The FDA announced that it is permitting the marketing of the first test of its kind designed for early detection of norovirus, one of the most common source of gastrointestinal illnesses.
The Ridascreen Norovirus 3rd Generation EIA assay is for use when a number of people have simultaneously contracted gastroenteritis and there is a
FDA scientists successfully used a new genome sequencing test to retrospectively examine a 2009-2010 foodborne illness outbreak to help trace the source of the infection. A Salmonella Montevideo outbreak that began early in 2010 was linked to spice rubs on certain salamis and sickened nearly 300 people in 44 states and the District of Columbia.
FDA: U.S. Marshals seize food products at Tennessee company
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U.S. Marshals today seized about $200,000 worth of food products from Bedford Cheese Store Inc. in Shelbyville, Tenn., after U.S. Food and Drug Administration investigators found evidence of rodents throughout the company’s facility.
An FDA inspection found rodent feces, rodent hair, rodent nesting material, and building
Foodpoisonjournal.com has long championed the passage of the Food Safety Modernization Act, signed into law by President Obama in January. It basically re-wrote an archaic regulatory scheme almost a century old, where the same demands, markets, and risks simply did not exist. It made some of the impossibles–like having enough manpower, the authority to order recalls
A raw burger does not always cause foodpoisoning, but come on. This is from a young mother in Ohio, who purchased a kids meal for her children, and a burger for herself, from a fast food restaurant today (hint: billions and billions sold, but not necessarily re-invested in food safety). Fortunately, the mother was the
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1. consumption of contaminated foods or beverages,
2. exposure to animals,
3. exposure to contaminated recreational water,
4. person-to-person contact with someone whose illness initiated from animal exposure or consumption of contaminated foods and beverages.
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Escherichia coli (E. coli) are members of a large group of bacterial germs that inhabit the intestinal tract of humans and other warm-blooded animals (mammals, birds). Newborns have a sterile alimentary tract, which within two days becomes colonized with E. coli.
More than 700 serotypes of E. coli have been identified. E. coli O157:H7
The Orange County Health Department is investigating the possibility that a number of Silver Lake Fire Department volunteer firefighters contracted food poisoning during a banquet they attended over the weekend.
About 120 people were at the catering hall where the meal was held on Saturday night and a number of them went to the doctor
Law & Order: How Epidemiological and Laboratory Data Are Used in Food Poisoning Cases
William Marler, Esq., Marler Clark L.L.P., P.S.— Seattle, WA Now that we know how laboratorians make inroads in the war on outbreaks, it’s time to check out what kind of legal and ethical considerations influence the use of data collected during
A study conduced in Ireland suggests a risk of transmission of Salmonella to children under one year of age while riding in grocery carts (although they are apparently grocery “trolleys” there.) The Independent reported on a study, noting that between 20-40 cases of Salmonella are reported in Ireland each year in children of that age.
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