WKYT reports that the Estill County Judge Executive says the state has identified what they believe the source of a Salmonella outbreak that left nearly 100 in the county sick.
Judge Executive Wallace Taylor says the state’s investigation found that an employee at Eagle’s Roost had contracted the illness, most likely without knowing they had
Dayton & Montgomery County has concluded its investigation into an outbreak of illness associated with eating at Lucky’s Taproom & Eatery in Dayton between the dates of February 22 through February 28. As of Tuesday, March 8, we have the following update:
• Public Health has received a total of eighty (80) reports of illness.
Earlier this year, a Miami couple and their company, Naver Trading Corp., were facing federal charges of importing cheese and other dairy products into the U.S. that were contaminated with Salmonella, E. coli, and Staphylococcus aureus. Yuri Izurieta, 41, and Anneri Izurieta, 46, were charged with smuggling and conspiracy. Prosecutors argued that
Esther French, Mattea Kramer and Maggie Clark, fellows with News21, a national university reporting project at the University of Maryland, recently conducted an investigation into the safety of poultry sold at certain farmers’ markets in Washington D.C. Their report appeared in today’s issue of the Washington Post. The investigation revealed some unsettling results
“Foodborne infections can be prevented,” according to the Vital Signs report in the most recent issue of Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), a series of weekly reports prepared by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) containing important public health information. Yet despite that conclusion, the CDC reports that contaminated food
An important, but little known, component to the newly enacted Food Safety and Modernization Act provides whistleblower protection for workers at Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulated food companies. As reported by Steve Karnowski at the Associated Press, the law protects workers from being fired, demoted or denied promotions or raises if they speak up
As previously reported on this site, roughly 100 students from Clearview High School in Lorain, Ohio, were ill during the week of October 3. There had also been reports that Lorain County was tracking reports of ill persons testing positive for Salmonella. Lorain County Health District.jpg)
Commissioner Ken Pearce has now confirmed that two
Health officials in northern Ohio are investigating whether there is a link between the recent confirmation of three Salmonella infections in Lorain County and a high number of absences at Clearview High School earlier this week. According to this report, Ken Pearce, Lorain County health commissioner indicated that: "the three cases showed up in
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced today that feed given to chickens at both Hillandale Farms and Wright County Egg could be the source of the Salmonella bacteria that has caused an outbreak of 2,403 confirmed illnesses throughout the United States.
As reported on CNN.com today:
Testing at two Wright County Egg
As per usual, a very informative post from Phyllis Entis at efoodalert.com providing an update on the nationwide Salmonella enteritidis outbreak on a state by state basis. The state by state breakdown is preceded by her accurate observation that the public is still left without conclusive, easily accessible, information about where these contaminated eggs have