Hannaford Salmonella Outbreak – 19 Ill:
A total of 19 persons infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Typhimurium have been reported from 7 states. Among persons for whom information is available, illnesses began on or after October 8, 2011. Ill persons range in age from 1 year to 79 years old, with a median
Media reports from Indiana indicate that a Porter County Jimmy Johns restaurant (located on Lincolnway) is the site of a large outbreak that has sickened at least 60 people. Nobody has been hospitalized. The identity of the pathogen responsible for the outbreak has not yet been disclosed.
Jimmy Johns is, of course, no stranger to
Today, January 11, 2012, the CDC issues its final update to the investigation into a multistate outbreak of Salmonella Heidelberg stemming from contaminated “kosher broiled chicken livers” from Schreiber Processing Corporation. While the product appears to be ready-to-eat, it is actually only partially cooked, and therefore requires additional cooking to be fully done and
ZIP INTERNATIONAL GROUP LLC, 160 Raritan Center Parkway #6 Edison, NJ 08837 is recalling Sliced herring fillet (Forelka) due to Listeria contamination.
Listeria is a common organism found in nature. It can cause serious complications for pregnant women, such as stillbirth. Other problems can manifest in people with compromised immune systems. Listeria can also cause
Pick up today’s edition of just about any major daily and you’ll find more than you wanted to read about food producers, and the auditors who are supposed to hold them in check, behaving poorly. Try Stephanie Armour’s article, or this from the AP, just for starters. The upshot is that the companies
It is no longer suitable to call the cantaloupe Listeria outbreak the “Jensen Farms outbreak” or “Frontera cantaloupe outbreak.” A major player in our country’s complex food safety system–in fact, the entire industry–was just indicted for its undeniable role in the deaths of 31 people across the country. Third-party auditors are failing consumers across the
Democrats on the House Energy and Commerce Committee have laid criticisms against multiple parties in the aftermath of the deadliest foodborne illness outbreak in U.S. history in 2011. In a report issued today, the Committee directs blame at the grower of the cantaloupe, Jensen Farms, distributor Frontera Produce, as well as third-party auditors, Primus and Bio-Food
Usually it is best to be number 1, but considering that Marler Blog was 9th out of 100 in this years ABA Top Blawgs, that is pretty damn good.
As the ABA said, “You may never look at a produce aisle the same way again once you’ve read Seattle lawyer Bill Marler’s exhaustive
The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) and Pepin Heights Orchards have advised consumers to avoid drinking certain Pepin Heights brand Honeycrisp 100 Percent Fresh Pressed Apple Cider after department laboratory tests found some product may be contaminated with a mycotoxin called patulin.
The affected product was sold in 64-ounce (half gallon) plastic jugs, featuring a
Dean Siemon at the Nisqually Valley News got it 100% right. When a commercially sold product causes not only severe gastrointestinal illness, but also causes a 5-year-old’s kidneys to fail, yes, that little girl needs to be compensated. These 2 HUS victims in the Cozy Vale raw milk E. coli outbreak are, at the very