Since the previous update four days ago, an additional 27 people have been confirmed sick in an E. coli outbreak linked to romaine lettuce. As of today, Nov. 25, a total of 67 people are
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Publisher’s Platform: Should romaine lettuce carry warning labels?
Opinion
With nearly 450 sickened, 259 hospitalized and 7 deaths, is it time for a romaine Warning label? Or, are the illnesses and deaths simply a cost of doing business?
2019
41 people sickened, 28
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U.S. cyclospora infections increasing; fresh produce behind many cases
In 2019, multiple outbreaks of cyclosporiasis were identified and found to be linked to different produce items, according to a report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
About 10 percent of ill
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Gillibrand bill empowers FDA to chase down sources of food borne illnesses to wherever they go
Livestock operations with lettuce fields as neighbors may soon be getting visits, welcome or not, from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) inspectors.
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, D-NY, plans to introduce the Expanded Food Safety
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Romaine outbreak No. 5 met with ‘frustration and heartbreak” by Salinas growers for those infected
Like last year, shoppers are probably going to avoid romaine lettuce and maybe other leafy greens like spinach just ahead of Thanksgiving due to fears over yet another expanding multistate outbreak of E. coli O157:
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Eighty sick in Chile with Salmonella linked to sushi
At least 80 people are sick in Chile from Salmonella after eating at a sushi restaurant.
The people affected are men and women aged from 2 to 66 years old. The first cases presented symptoms
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Eight people infected by Listeria in France
Eight Listeria infections have been recorded in France by authorities linked to eating a brand of pork tongue in jelly.
The people infected with the same type of Listeria monocytogenes were identified by the National
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Hepatitis A outbreak hits 3 states; implicated blackberries sent to 8 others
It’s too late for people who ate fresh blackberries from Fresh Thyme Farmers Market grocery stores in September to take post-exposure vaccines, but it’s not too late for them to become ill from the hepatitis
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New E. coli outbreak linked to romaine; patients spread across country
Even though state officials have found E. coli in romaine lettuce in an unopened package of Ready Pac salad, the federal CDC says their investigation has not determined the source of an eight-state outbreak.
CDC reports another victim in Salmonella outbreak traced to ground beef
Officials say another person is among the victims of a seven-state Salmonella Dublin outbreak that is linked to ground beef. One company has initiated a recall, but federal officials say other unnamed companies also have
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