Another fruit company recalls cantaloupe products possibly linked to deadly...
Cut Fruit Express Inc. of Inver Grove Heights, MN, is recalling Caribou Coffee Fruit Mix CHPG 6.5-ounce, and Cut Fruit Express Brand of 6.5-ounce, 15-ounce, 16-ounce and 32-ounce packages of fruit mix...
View ArticleMore cantaloupe products recalled in Canada because of possible link to...
Sixteen more freshcut cantaloupe products have been recalled in Canada because of links to a deadly international Salmonella outbreak. The most recent outbreak update for Canada, posted Nov. 24, showed...
View ArticleResearchers highlight past outbreaks at international event
Scientists have given details about different Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus cereus, norovirus, and Cryptosporidium outbreaks in various countries. Presentations at the European Scientific Conference...
View ArticleAnother company recalls pre-cut cantaloupe products because of Salmonella...
TGD Cuts LLC has initiated a recall of some of its fresh-cut fruit cup, clamshell and tray products because they contain cantaloupe from TruFresh, which has the potential to be contaminated with...
View ArticleFDA investigating new outbreak of Listeria infections; continues work on...
The Food and Drug Administration is investigating a new outbreak of infections caused by Listeria monocytogenes. As of Dec. 6 the agency had not determined a source for the outbreak, which has three...
View ArticleMore children identified in outbreak of lead poisoning traced to applesauce
Federal officials continue to receive reports of children with elevated levels of lead in their blood. An international investigation of cinnamon in applesauce products is ongoing. As of Dec. 6 the...
View ArticleCriminal charges filed in botulism outbreak
The owner of a restaurant in France linked to a botulism outbreak is facing charges in relation to the incident. In September 2023, during the Rugby World Cup, foodborne botulism affected 16 people in...
View ArticleAnthrax outbreak in Zambia sickens hundreds
Zambia has reported its largest anthrax outbreak for a decade, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). As of late November 2023, 684 suspected cases and four deaths have been recorded. A...
View ArticleSwedish E. coli cases linked to imported parsley
Contaminated parsley imported from southern Europe has been linked to at least 150 E. coli cases in Sweden. Over 100 people were infected by Enterotoxigenic E.coli (ETEC) and Enteropathogenic E. coli...
View ArticleFDA inspecting plant in Ecuador in applesauce lead situation; more children...
Federal officials have begun an onsite inspection of a company in Ecuador that exported cinnamon applesauce to the United States that was used in three brands of applesauce traced to an outbreak of...
View ArticleMore cantaloupe linked to outbreak recalled in Canada; death toll increases...
Twenty-eight more cantaloupe products have been recalled in Canada because of a link to a Salmonella outbreak that has killed five people in that country. According to the Canadian Food Inspection...
View ArticleSalmonella outbreak traced to diced onions ends with 80 sick and one dead
Federal officials report that an outbreak of Salmonella illnesses traced to Gills diced onions is over. The outbreak sickened 80 people across 23 states. One person died. According to the Centers for...
View ArticleMore than 300 sick in cantaloupe outbreak; Mexico closes implicated...
More patients have been identified in the Salmonella outbreak traced to cantaloupe. The outbreak is now spread across 42 states. Mexican officials have closed the implicated cantaloupe operation. Since...
View ArticleStop & Shop recalls cantaloupe related to Salmonella outbreak
Stop & Shop recalls TruFresh Cantaloupe purchased between Oct. 23 and Nov. 11 at 183 of its store locations. This product is being recalled due to the possibility of Salmonella contamination linked...
View ArticleRaw milk cheese sickens six children in France
A cheese made from raw milk has been linked to half a dozen serious E. coli infections in France. Six cases of hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) have been reported. HUS is a severe complication...
View ArticleSalmonella outbreak over in Norway, but source not found
An outbreak of Salmonella has ended in Norway without officials finding the source. An investigation into the outbreak of Salmonella Napoli has been completed as no cases have been detected since the...
View ArticleOfficials in Ecuador continue an investigation into lead-tainted applesauce...
Officials from the FDA have closed their investigation into the Ecuadoran company that supplied lead-tainted cinnamon applesauce products to the United States after finding that the lead content was...
View ArticleFDA’s human food chief does not think spiked lead in applesauce was an accident
Usually, an elected official charges before the evidence is in, and the bureaucrat provides an open-ended background about the food safety problem. But with the lead poisoning of applesauce pouches...
View ArticleMore than 200 children affected by excessive levels of lead in applesauce
Federal officials are reporting that the patient count in an outbreak of lead poisoning traced to imported cinnamon applesauce stands at more than 200, with all of those affected being six years old or...
View ArticleDeadly onion outbreak declared over; E. coli outbreak of unknown source has...
According to federal officials, a deadly outbreak of infections from Salmonella Thompson has ended. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that one person died and 80 were sickened in...
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