More Cold Smoked Salmonella Recalled Due to Listeria
Salmolux of Federal Way, WA is recalling its cold smoked salmon products because it has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes...
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Public Health Gone Stupid
Last week the Brazos County Health Department appropriately announced that the source of the E. coli O157:H7 outbreak that sickened 10, putting two young brothers in a Houston hospital with acute...
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Family Cow Raw Milk Campylobacter Outbreak
A Campylobacter outbreak that has sickened at least five people has been linked to The Family Cow farm in Chambersburg, PA. State health officials are advising consumers who have purchased the milk to...
View ArticleMarler Clark Files 2nd Salmonella Lawsuit
Marler Clark, the nation’s leading law firm representing victims of foodborne illness outbreaks, and Fayetteville lawyer Steven Lawrence filed two lawsuits Tuesday against the Holiday Inn Bordeaux. The...
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E.coli Outbreak Linked to Farm Rich Frozen Foods Ends
An E. coli outbreak linked to Farm Rich frozen products has ended after sickening 35 people in 19 states, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). But because the recalled...
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HUS E. Coli from Georgia BBQ Shack
HUS E. coli has struck no fewer than five people in Georgia who ate at a restaurant known as The BBQ Shack as part of a food poisoning outbreak that has stirred litigation on behalf of the victims....
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Hep a Outbreak Prompts FDA Inspection at Frozen Berry Maker Townsend Farms
The Food and Drug Association has begun an inspection of the processing facilities of Townsend Farms of Fairview, Oregon. The agency also is zeroing in on a final protocol to test berries for the...
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Natura Pet Food Recalled Over Salmonella Fears
Natura Pet brands is issuing a massive pet food recall after the FDA found salmonella in one of their products, according to a recording on the company’s community relations phone line. The company has...
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E. Coli Lawsuit Filed Against Lombard Restaurant Connected to E. Coli Outbreak
CHICAGO, IL—Seattle-based Marler Clark, the nation’s leading law firm representing victims of foodborne illness, filed a lawsuit today against Los Burritos Mexicanos. The lawsuit was filed on behalf...
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Possible Foodborne Illness Being Investigated Following Rural Minnesota Club...
After several people who had attended a recent Lion’s Club meeting in Nisswa, MN, reported symptoms of a potential foodborne illness, the Minnesota Department of Health is investigating. According to a...
View ArticleBotulism Risk in Canadian Fish
Health Canada is reminding Canadians that the consumption of certain whole salted fish products like fesikh, a traditional dish in the Egyptian community, represents an increased risk of botulism. The...
View ArticleSalmonella Gastroenteritis Outbreak Among Patrons of Firefly On Paradise...
On April 26, 2013, the Southern Nevada Health District (SNHD), Office of Epidemiology (OOE) received reports of gastrointestinal illness from eight independent groups of patrons of Firefly on Paradise...
View ArticleLas Vegas Firefly Restaurant Salmonella Outbreak Growing
Firefly on Paradise Salmonella Outbreak Lawsuit – Nevada (2013) – will now be added to a very long list of Salmonella outbreaks linked to restaurants. Salmonella is one of the most common intestinal...
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Campylobacter in Raw Milk in Alaska, by the Numbers – Peninsula Dairy
On February 13, 2013, Alaska State Public Health Laboratory (ASPHL) notified the Alaska Section of Epidemiology (SOE) of a cluster of four Campylobacter coli isolates with an indistinguishable...
View ArticleIs the Firefly Salmonella Outbreak 29 to 38 Times Larger Than Reported?
Last week the Southern Nevada Health District identified Firefly as the source of an 86-person Salmonella outbreak in late April. [1] In addition, three employees are also linked to the outbreak. It...
View ArticleAnother Hepatitis a Scare in North Carolina
The Jackson County Health Department is now asking anyone who ate at the restaurant between April 26 and 29, or May 1, 2013, to contact the health department to receive information on Hepatitis A in...
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Holiday Inn Bordeaux in Fayetteville Link to Salmonella Outbreak
The Cumberland County Department of Public Health is working with the N.C. Division of Public Health to investigate a gastrointestinal illness outbreak among staff and patrons of a local hotel’s...
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Salmonella Strikes New Zealand and Australia – 100 Sheep Dead, 100 People...
According to New Zealand press reports, more than 100 sheep have died in Southland in one of the worst outbreaks of Salmonella in more than a decade. At least 40 farms in Gore and Tapanui have been...
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