Today, the Hawaii Department of Health announced a Salmonella paratyphi b outbreak linked to ahi tuna. Interestingly, the ten illnesses in Hawaii appear to be linked to 13 other illnesses nationally, and possibly even linked to an outbreak of illnesses linked to the same product two years ago. (We reported on this phase of the
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More on Hawaii/Tuna/Salmonella: national outbreak? international?
By Drew Falkenstein on
Posted in Foodborne Illness Outbreaks
From today’s Hawaii Department of Health press release:
The Hawai‘i State Department of Health (DOH) has confirmed 10 cases of
illness occurring on O‘ahu caused by Salmonella Paratyphi B infection related to eating previously frozen internationally imported raw ahi. The individuals, who became ill, reported eating raw ahi (often prepared as poke) purchased or served at
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