Those little marshmallow chicks that come all stuck in a row probably aren’t the healthiest items, but it sure beats a Salmonella infection. It is time again to issue the reminder that baby chicks often harbor Salmonella, and for that reason, are not a good choice for an Easter gift, especially to youngsters.
The always
Cases of Illness between March 14 – April 7, 2011
78 Cases Total (77 in Rhode Island, 1 in Massachusetts)
29 Hospitalizations (27 Discharged, 1 Current)
46 Lab-confirmed Salmonella
2 Salmonella-associated Deaths
Reported as of April 15, 2011
The Hawaii State Health Department reported at least 42 ill people in an outbreak of norovirus, according to KITV-4. All of the illnesses are connected to a restaurant in the North Shore Oahu town of Haleiwa.
Symptoms of norovirus infection generally include nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and abdominal pain. Headache and low-grade fever may also
Yesterday, April 15, 2010, Charcuterie La Tour Eiffel, Inc., a company based in Blainville, Canada, warned the public not to consume certain Summersweet Fine Foods Ltd. products. Summersweet, a leading Canadian Manufacturer and Distributor of packaged foods that has developed business across Canada and the U.S., announced that it was recalling a variety of seafood
A new study, conducted by a team of researchers from the Translational Genomics Research Institute in Flagstaff, Arizona, was published today in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases. In undertaking the study, researchers hoped to determine the prevalence as well as the antibiotic susceptibility profiles of Staphylococcus aureus in the U.S. food supply.
The team
Today’s update in the Defusco’s Salmonella outbreak, from the Rhode Island Department of Health:
• 76 Cases Total (75 in Rhode Island, 1 in Massachusetts)
• 29 Hospitalizations (27 Discharged, 2 Current)
• 46 Lab-confirmed Salmonella
• 2 Salmonella-associated Deaths
According to the Rhode Island Department of HEalth, cases of Illness between March 14 – 29, 2011:
* 75 Cases Total (74 in Rhode Island, 1 in Massachusetts)
* 29 Hospitalizations (27 Discharged, 2 Current)
* 46 Lab-confirmed Salmonella
* 2 Salmonella-associated Deaths
Yesterday the Rhode Island Department of Health posted an update in its ongoing investigation of the Salmonella outbreak linked to DeFusco’s bakery in Johnston, Rhode Island. The new numbers released today:
• 70 Cases Total (69 in Rhode Island, 1 in Massachusetts)
• 29 Hospitalizations (25 Discharged, 4 Current)
• 42 Lab-confirmed Salmonella
• 2
Early last week, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) along with Amira Enterprises Inc. issued a recall of certain Amira brand walnuts because the products were contaminated with E. coli O157:H7.
Health officials believe that the contaminated walnuts caused thirteen people to become ill as well as the death of one person in Quebec. The
The Rhode Island Department of Health has posted another update in its ongoing investigation of the Salmonella outbreak linked to DeFusco’s bakery in Johnston, Rhode Island. The new numbers released today:
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