Whole cucumbers grown by Bedner Growers Inc. and distributed by Fresh Start Produce Inc. are linked to a multistate outbreak of Salmonella in several states that began April 29.
Bedner Growers Inc. of Boynton Beach, FL, is one of the growers linked to last year’s outbreak of Salmonella Africana and
Continue Reading Bedner cucumbers are back, making people sick once again
Federal investigators continue to search for a source of Salmonella Typhimurium while the number of patients in an outbreak increases.
As of July 3, there were 80 confirmed patients in the outbreak, up from 53 a week ago, according to an update from the Food and Drug Administration. The agency
Continue Reading More outbreak patients found as FDA continues to investigate Salmonella infections
“Guarded optimism.” That’s the way Elston Grubaugh, general manager of the Wellton-Mohawk Irrigation and Drainage District in the eastern Yuma, AZ, growing area describes his thoughts about the current romaine lettuce season.
In 2018, an outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 infections linked to romaine lettuce grown in the Yuma area
Continue Reading Yuma romaine growers hopeful harvest will end without E. coli issues
Urban farmers growing vegetables in Africa could accidentally be helping to spread disease by irrigating crops with wastewater, according to researchers.
In a report published in the Environmental Research journal, the scientists found evidence in Burkina Faso canal water samples of virulent pathogens commonly responsible for waterborne diseases which
Continue Reading Study documents that irrigating crops with wastewater can spread disease
Outbreak investigators say a cattle feedlot near a canal providing water to growing regions in Arizona is a key element in their hypothesis about the source of E. coli that contaminated romaine lettuce earlier this year.
The Food and Drug Administration has been investigating the outbreak, linked to romaine grown
Continue Reading FDA says cattle feedlot could be to blame for E. coli in canal water used on romaine
Two weeks ago as the public was told that canal water was the likely source of the E. coli O157: H7 that caused the national outbreak involving romaine lettuce, growers in the region were told what they could immediately to do about it.
In a June 29 memo, the Yuma
Continue Reading E. coli in canal water drew immediate attention from Yuma growers
