The recall is being expanded as a result of a confirmed finding of Salmonella in an unopened salami product reported by the Illinois Department of Public Health.
Daniele International Inc., an establishment with operations in Pascoag and Mapleville, R.I., is expanding its January 23 recall of 1,240,000 pounds of salami/salame to include approximately 17,235 pounds
The size and breadth of the Salmonella outbreak linked to Daniele Salami – 202 people in 42 states since last July – is a big part of the reason the source of the illnesses has been pinpointed. The CDC has estimated that there are 75 million cases of food-poisoning in the U.S. each year. Only a
Bioniche Life Sciences Inc. (TSX: BNC), a research-based, technology-driven Canadian biopharmaceutical company, announced that Econiche(TM), the world’s first vaccine developed to reduce the shedding by cattle of Escherichia coli (E. coli) O157, has been cited in the February, 2010 issue of Scientific American (Vol. 302, # 2).
The article, "The Art of Bacterial Warfare", was
An antiquated system exposes Americans to unnecessary risks.
By JEFF ALMER and LOUIS TOUSIGNANT
Shirley Almer was a cancer survivor and a fighter who had twice defied her doctor’s prediction by beating both lung and brain cancer.
Clifford Tousignant was a fighter, too. A decorated veteran of the Korean War, he earned three purple hearts
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The Food and Drug Administration, along with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, is working closely with the Rhode Island Department of Health and other states in the investigation of an outbreak of Salmonella Montevideo infection associated with certain salami products.
The CDC reports that 202 people have
The CDC reports that a total of 202 individuals infected with a matching strain of Salmonella Montevideo have been reported from 42 states and District of Columbia since July 1, 2009. The number of ill persons identified in each state with this strain is as follows: AK (1), AL (2), AZ (5), CA (30), CO
A reader’s comments about the journal post this morning titled "Unanswered questions remain in the Salmonella salami/pepper outbreak:"
As a former owner of a spice company that did extensive work with food processors, I agree that the public has a right to know the information pertaining to this outbreak. However, using and/or selling
In 2000, the drinking water in the Ontario town of Walkerton was contaminated with E. coli O157:H7 and campylobacter. 7 people died, and roughly 2,300 suffered illness as a result. The large number of people involved in the outbreak has provided doctors and scientists an opportunity to look at the long term impacts of foodborne
Updated list of retail locations who may have received Salmonella-contaminated sausage products, including salami/salame, from Daniele International, Inc.:
1. Albertsons: AZ, CO, ID, LA, MT, NM, OR, TX, UT, WA, WY
2. Beverages & More: CA
3. Bi-Lo: SC, TN
4. BJ’s: All stores nationwide
5. Bloom: MD, NC, SC, VA
6. Bottle King: NJ
The Tremeloes got it wrong. Silence is far from golden when it comes to matters of public health. We now know that the salami Salmonella outbreak linked to Daniele Inc.’s pepper-coated salami occurred because of contaminated pepper, and that the pepper came from a company called (oh the irony) Wholesome Spice, a New York distributor