Officials at the CDC have confirmed that last week the agency sent out an email alert to foodborne disease partners at the state and local levels looking for any illnesses associated with complaints related to
Continue Reading CDC alerts state and local health departments about Lucky Charms complaints
Texas health officials agreed yesterday to allow a raw milk dairy to resume sales, but warned that the threat of antibiotic-resistant brucellosis infection remains for anyone who drank the dairy’s unpasteurized milk this summer.
The
Continue Reading State OKs raw milk dairy to resume sales; Brucella risk remains
A pizza restaurant in Alabama is working with the state Department of Public Health, after discovering that one of the restaurant’s food handlers is infected with hepatitis A.
The health department (ADPH) has contacted many
Continue Reading Infected restaurant worker spurs hepatitis A alert in Alabama
Although it is against federal law to sell unpasteurized milk across state lines, the CDC and state health departments are investigating illnesses in at least seven states in relation to Brucella bacteria found in raw
Continue Reading Texas raw milk Brucella contamination hits 7 states
A month after Texas public health officials urged raw milk drinkers and their doctors to be on the lookout for symptoms of Brucella infection, the federal government weighed in with its own advice.
Anyone who
Continue Reading CDC expands on Texas warning about Brucella in raw milk
Patrons of an On the Border restaurant in Georgia developed Salmonella infections after eating there during Mother’s Day weekend, but county officials did not alert the public about the situation and will not reveal how
Continue Reading Officials confirm investigation at On the Border restaurant
The Maryland Department of Health is warning consumers to not eat Caribeña’s brand yellow Maradol papayas because they could be contaminated with salmonella bacteria.
The yellow papayas have been distributed to stores throughout the state
Continue Reading Maryland confirms papayas contaminated with Salmonella
Public health officials in Ector County Texas are investigating a possible Salmonella outbreak that has caused a restaurant owner in Odessa to voluntarily close his business. As of Tuesday, two lab-confirmed Salmonella cases had been
Continue Reading Possible Salmonella outbreak traced to Texas restaurant
The iconic Blue Bell ice cream is again being supplied to a large area of the southeast, including most everything south of a line stretching from New Mexico to the Carolinas. Not all of the
Continue Reading Blue Bell reports on root causes of five-year Listeria outbreak
California officials say the case count in the E. coli outbreak linked to unpasteurized raw milk from an organic dairy in Fresno is increasing, but they aren’t saying much else. 
As of Monday, 10 people
Continue Reading More E. coli victims identified in California raw milk outbreak
