The Mexican-style fast food chain referred to only as “Restaurant Chain A” in a report on a 10-state outbreak of Salmonella Enteritidis by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is Taco Bell, Food Safety News has learned.
While Taco Bell was suspected ever since the CDC’s outbreak report
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The field is narrowing in the search for the mysterious “Restaurant Chain A,” implicated by public health officials as the source of a Salmonella outbreak that sickened 68 people in 10 states in October and November last year.
Since the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported the outbreak
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One of the most important protections we have against foodborne illness is our disease-surveillance systems. These systems field reports from widespread sources and may include disease-reporting registries, local and state health departments, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and utilize active outreach to clinicians and hospitals.
The data
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In a crisis communication training exercise a few years ago, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) made “table top” emergency decisions about what to do if the agency became involved in such high-risk situations as the Virginia Tech shooting, a flu vaccine shortage, an Adenovirus outbreak, and
Continue Reading Who Is Restaurant Chain A? Maybe It’s Not Taco Bell
Salmonella Enteritidis infections centered in Texas and Oklahoma, but also spread over 8 other states, sickened 68 people who ate at a Mexican-style fast food restaurant chain in October and November, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday.
The CDC did not identify the restaurant chain, nor
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