The apple that fell on Newton’s head led him to develop the theory of gravity, but hazelnuts falling from trees in Oregon this autumn came loaded with a different
Who would have thought that when Minnesota went fishing for whomever was responsible for an E. coli outbreak in the Midwest, they’d reel in the hazelnut baron of Oregon’
In-shell hazelnuts taken from the home of a case patient infected with E. coli tested positive for the bacteria, a genetic match to a strain that sickened that person and
Seven sick people, most of them middle-aged men, scattered across three states. As epidemiology goes, that’s not much to go on.
To track outbreaks of foodborne illness, the “epi”
Canadian public health authorities are trying to determine whether two people with E. coli O157:H7 infections are part of an outbreak associated in the United States with in-shell hazelnuts.
Seven people in three states became ill in an outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 linked to unshelled hazelnuts sold during the holiday season.
The outbreak, in Michigan, Minnesota and
The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) is still concerned about processing plant contamination that led to the hazelnut recalls last Christmas season by such well known retailers as
The latest Enforcement Report from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued Jan. 20, is notable for a couple of reasons. First, it covers the details of only
Two West Coast companies are recalling small amounts of Pine Nuts and Hazelnuts for fear of Salmonella contamination.
Ashland, OR-based PEO Chapter FO recalled 75 one pound packages of its
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Christmas Eve that Janzen Farms of Dayton, Oregon, was recalling hazelnut kernels due to potential Salmonella contamination.
The hazelnut kernels were
The Salmonella problem dogging the Oregon hazelnut industry has now jumped the Columbia River and crossed over into Washington State. It has also gone retail.
Burnt Ridge Orchards Inc. recalled