At least 24 shuttle bus drivers for the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival became ill with food poisoning early Monday, authorities said.
Reports began coming in shortly after midnight after subcontracted drivers dined at an off-site catering location unaffiliated with the festival, the Cal Fire / Riverside County Fire Department said in a press
The outbreak is characterized by an unusually high proportion of children being hospitalised, some with severe clinical symptoms such as bloody diarrhea. The majority of the cases are children under 5 years of age.
According to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Salmonella Typhimurium matching the human outbreak strain had been identified at
Santé publique France reports that as of 13/04/2022, 53 confirmed cases have been identified, of which 51 are linked to O26 strains, and 2 to O103 strains. For 26 other cases of HUS and STEC infections notified to Public Health France, investigations are ongoing.
These 53 cases occurred in 52 children and 1 adult, who
SummaryPublic Health is investigating an outbreak of norovirus associated with vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain, and chills at La Fuente in Renton.
Since April 13, 2022, 10 people from 2 separate meal parties reported becoming ill after eating food from La Fuente on April 10, 2022. We have not identified any ill employees.
The inspections “revealed a deterioration of food hygiene controls”, the presence of “rodents” and “insufficient measures to prevent pests from contaminating a food production site.”
E. coli O26 and E. coli O103 appear to be serotypes linked to this outbreak.
According to press reports, French prosecutors on Wednesday last week searched a Buitoni frozen pizza
Sawmill Bay Shellfish Co. Ltd. is recalling certain Pacific Oysters from the marketplace due to possible norovirus contamination.
The recalled products have been sold in British Columbia and Alberta and may have been distributed in other provinces and territories.
According to KIRO News, the Washington Department of Health is
The Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) is investigating four cases of E. coli O157:H7 and two cases of Rotavirus in younger children in Northeastern Alabama. ADPH regularly investigates clusters and outbreaks of communicable diseases as required by Notifiable Disease Rules in Alabama.
In 2021, ADPH investigated 113 cases of E. coli, shiga toxin-producing
Health official are investigating a possible link between smoked fish and a recent listeria outbreak. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), Food Standards Agency, and Food Standards Scotland are investigating an outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes linked to smoked fish that sickened at least a dozen people in several countries.
According to a report from the
According to KIRO News, the Washington Department of Health is advising residents to not serve or eat certain oysters after an outbreak of norovirus across the Seattle area.
Since March 7, 62 residents have reported norovirus-like symptoms after eating oysters harvested from the south and central parts of Baynes Sound, British Columbia, Canada.
The
ABC4 in Utah reports:
The Utah Department of Agriculture (UDAF) has announced a Salmonella outbreak at a grocery store in Midvale.
The UDAF found Salmonella enterica in samples from ground beef from International Marketplace in Midvale on March 31.
Additional products were tested on March 31, and officials say those products tested presumptive for Salmonella