Foodborne Illness Investigations

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

Publisher’s Platform: Has FSIS been asleep at the switch since 2022? How could they let Boar’s Head operate like this?

— OPINION — And, where is the Inspector General’s Report? And, where are the Congressional Hearings? Here is the final paragraph from the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service’s

By Bill Marler

/ 11 Jan 2025

Publisher’s Platform: Has FSIS been asleep at the switch since 2022? How could they let Boar’s Head operate like this?

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

CDC declares Salmonella outbreak over; more than 100 sickened by cucumbers

An outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium infections traced to imported cucumbers has ended with 113 patients confirmed. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that the first outbreak patients developed

By Coral Beach

/ 9 Jan 2025

CDC declares Salmonella outbreak over; more than 100 sickened by cucumbers

Pickled eggs linked to Chinese botulism cases

Five people fell sick in China recently after eating pickled eggs contaminated with Clostridium botulinum. In July 2024, two people with suspected foodborne botulism went to the emergency department of

By News Desk

/ 9 Jan 2025

Pickled eggs linked to Chinese botulism cases

E. coli outbreak declared over without name of lettuce supplier being revealed

An outbreak of E. Coli O157:H7 infections traced to romaine lettuce has been declared over without the name of the lettuce supplier being released to the public. The outbreak,

By Coral Beach

/ 9 Jan 2025

E. coli outbreak declared over without name of lettuce supplier being revealed

Publisher’s Platform: Why the lack of transparency FDA?

— OPINION — In early December 2024 the FDA stated: “The FDA and CDC, in collaboration with state and local partners are investigating illnesses in a multistate outbreak of E. coli O157:

By Bill Marler

/ 8 Jan 2025

Publisher’s Platform: Why the lack of transparency FDA?

Foodborne illness outbreaks overlap from 2024 into 2025

As 2025 begins, the Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention continue to investigate outbreaks of foodborne illnesses that started in 2024. Overall, the Centers for

By Coral Beach

/ 6 Jan 2025

Carrier in Belgian pork tapeworm case ate meat abroad

A rare illness in Belgium that affected nine people was likely spread after the initial patient ate pork while abroad several years earlier. Human cysticercosis results from ingesting Taenia solium

By Joe Whitworth

/ 6 Jan 2025

Carrier in Belgian pork tapeworm case ate meat abroad

Poor storage played role in Salmonella outbreak at wedding

More than 60 people fell ill in Kazakhstan after eating a cake made with raw eggs that was not stored correctly. A total of 182 people attended a wedding in

By News Desk

/ 5 Jan 2025

Poor storage played role in Salmonella outbreak at wedding

Salmonella outbreak detected among residents at emergency housing shelter

Seattle & King County Public Health is investigating an outbreak of Salmonella illnesses among residents of Mary Pilgrim Inn, which is an emergency temporary housing shelter. As of Jan. 3,

By News Desk

/ 3 Jan 2025

Salmonella outbreak detected among residents at emergency housing shelter

FDA investigating company linked to Listeria outbreak but is not releasing firm’s name

The FDA has begun inspections of a company linked to a listeria outbreak, but has not released the name of the company. The Food and Drug Administration has also begun

By Coral Beach

/ 3 Jan 2025

FDA investigating company linked to Listeria outbreak but is not releasing firm’s name

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Foodborne Illness Investigations

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

Publisher’s Platform: Has FSIS been asleep at the switch since 2022? How could they let Boar’s Head operate like this?

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

CDC declares Salmonella outbreak over; more than 100 sickened by cucumbers

Pickled eggs linked to Chinese botulism cases

E. coli outbreak declared over without name of lettuce supplier being revealed

Publisher’s Platform: Why the lack of transparency FDA?

Foodborne illness outbreaks overlap from 2024 into 2025

Carrier in Belgian pork tapeworm case ate meat abroad

Poor storage played role in Salmonella outbreak at wedding

Salmonella outbreak detected among residents at emergency housing shelter

FDA investigating company linked to Listeria outbreak but is not releasing firm’s name

Your Support Protects Public Health