This is simply unacceptable. This botulism outbreak, frankly any outbreak that sickens babies, should never have happened. We can do more to protect the most vulnerable. The stork in “operation stork speed” clearly flew into a brick wall and crash landed. This child’s parents bought ByHeart Infant Formula at a Walmart. ByHeart utilized powdered organic […]
Idaho Public Health officials are investigating recent reports of 18 people who recently experienced symptoms of, and tested positive for, Campylobacter, and who also reported purchasing and drinking unpasteurized (raw) milk from Paradise Grove Dairy. The Idaho Division of Public Health is collaborating with Central District Health (CDH), Eastern Idaho Public Health (EIPH), and Idaho […]
The FDA and CDC, in collaboration with state and local partners, are investigating a multistate outbreak of Salmonella Africana and Salmonella Braenderup infections with 449 illnesses in 31 states and the District of Columbia. While originally reported as two separate outbreaks, CDC and FDA combined these two outbreak investigations as they shared several similarities, including when and where illnesses […]
Unknown to most in public health in late December 1992, the San Diego County Department of Health Services was notified of a child with E. coli O157:H7 infection who subsequently died (Lauren Rudolph). Active surveillance and record review then identified eight other persons with E. coli O157:H7 infections or HUS from mid-November through mid-January 1993. However, E. coli O157:H7 was not […]
While we are enjoying our weekend the folks at the FDA are trying to figure out what is the cause of multiple Salmonella and Cyclospora Outbreaks. Outbreak investigations are not as simple as you would think.
Our investigation thus far shows of the 14 illnesses, 11 are Montana residents, 1 Canadian, 1 Oregon and 1 Arizona (death). At this time it is likely that other states will report illnesses of people that visited Flathead County in late June through mid-July and who ate at one of the five restaurants. On July […]
A recent Listeria outbreak in Boar’s Head deli meat has sickened 43 and killed three, according to the CDC. The outbreak requires proactive measures to ensure the safety of consumers, said the foodborne illness attorneys at Marler Clark. Listeria spreads easily among deli equipment, surfaces, hands, and food. Refrigeration does not kill Listeria, and deli meats are not usually heated to a […]
Bill Marler, food safety advocate and foodborne illness attorney since 1993, whose Seattle law firm, Marler Clark’s work was recently profiled in the Netflix documentary “Poisoned,” The Dirty Truth about your Food, is calling on Boar’s Head to pay the medical bills and lost wages of the victims of the deli outbreak in the United States that has so far […]
Health officials confirmed Wednesday they are investigating a cyclosporiasis infection outbreak that reportedly affected more than 100 people and three Wake County restaurants. The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) said the outbreak was identified in July. A spokeswoman with DHHS tells WRAL, “We have not identified the specific contaminated food item, […]
Summary Public Health is investigating an outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli O121 (also known as STEC). Based on information collected, both people likely became sick after eating food from Wonder Coffee and Sports Bar. Both people ate foods that could have made them sick, including raw or undercooked beef, or other foods that may have been […]
On September 2, 2011, the Colorado Department of Public Health and the Environment (CDPHE) announced that it was investigating an outbreak of Listeriosis. By September 9, CDPHE had determined that the likely source of the Listeria outbreak was cantaloupe; on September 12, the public health agency stated that the cantaloupe had been grown in the […]
Boar’s Head Liverwurst samples positive in Maryland and New York. The CDC reports this morning that epidemiologic, laboratory, and traceback data show that meats sliced at deli counters, including Boar’s Head brand liverwurst, are contaminated with Listeria and are making people sick. As of August 8, a total of 43 people infected with the outbreak […]
14 known sick with 1 death in Montana – but how many more and where are they? On July 25th, the Flathead City-County Health Department (FCCHD) and the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS) received confirmatory testing results of clinical and food samples verifying ground beef as the exposure of concern. Specifically, […]
According to Food Safety News and the FDA’s Outbreak page, the FDA is investigating two new outbreaks of foodborne illnesses. One outbreak is from Salmonella Newport, and the other is from Cyclospora cayetanensis. The FDA has not yet identified a source of the pathogens. So far, each outbreak has two confirmed patients. For the Cyclospora […]
Exposure to the hepatitis A virus (“HAV”) can cause an acute infection of the liver that is typically mild and resolves on its own.[1] The symptoms and duration of illness vary a great deal, with many persons showing no symptoms at all.[2] Fever and jaundice are two of the symptoms most commonly associated with HAV infection.[3] Throughout […]