The FDA and CDC have not updated the size and scope of this outbreak since July 2nd.
As of July 2, a total of 449 people infected with one of the outbreak strains of Salmonella Africana and Salmonella Braenderup have been reported from 31 states and the District of
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Fresh Start Produce Sales Inc. of Delray, Florida, is recalling whole cucumbers shipped to certain states from May 17th through May 21st, 2024, due to the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella, an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and
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Almost 20 people have fallen sick in an Australian state with baby cucumbers suspected as being the source of infection.
The Western Australia (WA) Department of Health has linked 19 illnesses to Qukes brand baby cucumbers supplied by Perfection Fresh. The grower has not been named but production of cucumbers
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A Salmonella outbreak in Norway, Sweden, and the Netherlands has been linked to contaminated cucumbers from Spain.
The Norwegian Institute of Public Health (FHI) said 72 people are sick in the Salmonella Agona outbreak and 24 have been hospitalized.
People across the country fell sick from the end of October to
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Officials in a German district have apologized for mistakes made as part of an investigation into a Listeria outbreak in which one person died.
Four people were infected between October 2021 and January this year but the person died with, not because of, listeriosis. Contaminated cucumbers from one company have
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A study by German researchers has raised concerns on the microbiological quality of ready-to-eat salad mixes and fresh sprouts.
The three-year research project by the Max Rubner Institute also found the microbiological quality of cucumbers, carrots and mushrooms was good. Mixed lettuce received a good to medium result and herbs
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration will no longer detain cucumbers from the Mexican growers whose products were linked to an outbreak of Salmonella earlier this year. The agency removed the two cucumber suppliers from its import alerts list this week, meaning that their products can no longer be “detained
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An outbreak of Salmonella Saintpaul linked to imported cucumbers has sickened at least 81 people in 18 states, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That’s up from the 78 illnesses CDC reported April 25. The number of patients hospitalized as a result of their infections has
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced Thursday that a multi-state Salmonella outbreak was likely caused by the consumption of cucumbers imported from Mexico. The announcement came one day after USA Today reporter Liz Szabo reported that the FDA would be conducting 18 percent fewer food inspections this
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Labor Day is a holiday best known for its parades and picnics.
The role of unions in the United States was very much unsettled in 1894 when Labor Day became a federal holiday. The federal government had just used U.S. Marshals and the Army to break the Pullman Strike
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