Seoul Shik Poom, a Hillside, New Jersey, company, recalled frozen, salted, and dried yellow croaker products for potential contamination with clostridium botulinum, the pathogen that causes botulism poisoning, late last week. Products recalled include:
BG1103 Salted Yellow Croaker (bag) 2.2 lbs
Schumacher’s Inn in Pennsylvania recalled its canned soups earlier this month after botulism spores were identified in a sample of the soup tested by public health officials, and a woman became ill with botulism poisoning. The woman was hospitalized on December 19; health officials have not issued an update on her condition.
The Pennsylvania Department of Health issued a warning to consumers who purchased canned soup and other products from Schumacher’s Inn, located in Austin, Pennsylvania, to throw the product out after one of the cans tested positive for Clostridium Botulinum, the bacterium that causes botulism poisoning.
Consumers who obtained canned products from the restaurant should
The discovery that 1,026 cans of green beens were possibly contaminated with Clostridium botulinum, the bacterium that causes botulism, resulted in a recall of the product last week. The Food and Drug Administration issued a notice to consumers, which was subsequently distributed through the media. According to MSNBC:
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Florida residents have been urged to throw out Gourmet de Lyon food products sold at Green Market locations due to the possible risk for botulism. As reported on WBPF TV:
Florida Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner Charles H. Bronson said the products were found at two Green Market locations in the county. They were
E. coli, Salmonella, and botulism were all featured in the news today:
In Hutchinson, Kansas, the Hutchinson News reported that a five-year-old girl from Sterling, Kansas, has been put on dialysis. She became ill with an E. coli infection and hemolytic uremic syndrome. She is in critical condition after 18 days in
The Roanoke Times reported that Virginia health officials are investigating two cases of botulism. So far, the Virginia Department of Health investigation into the cases has shown that home-canned food was the source of the botulism. As reported by the Times:
The cases, which surfaced last week, occurred in one household and are related to
News Radio 1420 out of Lubbock, Texas, reported last week that Marissa Cisneros, a young victim of the botulism outbreak traced to Castleberry’s chili products, may be returning to school soon.
Last July, Castleberry’s recalled canned meat products that were distributed nationwide, with the exception of Great Value chili products which were exported only to
The New Mexico man who fell ill with Botulism after reportedly eating canned Castleberry’s chili products earlier this year has died. The man, who was 52, has not been confirmed as part of the Botulism outbreak traced to consumption of Castleberry’s products, according to a New Mexico Environment Department spokeswoman, who renewed a warning to
Castleberry’s, the company whose products were recalled this summer after confirmed botulism cases were linked to consumption of its products, will resume processing tomorrow after a two-month period when the company was shut down. According to Examiner.com:
The company was green-lighted to reopen the plant last week by both the U.S. Food and Drug
