The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention late Saturday announced a multistate outbreak involving 20 Salmonella illnesses in eight states with three hospitalizations. It has not resulted in any deaths.
The outbreak is linked
Continue Reading CDC suspects Italian-Style Salame in new Salmonella outbreak
The last few weeks have sounded remarkably familiar to Spring 2020 when we faced a nationwide (and Canada) Salmonella outbreak linked to California grown onions. We are now facing a similar outbreak – smaller
Continue Reading Publisher’s Platform: What did we learn – or not – from the 2020 onion outbreak
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“What do you think was different this season?” While not the first question that needs to be asked when
Continue Reading Industry can use outbreak reports to decide on food safety programs
Scientists have found half of prawns sampled were contaminated with Vibrio in the United Kingdom but the strains of bacteria identified do not cause severe disease in humans.
Quadram Institute researchers studied Vibrio in prawns
Continue Reading Researchers find Vibrio types in prawns in United Kingdom pose low risk to humans
The ProSource Produce LLC recall of whole raw onions (red, yellow, and white) shipped from Chihuahua, Mexico, between July 1, 2021, and Aug. 31, 2021, for Salmonella contamination is rippling through food chains., including those
Continue Reading Home delivery meals may have included some of those contaminated onions
The number of foodborne infections in Germany declined in 2020 with the coronavirus pandemic likely affecting the figures, according to a report.
The Infectious Disease Epidemiology Annual Report provides a summary and assessment of notifications
Continue Reading COVID a factor as foodborne illness declines in Germany
Two Maine residents were hospitalized after a salmonella outbreak linked to crabmeat from Hardie’s Crabmeat in Deer Isle, state health officials report. Maine CDC is investigating at least five cases linked to the outbreak.
Four
Continue Reading Crabmeat blamed for Maine’s Salmonella outbreak
Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) officials are warning Minnesota consumers not to eat Premium Italian-Style Salame Sticks produced by Citterio and purchased at Trader Joe’s or other retailers after linking Salmonella infections to the product.
Continue Reading Citterio brand premium Italian-Style salame sticks linked to Minnesota Salmonella cases
It took only hours after the outbreak was linked to fresh onions from Mexico for the filing of the first consumer injury lawsuit to commence. And according to the complaint that one lawsuit is about
Continue Reading Those Mexican onions in Salmonella Oranienburg outbreak may prove costly
The coronavirus pandemic, Brexit and resource issues severely challenged the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) in 2020, according to the agency’s annual report.
Food inspections, sampling and enforcement orders all declined but food and
Continue Reading Irish food agency details serious challenges in 2020
The U.S. Department of Agriculture USDA has appointed of 13 new members and 17 returning members to the National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods (NACMCF).
The NACMCF has scheduled a public meeting of
Continue Reading USDA appoints new members to food safety advisory committee
