Illnesses started on dates ranging from August 16, 2014, to January 15, 2022.
A total of 18 people infected with the outbreak strain of Listeria monocytogenes were reported from 13 states – Idaho 1, Iowa 2, Maryland 1, Michigan 1, Minnesota 2, Nevada 1, North Carolina 1, Ohio 3, Oregon 1, Pennsylvania 1, Texas 2
Thus far illnesses have been reported:
California: The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) warned consumers April 2, 2022, not to eat raw oysters from British Columbia, Canada because they may be linked to an outbreak of norovirus illnesses in California. In California, at least 34 persons have become ill following the consumption of oysters
There’s a food recall by Ferrero of some Kinder Surprise chocolate products.
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland says the products are being pulled due to a link with a food poisoning outbreak of Salmonella.
To date, there have been ten cases in Ireland with the same strain of Salmonella responsible for the UK outbreak.
Norovirus makes its way into the marine environment through untreated human sewage (poop) and vomit. This may come from leaky septic systems, faulty waste water treatment plants, boaters, or beach-goers. Shellfish are filter feeders, which means they filter seawater through their bodies to get food floating in the water. When norovirus particles are in the
in 2016 I was speaking with the good people at BottomLineHealth about the “Six things this food safety expert won’t eat,” (no longer a site, but reprinted here), and I was as surprised as my daughters at how viral (or, is that bacterial?) the list went. It now has been around the globe on
The Minnesota Department of Health, Hennepin County Public Health, and the Minnesota Department of Agriculture are working with federal officials and public health agencies in other states and Canada to investigate norovirus illnesses associated with oysters harvested from Bay 14-8 in British Columbia. Twenty-nine Minnesotans have been sickened in this outbreak. They became ill with
Individuals sickened after consumption of oysters from British Columbia, Canada
Officials at the Washington State Department of Health (DOH) advise Washington residents to not serve or eat raw oysters harvested from an area of British Columbia (BC), Canada until further notice. Eighteen Washington residents have reported norovirus-like illness after eating BC oysters from harvest area
An Introduction to Norovirus
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that noroviruses cause nearly 21 million cases of acute gastroenteritis annually, making noroviruses the leading cause of gastroenteritis in adults in the United States.
Nature has created an ingenious bug in norovirus. The round blue ball structure of norovirus is a protein
At least 279 already with Norovirus in Canada.
Officials are warning consumers not to eat raw oysters harvested from a specific bay in British Columbia, Canada, after linking norovirus illnesses to these oysters.
The Minnesota Department of Health, Hennepin County Public Health, and the Minnesota Department of Agriculture are working with federal officials and public
As of March 30, 2022, there have been 279 cases of norovirus and gastrointestinal illness linked to consumption of B.C. oysters reported in the following provinces: B.C. (262), Alberta (1), Saskatchewan (1), and Ontario (15). Individuals became sick between mid-January and late March 2022, and no deaths have been reported. Although not all cases of