A total of 13 people infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Muenchen were reported from four states. The number of ill people identified in each state is as follows: Kansas (5), Missouri (3), Oklahoma (3), and Pennsylvania (2).
Illnesses started on dates ranging from December 1, 2015 to January 21, 2016. Ill people range
Under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is authorized to ensure that the nation’s food supply, including certain imported foods, is safe, wholesome, sanitary, and properly labeled. Today, the U.S. imports a large percentage of its food products from a growing number of countries around the world
According to a news report on Seattletimes.com, the death of a local West Seattle Woman, Jill St. Onge, may have been caused by a microbial infection contracted through contaminated food consumed while on vacation in Thailand. At this point the precise source of the microbes is unknown, although contaminated seafood is suspected.
Preliminary lab
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today announced that it is seeking a permanent injunction against Worldwide Fish & Seafood, Inc. (Worldwide Fish), Suzanne Weinstein, its president and owner, and Timothy A. Lauer, its general manager. Worldwide Fish does business as Coastal Seafood, a seafood processor located at 2330 Minnehaha Avenue, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The
The Associated Press reports that eight diners who came down with a rare lung infection after eating raw shellfish consumed live sawagani crabs on a dare, health officials said Friday.
Health investigators said the crabs, which are usually served fried, were eaten at various restaurants including Riptide Rockin’ Sushi & Teppan Grill in Mission Viejo and
The Orange County Register reports that California health officials warned restaurant diners Friday to avoid eating raw or undercooked freshwater regal crabs, which can carry a parasite that hospitalized two Orange County residents.
The state Department of Health Services determined that the crabs, formally called Sawagani crabs, were distributed to restaurants in at least 16