Green Valley Food Corp. is recalling 650 cases of alfalfa sprouts that may be contaminated with Salmonella.
In a news release, the company said a random sample of the sprouts collected on Dec, 12 from a customer tested positive for Salmonella. There so far have been no illnesses confirmed in connection with the sprouts, according
Charles Meyer, 61 years old, is a regular customer of Schnuck’s grocery locations in the St. Louis area. In the week prior to the onset of symptoms related to his E. coli O157:H7 infection, Mr. Meyer ate from the salad bar at the 1225 South Florissant Road, Cool Valley, Missouri Schnuck’s location on several occasions.
Avon Heights Mushrooms, in full cooperation with the FDA is recalling certain packages of fresh packaged spinach. The brands include Krisp Pak 1 Ooz bags, Better Brand 10oz.bags, and Avon Heights 4-2.51b bags.
The implicated packages have a “best if used by” code of DEC16 and codes DP 340 and T691.
During routine surveillance sampling
Over at Outbreak Database, we have been keeping track of foodborne illness outbreaks – small and large – over the last 12 months. Here are some of the more interesting Listeria, Campylobacter and Botulism Outbreaks:
Utah State Prison Pruno October 2011 – 12 Ill. Inmates of a Utah State Prison developed botulism after
Sprouts have been linked to at least 40 outbreaks of E. coli, Salmonella, and Listeria. Thursday evening, Green Valley Food Corp. recalled 650 cases of alfalfa sprouts due to a positive test for Salmonella from a customer’s sample. The recalled sprouts were distributed only in Texas. According to the company’s recall announcement:
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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a total of 16 people have been infected by Salmonella Typhimurium in an outbreak linked to ground beef sold at Hannaford grocery stores in seven states. As a result, the Scarborough, Maine-based grocery chain has recalled an unknown amount of fresh ground beef products. (1)
This past summer, Germany was the epicenter of an unthinkably large outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O104:H4 (STEC O104:H4) infections. According to the CDC’s update in July, the outbreak included 852 patients with hemolytic uremic syndrome(HUS)–a type of kidney failure that is associated with Shiga toxin-producing E. coli. There were 32 deaths.
Yesterday, Canada’s food safety regulatory agency, CFIA, warned consumers not to eat certain jalapeno peppers sold primarily in bulk and unlabeled, out of fears of Salmonella contamination. The peppers were from Cal Fresco, a California company, which had also distributed the peppers to retail establishments in California, Oregon, Washington, and Texas. Cal Fresco recalled the
Washington Post reports that a Missouri baby named Avery Cornett, just 10 days old, died from a lethal bacteria infection possibly contracted from the powdered infant formula Enfamil. According to Washington Post:
Wal-Mart has pulled a batch of powdered infant formula from more than 3,000 of its stores nationwide after a newborn Missouri boy
In a tragic development, Walmart “is pulling a batch of baby formula out of aisles nationwide. It’s in response to the death of 10-day-old Avery Cornett of Lebanon, Missouri,” according to this report.
The young child died last week, as the result of being infected with Enterobacter sakazakii. According to the CDC, Enterobacter sakazakii is “is a