Food Safety Attorney, Bill Marler, calls for import restrictions on Mexican Cantaloupe
Salmonella Cantaloupe Outbreak has sickened 200, hospitalized 78 with 3 deaths.
(Seattle, November 30, 2023) “Since last week the U.S. and Canadian health officials have reported 200 people with Salmonella, including 78 hospitalized with three deaths, all linked to the consumption of
The updated number in the United States:
• Illnesses: 117 (18 new)
• Hospitalizations: 61 (16 new)
• Deaths: 2 (0 new)
• States: 34 (2 new)
In Canada the numbers have not been updated yet – on November 24, 2023 it was 63 sick, 17 hospitalized and 1 death.
Since the last update on November 24, 18 more illnesses have been reported.
Phu Huong Food Company, a Rosemead, Calif. establishment, is recalling approximately 602 pounds of ready-to-eat (RTE) beef and chicken meatball products that may be adulterated with Listeria monocytogenes, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.
The fully cooked RTE beef and chicken meatball items were produced on Oct.
Additional Salmonella Soahanina, Sundsvall and Oranienburg infections are under investigation and more illnesses associated with this outbreak may be confirmed.
In the United States as of November 24, 99 people infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Sundsvall have been reported from 32 states. Arkansas (1), Arizona (7), California (1), Colorado (2), Georgia (3), Iowa (5)
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11/22/2023
Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture warns that consumers should discard “Hilltop Meadow Farm” brand ’60
Kwik Trip, Inc. has initiated a voluntary recall of three varieties of fresh-cut fruit cup and tray products listed below because they contain cantaloupe from TruFresh which has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella.
Salmonella is an organism which can cause serious and sometime fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people
The U.S. and Canadian Salmonella Cantaloupe Outbreaks:
As of November 24, 99 people infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella have been reported from 32 states. Arkansas (1), Arizona (7), California (1), Colorado (2), Georgia (3), Iowa (5), Illinois (4), Indiana (2), Kentucky (5), Massachusetts (1), Maryland (1), Michigan (1), Minnesota (13), Missouri (9)
Recalled conventional (non-organic) peaches, plums, and nectarines sold in retail stores from May 1, 2022 through November 15, 2022 and from May 1, 2023 through November 15, 2023. The recalled fruit was sold at retail stores nationwide in bags or as individual pieces of fruit with PLU stickers, under multiple brand names.
Recalled whole cantaloupe from the following brands:
Marler Clark has been in the middle and in the lead for all the Cantaloupe Outbreaks over the last decades. Here is a sampling:
As of November 24, there have been 63 laboratory-confirmed cases of Salmonella Soahanina, Sundsvall and Oranienburg illness linked to this outbreak in the following provinces: British Columbia (12), Ontario (12), Quebec (35), Prince Edward Island (2) and Newfoundland and Labrador (2). Additional Salmonella infections are under investigation and more illnesses associated with this outbreak may