2024 outbreaks

Death toll in Listeria outbreak traced to supplemental shakes increases to 12

Another death has been confirmed in an outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes infections traced to supplemental shakes. The Food and Drug Administration reports that there are now 12 confirmed deaths in

By Coral Beach

/ 25 Feb 2025

Death toll in Listeria outbreak traced to supplemental shakes increases to 12

Publisher’s Platform: Think about Lucas the next time you order a romaine lettuce salad

What happened to this child is horrible. Reminds me, where are the FDA and CDC in dealing with this unnamed E. coli outbreak linked to romaine lettuce? With no fanfare

By Bill Marler

/ 24 Feb 2025

Publisher’s Platform: Think about Lucas the next time you order a romaine lettuce salad

Publisher’s Platform: The CDC is MIA in Listeria and Salmonella outbreaks

— OPINION — Food Safety Advocate Questions Why Foodborne Illness Outbreaks are Unreported by the Premier Public Health Agency in the Time of Trump “Two multi-state foodborne illnesses outbreaks have been reported

By Bill Marler

/ 23 Feb 2025

Publisher’s Platform: The CDC is MIA in Listeria and Salmonella outbreaks

Foodborne outbreaks increased in 2024 despite decrease in food recalls

While food recalls dropped by 5 percent in 2024 compared to 2023, the number of foodborne illnesses increased, according to the Pubic Interest Research Group (PIRG). In its report, Food

By Coral Beach

/ 18 Feb 2025

Foodborne outbreaks increased in 2024 despite decrease in food recalls

Publisher’s Platform: FDA closes romaine lettuce outbreak with 89 sick and says nothing more?

— OPINION — With no fanfare after 89 reported sick, the FDA has closed its investigation into a romaine lettuce E. coli outbreak without telling the public more and the CDC continues

By Bill Marler

/ 14 Feb 2025

Publisher’s Platform: FDA closes romaine lettuce outbreak with 89 sick and says nothing more?

Boar’s Head takes steps to rebuild public trust after deadly Listeria outbreak

Boar’s Head is rolling out extensive food safety initiatives in the wake of a 2024 Listeria outbreak that sickened 61 people and led to 10 deaths across 19 states.

By Jonan Pilet

/ 14 Feb 2025

Boar’s Head takes steps to rebuild public trust after deadly Listeria outbreak

Patient count in Listeria outbreak grows; investigation into E. coli outbreak closed

The Food and Drug Administration is continuing to investigate several outbreaks of foodborne illnesses and has closed its investigation into an E. coli O157:H7 outbreak. For an outbreak of

By News Desk

/ 13 Feb 2025

Norway reports largest outbreak in decades with 230 sick; sprouts blamed

Norway has reported its largest foodborne outbreak in almost 50 years with 230 people sick. The Norwegian Institute of Public Health (FHI) said 105 people are infected with Salmonella Newport

By Joe Whitworth

/ 24 Jan 2025

Norway reports largest outbreak in decades with 230 sick; sprouts blamed

Five charged after deadly Bongkrekic acid outbreak

Five people have been charged in relation to a fatal food poisoning outbreak that occurred last year in Taiwan. The Taipei District Prosecutors Office announced the charges after investigating the

By News Desk

/ 23 Jan 2025

Five charged after deadly Bongkrekic acid outbreak

Frozen blueberries linked to Dutch hepatitis A infections

At least a dozen people have been sickened in the Netherlands after eating blueberries contaminated with hepatitis A. The National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) received reports

By News Desk

/ 16 Jan 2025

Frozen blueberries linked to Dutch hepatitis A infections

Food Safety and Inspection Service reports on Boar’s Head investigation

The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has published its report on inspection practices used by the agency in relation to the deadly 2024 Listeria outbreak traced to

By Coral Beach

/ 13 Jan 2025

FDA redacts information from report showing Taylor Farms inadequate food safety measures related to McDonald’s E. coli outbreak

An FDA inspection report shows that Taylor Farms violated food safety regulations at the Colorado plant that processed slivered onions linked to a deadly E. coli outbreak. The raw onions

By Coral Beach

/ 11 Jan 2025

FDA redacts information from report showing Taylor Farms inadequate food safety measures related to McDonald’s E. coli outbreak

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Death toll in Listeria outbreak traced to supplemental shakes increases to 12

Publisher’s Platform: Think about Lucas the next time you order a romaine lettuce salad

Publisher’s Platform: The CDC is MIA in Listeria and Salmonella outbreaks

Foodborne outbreaks increased in 2024 despite decrease in food recalls

Publisher’s Platform: FDA closes romaine lettuce outbreak with 89 sick and says nothing more?

Boar’s Head takes steps to rebuild public trust after deadly Listeria outbreak

Patient count in Listeria outbreak grows; investigation into E. coli outbreak closed

Norway reports largest outbreak in decades with 230 sick; sprouts blamed

Five charged after deadly Bongkrekic acid outbreak

Frozen blueberries linked to Dutch hepatitis A infections

Food Safety and Inspection Service reports on Boar’s Head investigation

FDA redacts information from report showing Taylor Farms inadequate food safety measures related to McDonald’s E. coli outbreak