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The FDA is investigating two new outbreaks, one from Salmonella Newport and the other from Cryptosporidium.
According to the outbreak announcements, the agency has not yet determined the source of
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration warns the public not to eat mussels from a certain area following Canadian tests that showed Salmonella and E. coli contamination.
The Canadian
State and federal public health officials are working with the University of Arkansas on what appears to be an outbreak of E. Coli infections.
During a news conference this afternoon,
The CDC has declared an outbreak of Salmonella Saintpaul infections to be over with 18 people having been sickened.
Investigators linked the outbreak to ground beef sold at ShopRite stores
The FDA is reporting that Pico de Gallo was behind a Salmonella outbreak that sickened almost 40 people.
Although investigators identified the cause of the outbreak, the Food and Drug
The Food and Drug Administration has confirmed that “On the Go” ice cream cups are behind foodborne illnesses.
The ice cream, made by Real Kosher Ice Cream of Brooklyn, NY,
New York officials warn the public not to consume raw milk from Remembrance Farm because testing has found contamination from Listeria monocytogenes.
Richard Ball, the state Department of Agriculture and
The Food and Drug Administration has closed an investigation into an outbreak of infections from E. Coli O26 without having found the source of the pathogen.
The agency reports that
Federal investigators are looking into a new outbreak of infections from Listeria monocytogenes. An investigation into an E. Coli outbreak has ended without a source having been identified.
The Food
It is now legal to sell unpasteurized, raw milk directly to consumers in North Dakota.
The state Legislature approved a measure this year making the sales possible, but it specifically
Almost 500 more people are sick in an outbreak of infections from the microscopic Cyclospora parasite. Sick people have been identified in 34 states.
The Centers for Disease Control and
Patient counts continue to increase in three cyclospora outbreaks and one Salmonella outbreak.
Sources of the parasite and the bacteria have not yet been determined, according to updates from the