Daniella brand Mangoes implicated. According to USA Today and Food Safety News, California has had 73 cases of Salmonella Braenderup, and 67% of those people reported that they ate mangoes. Washington State has had six cases of Salmonella Braenderup that match the genetic fingerprint of the Canadian cases but has not yet linked them directly […]
On March 22, 2011 Del Monte announced the recall of 4,992 cartons of cantaloupes due to contamination with Salmonella panama. The recall followed an announcement by the FDA that “there is an epidemiologic link between the cantaloupes and approximately twelve reported cases of Salmonella panama.” The CDC later issued an update, on March 29, raising […]
The cantaloupe industry and our own government seems incapable of figuring out how to produce a safe product. Although, I have said on more that one occasion that “civil litigation is a blunt instrument for change,” it does create incentives for change and that seems more than industry and government are able to do. Here […]
Fresh Express Incorporated is voluntarily recalling a limited quantity of expired 10 oz. Hearts of Romaine salad with the expired Use-by Date of August 23, 2012 and a Product Code beginning with “G222” as a precaution due to a possible health risk from Listeria monocytogenes. No illnesses are reported in association with the recall. No […]
KTXS Ariana Garza has been covering the Salmonella outbreak linked to the Abilene Texas Country Club. According to Ms. Garza, the Abilene-Taylor County Public Health District reported August 17 that more than half of the 64 confirmed cases of salmonella in the area may be linked to the Abilene Country Club. The club addressed the […]
I can almost see Canada from my house. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and North American Produce Sales are warning the public not to consume the Daniella Mangoes described below because they may be contaminated with Salmonella Braenderup bacteria. The affected Mangoes, product of Mexico, were sold as individual fruit with a sticker bearing […]
Rudolph Foods, a leading manufacturer of pork rinds (a snack made by frying or roasting skin (rind) and fat of a pig), has halted production at its Dallas plant after Salmonella was discovered. In a statement issued Thursday, Rudolph Foods confirmed that salmonella was found on floor areas in the “pre-cook” area of its facility […]
It is inconclusive as to what food item or other environmental factor caused this outbreak of E. coli O157:H7. Dayton & Montgomery County announced today that following an intensive investigation into the July outbreak of O157:H7 in Germantown, they were unable to determine the cause of the outbreak. A picnic was held at Neff’s Lawn […]
According to Patti Singer of the Rochester Press Democrat, the Livingston County Department of Health in Mt. Morris is investigating seven cases of E. coli infection that occurred in about a two-week span this month. No deaths were reported, although four people were hospitalized. Two have since been discharged, according to health director Joan Ellison. […]
Minnesota State Department of Health issues consumer advisory for Hoffman Town & Country Meat Market turkey jerky. Four cases of Salmonella-related illness associated with consumption of product. The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) and Hoffman Town & Country Meat Market of Detroit Lakes today issued a consumer advisory for whole-muscle turkey jerky after state investigators […]
Dole Fresh Vegetables is voluntarily recalling 1,039 cases of bagged salad. The product being recalled is 10 oz. Dole Italian Blend coded 0049N2202008, with a Use-By date of August 20 and UPC 7143000819 due to a possible health risk from Listeria monocytogenes. Dole Fresh Vegetables is coordinating closely with regulatory officials. No illnesses have been […]
UPDATE: John Broadhead, attorney for Chamberlain Farms said the farm voluntarily withdrew its cantaloupes last week and that all its retail and wholesale purchasers complied with the recall. The farm about 20 miles north of Evansville sold cantaloupes to grocery stores in four southwestern Indiana counties and one in southeastern Illinois, Broadhead said in a […]
FDA says, Farm’s cantaloupe may be one source of contamination in multi-state outbreak of salmonellosis The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports a total of 178 persons infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Typhimurium from 21 states Nationwide, 62 persons have been hospitalized. In Kentucky, two deaths have been reported. The U.S. […]
Today, Seattle-based Marler Clark, the nation’s leading law firm representing victims of foodborne illness, filed a lawsuit today against Wal-Mart on behalf of a Michigan family stricken by the latest cantaloupe-related Salmonella outbreak. The complaint was filed in Calhoun County Circuit Court in Michigan on behalf of Battle Creek resident Angela Compton and her two […]
Lets start what we do not know as consumers. We do not know the name of the farm (its somewhere in southern Indiana), nor where the tainted cantaloupe was sold (well, except Walmart). How helpful is that when you are shopping, or deciding what to feed your family for dinner? Also, if you were a […]