Canadian officials say a Salmonella outbreak associated with fresh cucumbers appears to be winding down, but they are continuing their investigation in hopes of pinpointing the source of the bacteria that infected 55 people across
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More confirmed ill in outbreak linked to fresh cucumbers; no recall yet
As the patient count continues to increase, investigators in Canada are looking look for clues in an ongoing Salmonella Infantis outbreak health officials say is linked to long English cucumbers.
The Public Health Agency of
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Cucumber Salmonella outbreak strain isolated from four sites of UK company
Seventeen food isolates matching the Salmonella outbreak strain linked to 147 illnesses were detected earlier this year in four plants of one company and the site of a different firm in the United Kingdom.
The
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UK hardest hit in Salmonella outbreak linked to cucumbers
European officials have linked ready-to-eat products containing cucumbers to a multi-country outbreak of Salmonella that has sickened 147 people.
The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) said
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Feds waited 8 months to reveal cucumber Salmonella outbreak
The fourth Salmonella outbreak linked to fresh cucumbers since 2013 sickened people in at least eight states and spurred a national grocery chain to pull mini cucumbers from shelves this past spring — but federal
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U.S. Rep tells FDA to pick up the pace of outbreak investigation
A congresswoman from Connecticut told the FDA “American families should not be dying from the food they eat” and asked the agency to step up its investigation of an ongoing seven-month Salmonella outbreak that has
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The 10 Biggest U.S. Foodborne Illness Outbreaks of 2015
This year saw dozens of well-publicized foodborne illness outbreaks. While many of them were found to have sickened a handful of individuals, a few stood out as especially wide in scope. Food Safety News has
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FDA Ramping Up Microbiological Sampling of Cucumbers, Hot Peppers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is increasing its microbiological testing of cucumbers and hot peppers, two vegetables that have been linked with several foodborne outbreaks. The agency has a more robust surveillance sampling
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CDC: 838 Salmonella Cases in 38 States Linked to Imported Cucumbers
The latest update from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows that, as of Nov. 18, 2015, 838 people from 38 states have reportedly been infected with the outbreak strains of Salmonella
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German Court: Compensate Cucumber Grower Wrongly Accused in E. Coli Outbreak
A court in Hamburg, Germany, has decided that a Spanish vegetable grower and distributor should be compensated for losses sustained after its cucumbers were wrongly named as the likely source of a 2011 outbreak of
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CDC Update: 4 Deaths, 767 Salmonella Cases in 36 States Linked to Cucumbers
Oct. 14 update: CDC has again updated the Salmonella Poona outbreak linked to imported Mexican cucumbers. The latest case count is 767 people infected from 36 states (the state added to the list is Florida).
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