Almost 3 dozen children now included in lead poisoning outbreak traced to...
According to the Food and Drug Administration, the number of children sickened by lead in imported applesauce products has grown from 22 to 34 in the past four days. The implicated Apple Cinnamon Fruit...
View ArticleNew infections from Listeria linked to fresh peaches, nectarines and plums
A new outbreak of infections from Listeria has sparked a recall of whole, fresh peaches, plums and nectarines. The recall implicates 12 fresh fruits sold under at least three brands. The HMC Group...
View ArticleAlmost 70 freshcut fruit products, including cantaloupe, recalled in...
Canadian officials have ordered the recall of dozens of freshcut fruit products in connection with an outbreak of Salmonella infections. The 69 products under recall are sold under a variety of brands....
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Publisher’s Platform: New Salmonella cantaloupe outbreak prompts a memory of...
— OPINION — As of Nov. 17, this year 43 people infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella have been reported from 15 states. Illnesses started on dates ranging from Oct. 17, 2023, to Nov. 6, 2023....
View ArticleOne dead in the Listeria outbreak was traced to fresh peaches
A Listeria outbreak traced to peaches has turned deadly. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported this afternoon that of the 11 confirmed patients, one has died. The patients are spread...
View ArticleNearly 150 sick in Salmonella outbreak affecting 11 countries
Eleven countries, including the United States, have recorded almost 150 Salmonella infections that could be linked to tomatoes. Since January 2023, 149 cases of Salmonella Strathcona have been...
View ArticleMore children added to patient list as outbreak of lead poisoning linked to...
Public health officials have identified more children with elevated levels of lead in their blood after eating certain brands of cinnamon applesauce. The count as of today, Nov. 22, stands at 52, up...
View ArticleFederal officials investigating new outbreak of Salmonella Newport infections
The Food and Drug Administration is investigating a new outbreak of dozens of infections caused by Salmonella Newport. As of November 22, the agency reported 40 confirmed patients in the outbreak. The...
View ArticlePatient count doubles in outbreak traced to cantaloupe; two have died
The patient count in an outbreak traced to cantaloupes has doubled and more recalls have been issued. As of today, Nov. 24, 99 people have been confirmed infected with the outbreak strain of...
View ArticleCanadian patients in cantaloupe Salmonella outbreak more than double; one dead
The Canadian Salmonella outbreak from cantaloupe is quickly catching up with the patient count in the United States related outbreak. Both Countries have reported fatalities, with one dead in Canada...
View ArticleWalmart, Aldi, Sprouts, and others received fruit linked to the deadly...
More details about recalled peaches, plums, and nectarines linked to a deadly outbreak of infections from Listeria monocytogenes have become available. Eleven people from coast to coast have been...
View ArticleMore cantaloupe recalled in connection with a deadly outbreak of Salmonella...
New recalls of fresh cantaloupe have been made in connection with a Salmonella outbreak that has sickened 99 in the United States and killed two. According to the Centers for Disease Control and...
View ArticleCredit card data used to trace possible cases in botulism outbreak
An outbreak of foodborne botulism in France has highlighted the effectiveness of using credit card data to identify potential patients, according to researchers. In September 2023, a botulism outbreak...
View ArticleDaycare center kitchen reopens after outbreak that sickened hundreds
The kitchen at the heart of an E. coli outbreak that sickened almost 450 children at daycare centers in Calgary, Canada, has been allowed to reopen on a limited basis. Provincial health officers in...
View ArticleMajor E. coli and other UK outbreaks in focus at ESCAIDE
More details have been shared about a major E. coli outbreak linked to salad and other past incidents in the United Kingdom. Presentations at the European Scientific Conference on Applied Infectious...
View ArticleMinnesota company recalls fresh cantaloupe because of possible link to outbreak
Bix Produce of Little Canada, MN., is issuing a voluntary recall of Grab N’ Go containers of cut cantaloupe and mixed fruit cups due to the potential for Salmonella contamination in the products. These...
View ArticleArgentina records hundreds of Trichinella cases
More than 650 potential Trichinella infections have been reported in an Argentinian province so far this year. Health officials in Buenos Aires recorded 651 suspected cases, of which 399 are confirmed,...
View ArticleEcuador company named as a supplier of cinnamon in outbreak of lead in children
The company behind an outbreak of high lead levels in children who ate certain cinnamon applesauce has named the supplier of the cinnamon. Austrofood, along with Wanabana USA, has named Negocios...
View ArticleUtah reinstates raw milk dairy that caused September’s Campylobacter outbreak
A raw milk dairy that lost its permit to sell its products in September is being reinstated by the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food (UDAF). The permit to sell raw milk is reinstated for the Utah...
View ArticleMore people sick in Salmonella outbreak as recalls of cantaloupe continue to...
The number of people infected by Salmonella linked to cantaloupe continues to increase and the recall list continues to expand. As of Nov. 30, there were 117 confirmed patients in the United States, up...
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