Foodborne Illness Outbreaks

Grower says organic strawberries linked to hepatitis A outbreak were from Mexico

Public health officials have found that fresh organic strawberries linked to hepatitis A outbreaks in the United States and Canada were imported from Mexico. Investigators in the United States and

By News Desk

/ 1 Jun 2022

Grower says organic strawberries linked to hepatitis A outbreak were from Mexico

Pets, peanut butter and Salmonella: A cautionary tale

Editor’s note: This column was originally published on eFoodAlert.com and is reprinted here with the permission of the author. By Phyllis Entis Between September 2008 and April 2009,

By Guest Contributor

/ 31 May 2022

Pets, peanut butter and Salmonella: A cautionary tale

Fresh organic strawberries likely spread hepatitis A in U.S. and Canada

The FDA, along with CDC, the Public Health Agency of Canada and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, state, and local partners are investigating a multistate outbreak of hepatitis A infections

By News Desk

/ 28 May 2022

Fresh organic strawberries likely spread hepatitis A in U.S. and Canada

STOP petitions government to add cronobacter to Nationally Notifiable Disease List

– CONTRIBUTED – This week there were three hearings in Washington D.C. addressing the infant formula shortage and the reasons behind it. FDA officials were pressed about the failure of leadership

By STOP Foodborne Illness

/ 28 May 2022

Publisher’s Platform: More sickened with Salmonella Senftenberg by Jif peanut butter – Questions need to be asked

– OPINION – 1. Will J.M. Smucker Company and/or the FDA release immediately all inspection reports on this Jif plant from 2010 (see below) to the present? 2. Will J.

By Bill Marler

/ 27 May 2022

Publisher’s Platform: More sickened with Salmonella Senftenberg by Jif peanut butter – Questions need to be asked

Outbreaks stable but illnesses down in 2021 for Norway

The number of foodborne outbreaks in Norway has remained steady but fewer people were sick in 2021 compared to the year before. A total of 25 foodborne outbreaks were announced

By Joe Whitworth

/ 27 May 2022

Outbreaks stable but illnesses down in 2021 for Norway

Walmart deli employee may have exposed customers to hepatitis A

Customers who bought food from the deli at the Skowhegan Walmart may have been exposed to hepatitis A. A deli worker who was ill with hepatitis A handled food while

By News Desk

/ 26 May 2022

Walmart deli employee may have exposed customers to hepatitis A

Abbott’s senior vice president grilled by members of House subcommittee

“We know we let you down.” The senior vice president of Abbott Nutrition — the manufacturer of infant formula whose plant closure amid a food safety investigation has left the country

By Coral Beach

/ 26 May 2022

FDA leader says agency could have done a better job with investigation into infant formula plant

Describing inspection findings at an infant formula plant as “shocking,” the head of the FDA on Wednesday told a U.S. House panel that the formula maker had failed, but

By Coral Beach

/ 26 May 2022

FDA leader says agency could have done a better job with investigation into infant formula plant

Garden Cut recalls products containing Jif peanut butter over Salmonella concerns

Garden Cut, LLC, of Indianapolis, IN, is recalling Garden Cut products containing 0.750z Jif Peanut Butter Cup because of possible Salmonella contamination. This recall comes after J. M. Smucker

By News Desk

/ 25 May 2022

Garden Cut recalls products containing Jif peanut butter over Salmonella concerns

Large Salmonella outbreak dominates Finnish figures

A Salmonella outbreak affected more than 700 people in Finland in 2021, according to new information from the Finnish Food Authority (Ruokavirasto). The implicated food was a salad with iceberg

By News Desk

/ 25 May 2022

Large Salmonella outbreak dominates Finnish figures

Seven sick with Salmonella after eating at New Hampshire restaurant

The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Public Health Services (DPHS), in collaboration with the City of Manchester Department of Health, is investigating an outbreak of

By News Desk

/ 24 May 2022

Seven sick with Salmonella after eating at New Hampshire restaurant

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Grower says organic strawberries linked to hepatitis A outbreak were from Mexico

Pets, peanut butter and Salmonella: A cautionary tale

Fresh organic strawberries likely spread hepatitis A in U.S. and Canada

STOP petitions government to add cronobacter to Nationally Notifiable Disease List

Publisher’s Platform: More sickened with Salmonella Senftenberg by Jif peanut butter – Questions need to be asked

Outbreaks stable but illnesses down in 2021 for Norway

Walmart deli employee may have exposed customers to hepatitis A

Abbott’s senior vice president grilled by members of House subcommittee

FDA leader says agency could have done a better job with investigation into infant formula plant

Garden Cut recalls products containing Jif peanut butter over Salmonella concerns

Large Salmonella outbreak dominates Finnish figures

Seven sick with Salmonella after eating at New Hampshire restaurant