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Welcome to outbreakdatabase.com, a searchable database of illness outbreaks caused by one or more of the following

  1. consumption of contaminated foods or beverages,
  2. exposure to animals,
  3. exposure to contaminated recreational water,
  4. person-to-person contact with someone whose illness initiated from animal exposure or consumption of contaminated foods and beverages.

Here is March 2012:

Intercity Packers…

Welcome to outbreakdatabase.com, a searchable database of illness outbreaks caused by one or more of the following

  1. consumption of contaminated foods or beverages,
  2. exposure to animals,
  3. exposure to contaminated recreational water,
  4. person-to-person contact with someone whose illness initiated from animal exposure or consumption of contaminated foods and beverages.

Here is February 2012:

Bryn Du…

Welcome to outbreakdatabase.com, a searchable database of illness outbreaks caused by one or more of the following

  1. consumption of contaminated foods or beverages,
  2. exposure to animals,
  3. exposure to contaminated recreational water,
  4. person-to-person contact with someone whose illness initiated from animal exposure or consumption of contaminated foods and beverages.

Here is January 2012:

Dairy in…

SACRAMENTO, September 6, 2012 – Raw milk, raw skim milk (non-fat) and raw cream produced by Organic Pastures Dairy of Fresno County and with a code date of SEP 13 are the subjects of a statewide recall and quarantine order announced by California State Veterinarian Dr. Annette Jones. The quarantine order followed the confirmed detection …

On Friday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that a total of 141 persons infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Typhimurium had been reported from 20 states linked to Indiana grown cantaloupe.  The number of ill persons identified in each state is as follows:…

Vibrio bacteria have closed three commercial growing areas and caused 30 confirmed illnesses in Washington this summer, according to the state Department of Health. Totten Inlet near Olympia, North Bay and Dabob Bay in north Hood Canal are closed for the rest of the summer due to these bacteria, which are common in warm weather…

Seventeen since 1985 – Campylobacter, Norovirus, Salmonella, Listeria:

No.

Year

State(s)

Confirmed Illnesses

Pathogen

Description

1.

1985

 Wisconsin

16

Campylobacter

 Melon or cantaloupe

2.

1990

 30 states

245

Salmonella

 Cut cantaloupe at salad bars

3.

1991

 International, including U.S.

400

Salmonella

 Likely Mexican cantaloupe

4.

1997

 California

24

Salmonella

 Mexican cantaloupe.

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DBO_logo.jpgCalifornia Department of Public Health (CDPH) director Dr. Ron Chapman today warned consumers not to eat shucked and in-shell raw oysters from Drakes Bay Oyster Company because they may be contaminated with Vibrio parahaemolyticus, a bacterium that can cause serious illness.

To date, three illnesses in California have been linked to the products. Drakes Bay…

Welcome to outbreakdatabase.com, a searchable database of illness outbreaks caused by one or more of the following:

1. consumption of contaminated foods or beverages,

2. exposure to animals,

3. exposure to contaminated recreational water,

4. person-to-person contact with someone whose illness initiated from animal exposure or consumption of contaminated foods and beverages.

The database…