Food Poisoning Outbreaks and Litigation: Surveillance and Analysis
A Federal District Court Judge has ordered that the FDA must reconsider its ban on selling small turtles, according to this AP report. Sales of turtles with shells less than 4 inches long have been banned by the FDA since 1975. The turtles have reportedly been connected to outbreaks of Salmonella.
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Earlier this week, we reported here on the multi-state outbreak of Salmonella linked to pet turtles. 107 people were sickened in the outbreak, primarily children. A report on the outbreak was published this week in the medical journal "Pediatrics." Here is a link to the abstract of the article.
The basics of the outbreak:
We identified 107 patients with
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They may seem harmless and look cute, but juvenile turtles carry the risk of Salmonella transmission. Recently, police in Baltimore seized dozens of tiny turtles from vendors who were selling the animals illegally. The sale of turtles with shells under 4 inches in length has been illegal since 1975. According to the CDC,
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