Morgan Krakow of the Anchorage Daily News reported that Health officials have traced the source of a foodborne illness outbreak that sickened dozens of hospital workers in Homer to a single item, the Department of Health and Social Services said in a release Monday.
It was a Cubano sandwich, experts who investigated the incident think.
Serenade Foods, a Milford, Ind. establishment, is recalling approximately 59,251 pounds of frozen, raw, breaded and pre-browned stuffed chicken products that may be contaminated with Salmonella Enteritidis, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. FSIS issued a public health alert on June 2, 2021 related to these products.
The
Food Safety News reports that an outbreak of hepatitis A infections has been confirmed in relation to frozen mangos. Patients live in the Canadian provinces of Quebec and Nova Scotia. It is not yet known whether the products were distributed in the United States.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency posted a recall notice for four
The number of reported cases of domestically acquired cyclosporiasis illnesses has increased by 254 cases since the last update on July 14, 2021. Cases continue to be reported to CDC.
As of July 27, 2021, 462 laboratory-confirmed cases of cyclosporiasis in people who had no history of international travel during the 14-day period before illness
In 2016 CDC, many states, and the FDA investigated a multistate outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) infections. 63 people infected with the outbreak strains of STEC O121 or STEC O26 were reported from 24 states. 17 ill people were hospitalized. One person developed hemolytic uremic syndrome, a type of kidney failure. No deaths
Fast Facts:
Source of cake mix: Unknown
States with illnesses: Illinois 2, Indiana 1, Iowa 2, Massachusetts 1, Michigan 1, Nebraska 2, Ohio 2, Oregon 1, South Carolina 1, Utah 1, Virginia 1, Washington 1.
Condition of victims: 7 hospitalized with 1 developing hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS).
As of July 27, 2021, 16 people
Total Illnesses: 11
Hospitalizations: 2
Deaths: 0
Last Illness Onset: July 1, 2021
States with Cases: IL (6), WI (4), MI (1)
On July 15, 2021, BrightFarms recalled packaged salad greens produced in its Rochelle, Illinois (Ogle County) greenhouse farm sold in Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, and Indiana. On July 21, 2021, Michigan was added to
As of July 22, 2021, 11 people infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Typhimurium have been reported from three states. Illnesses started on dates ranging from June 10, 2021, to July 1, 2021.
Sick people range in age from 19 to 61 years, with a median age of 47, and 64% are female. Two
A total of six people infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Weltevreden were reported from two states – Nevada and Arizona. Illnesses started on dates ranging from February 26, 2021, to April 25, 2021.
Sick people ranged in age from 30 to 80 years, with a median age of 56 years, and 66% were