The Food and Drug Administration is continuing to investigate multiple foodborne outbreaks.
For an E. coli O157:H7 outbreak traced to a blend of iceberg and romaine chopped lettuce, the
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Last week The FDA and CDC, in collaboration with state and local partners, reported that they are investigating illnesses in a multistate outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 infections
Each year in the United States an estimated 9 million people get sick, 56,000 are hospitalized, and 1,300 die of a foodborne disease caused by known pathogens. These
There was a decrease in foodborne outbreaks in 2023 in Europe but the number of people sick and hospitalized increased.
Overall, 27 European Union member states and Northern Ireland reported
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After 31 years doing food litigation, I am seldom surprised by an announcement of a foodborne illness outbreak. It was no different last Friday when the FDA dropped this:
Further cases in a deadly Listeria outbreak have prompted authorities in the United Kingdom to again warn vulnerable people about the risks of eating cold-smoked and cured fish.
Since 2020,
A Cryptosporidium outbreak in Sweden in late 2023 was found to be caused by contaminated kale mixed salad from salad bars in grocery stores.
The outbreak was caused by a
The FDA is investigating a new outbreak of E. coli infections and has closed investigations into other outbreaks.
The new outbreak of E. coli O145:H28 infections has sickened at
County officials in California are urging the public to not consume unpasteurized, raw milk because it may have caused a bird flu infection in a child.
Marin County Public Health
Federal officials are not naming the supplier of lettuce traced to a multi-state outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 infections even though they have identified it.
The Food and Drug
More infants have died in an outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes infections traced to Yu Shang Food Inc. ready-to-eat meat and poultry products.
In an outbreak update, the Centers for Disease
The number of people sickened in an outbreak of Salmonella in Norway involving alfalfa sprouts has doubled to almost 50.
In an update provided by the Norwegian Institute of Public
