fresco Green Farms Inc., due to possible Salmonella contamination, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety […]

Salmonella
August 16, 2012

Burch Farms: Unsanitary Conditions, Positive Listeria Test, No Audit and No Traceability – Hell of a way NOT to Grow Cantaloupe

Coral Beach of the Packer is on the Listeria Cantaloupe trail today. Unsanitary Conditions and Positive Listeria Test Burch Equipment LLC, doing business as Burch Farms, originally recalled about 5,200 cantaloupes July 28 after the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Microbiological Data Program (MDP) found listeria on one melon at retail during a random sampling.  The […]

Listeria
August 16, 2012

Salmonella Outbreak in Kentucky Sickens 44 – Source Unknown

WSAZ reported this morning that a statewide outbreak of Salmonella has moved its way into Olive Hill, Kentucky region with nine reported sick. According to Christy Bolen with the Ashland Boyd County Health Department people started getting sick about July 11. There have been no new cases of Salmonella reported since July 31. Of the […]

Salmonella
August 15, 2012

Tom’s Gyro, Pocatello Restaurant, with Hepatitis A Scare

Patrons of Tom’s Gyro, 150 N. 3rd Ave., in Pocatello may have been exposed to Hepatitis A during August 2nd- August 14th, as an employee there has been confirmed as having the disease. Currently, there is no evidence of a hepatitis A outbreak associated with Tom’s Gyros. While the risk to public health is low, […]

Hepatitis A
August 15, 2012

A US link to Scottish Child’s E. coli Death?

According to the Scottish Daily Record, a schoolgirl who died of E. coli O157:H7 may have contracted the killer bug while on holiday in America. Rachel Shaw, eight, died at Yorkhill sick children’s hospital in Glasgow after being taken to the doctor suffering from sickness and diarrhea. She is believed to have returned recently from […]

E. coli HUS
August 14, 2012

Dale T. Smith and Sons Meat Packing E. coli Recall

Dale T. Smith and Sons Meat Packing, a Draper, Utah establishment, is recalling approximately 38,200 pounds of beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. The following products are subject to recall: • Various weight combo bins of Boneless Beef […]

E. coli
August 14, 2012

Nebraska Faces Salmonella Outbreak

South Heartland District Health Department along with the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services is investigating an outbreak of Salmonellosis associated with the Blue Hill Care Center in Webster County. To date there have been 17 confirmed cases and 2 probable or suspected cases reported in residents, staff or visitors. Four residents were temporarily […]

Salmonella
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