Scientists have shared details about a major Salmonella outbreak investigation in Finland, including cucumbers and iceberg lettuce served at educational establishments.
Over 700 people fell ill during the 2021 outbreak from Salmonella Typhimurium associated with a daycare lunch. Similar Salmonella Typhimurium was found in patients and in a vegetable mix
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More than 30 people were part of an E. coli outbreak in the United Kingdom linked to salad in sandwiches in 2019, according to a study.
It was the first UK-wide foodborne outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) O26.
Across the UK, 32 cases of STEC O26:H11 were identified
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Almost 450 people have fallen ill in Finland with salad from Sweden suspected to be the source of infection.
Officials in the city of Jyväskylä are investigating Salmonella cases and absence of children and staff at preschools and private day care centers who reported symptoms of infection, with the help
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The Food and Drug Administration announced today that it will be collecting and testing samples of lettuce grown in California’s Salinas Valley from local commercial coolers from May through November 2021.
The agency will test the samples for Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC), including E. coli O157:H7, and Salmonella spp.
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An outbreak of Yersinia in Sweden has ended with iceberg lettuce as the suspected source of infection.
From January until the beginning of February this year, twice as many people fell ill with Yersinia infection as did during the same period in a normal year.
From 53 cases of Yersinia
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A traceback investigation by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has identified several farms in the U.S. that may have provided products used in the Fresh Express salads that were recalled over Cyclospora.
Multiple farms in Florida were identified in the FDA traceback.
FDA analyzed water samples from two public
Continue Reading Farms growing red cabbage and iceberg lettuce for Fresh Express are suspects in Cyclospora outbreak
According to the Public Health Agency of Canada, one additional case of E. coli O157:H7 illness was confirmed in Ontario as part of the ongoing outbreak linked to lettuce. This brings the total number of cases to 29. Patients fell ill between late December and early January. Illnesses by province
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Another two cases of E. coli O157:H7 have been linked to lettuce sold at fast food locations in Canada, bringing the total number of illnesses related to this food to 28. Both new cases occurred in Ontario, according to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency Monday. The patients fell ill between
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In what is one of the most confusing recalls ever, some Kroger grocery stores in North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky and Ohio, and Smith’s grocery stores in Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, Montana and Nevada were recalling Growers Express brand iceberg lettuce Friday, saying it might be contaminated with Salmonella.
Both
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In a recall related to one previously announced by Giant Eagle, the Pittsburgh-based grocer chain, the producer River Ranch Fresh Foods of Salinas, CA announced Friday that it is taking 2,154 cases of various bagged salads off the market because they may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.
The bacteria was
