The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has identified a cluster of 17 Salmonella Typhimurium infections linked to pet hedgehogs.
The cluster was detected in July 2020 by PulseNet, the national molecular subtyping network for enteric disease surveillance. The isolates were closely related genetically to each other by whole genome
Continue Reading CDC investigation of 2020 Salmonella infections leads to pet hedgehogs
The fourth Salmonella outbreak linked to fresh cucumbers since 2013 sickened people in at least eight states and spurred a national grocery chain to pull mini cucumbers from shelves this past spring — but federal officials didn’t go public about it until this week.
The CDC
Continue Reading Feds waited 8 months to reveal cucumber Salmonella outbreak
Seven separate Salmonella outbreaks across 35 states sickened more than 300 people in the first four months of this year and are ongoing. All the outbreaks are being blamed on live poultry from “backyard flocks.” 
Public health officials from local to federal levels, along with veterinary and agriculture officials across
Continue Reading Poultry dangers: Live birds blamed for 7 ongoing outbreaks
Well, other than two things – both contain items with orange colored flesh and both absorbed last week’s news cycle – nothing else. But, I got your attention. What do we know about the current frozen food Listeria outbreak and recall? In March of 2016, as part of a routine
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CHICAGO — The federal government is rolling out a powerful new, and increasingly affordable food safety weapon to about 30 states next year and to all 50 within two years. 
Robert Tauxe, director of the Division of Foodborne, Waterborne and Environmental Diseases at the Centers for
Continue Reading CDC sending states new outbreak tool; launching PulseNet 2.0
An outbreak traced to fresh sprouts appears to be over, according to federal officials who say 11 people in two states were sickened by E. coli bacteria in Jack & The Green Sprouts alfalfa sprouts. 
Eight people in Minnesota and three in Wisconsin were confirmed with the outbreak strain of
Continue Reading CDC declares end to E. coli outbreak linked to fresh sprouts
Continue Reading Listeria cases, including one death, linked via DNA to raw milk
Those who believe government should operate like a successful business ought to be happy about the ROI on the $7.3 million annual cost of PulseNet, which is saving half a billion each year by preventing an estimated 270,000 illnesses. By using DNA analysis of pathogens and sharing data, the
Continue Reading Researchers say PulseNet reaches far beyond outbreak control
Nov. 6 update: The Oregon Health Authority stated Friday, Nov. 6, that there are now 13 E. coli O26 illnesses in Oregon connected with eating at Chipotle Mexican Grill restaurants. That is one more reported case since Thursday. Four people have been hospitalized. Meanwhile, the Washington State Department of Health
Continue Reading Update: 41 E. Coli O26 Cases in OR and WA Associated With Chipotle Restaurants
On Monday, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced funding for states to help them fight infectious disease outbreaks more quickly and develop better interventions to protect the public’s health. The nearly $110 million in awards includes $13 million over fiscal year 2014 funding for vaccine-preventable disease surveillance,
Continue Reading CDC Funds Fights Against Infectious Diseases in States, Territories
