December 2012

Einstein Bros. issued a recall Monday of a smoked salmon product that the Lakewood, Colorado-based bagel chain sells, saying its supplier, Delifish S.A., notified it of a potential bacteria threat in the food.

Delifish S.A. has issued a voluntary recall of cold smoked salmon products potentially containing Listeria monocytogenes placed on the market in the

715 Sickened with 129 hospitalized.  In November 2006, public health officials detected a substantial increase in reports of Salmonella Tennessee isolates. In February, 2007, a multistate, case-control study linked the consumption of Peter Pan or Great Value Peanut Butter brands with Salmonella Tennessee infections. Subsequently the same strain of Salmonella Tennessee was isolated from unopened

22 sickened with 4 deaths.

One of those illnesses was our client.  One of those deaths was her’s and her partner’s son.

In 2012 the CDC collaborated with public health and regulatory officials in several states and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to investigate a multistate outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes infections (listeriosis). Joint

Largest Salmonella outbreak in Washington.

At least 120 people were suspected to have fallen ill in a Salmonella Virchow outbreak tied to the On the Border restaurant in Vancouver, Washington.  That case count included 43 laboratory-confirmed patients and another 77 who exhibited symptoms and had a corresponding exposure history at On the Border. Thus far,

A total of 33 ill persons infected with the outbreak strain of STEC O157:H7 were reported from five states. The number of ill people identified in each state with the outbreak strain was as follows: Connecticut (2), Massachusetts (3), New York (26), Pennsylvania (1), and Virginia (1).

46% of ill persons were hospitalized. Two ill

In 2012 the FDA, the CDC and state and local public health officials in September 2012 began investigating a multi-state outbreak of Salmonella Bredeney infections eventually linked to peanut butter made by Sunland Inc. of Portales, New Mexico.

CDC collaborated with public health officials in several states and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

Multiexport Foods, Inc of Miami, FL is expanding the voluntary recall that it launched Saturday, December 22nd, 2012 of cold smoked salmon, 12 oz Twin Pack and the 1.25 lb Pack under the “Paramount Reserve”, because it has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism which can cause serious and

In 2012 the CDC collaborated with public health and regulatory officials in several states and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to investigate a multistate outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes infections (listeriosis). Joint investigation efforts indicated that ricotta salata cheese was the likely source.

Public health investigators used DNA “fingerprints” of Listeria obtained through diagnostic

On August 29, 2012 the CDC announced that local, state and federal agencies were conducting an investigation into the source of an apparent outbreak of Salmonella serotype Braenderup.  Results of their collaborative efforts implicated mangoes as the likely source of the outbreak.  By October 11, 2012, the day the CDC declared the outbreak to be