When a business is found responsible for sickening people with a foodborne illness, the new normal is the filing of criminal charges. The latest to find that out is Delaware’s Roos Foods Inc., which shut down two years ago after the FDA revoked the company’s food facility registration over its
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FDA Applies Genome Sequencing in Outbreak Investigation
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently put whole genome sequencing technology — which maps the entire DNA sequences of microbes to distinguish one strain from another — to use in its investigation into a Listeria outbreak linked to Roos Foods. Earlier this year, one person died and seven others
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CDC: Listeria Outbreak Linked To Roos Foods Appears Over
The Listeria monocytogenes outbreak earlier this year that killed one person and sickened seven people in Delaware and one in California appears to be over, according to a final update from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The victims were all of Hispanic ethnicity, CDC’s update noted,
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FDA Suspends Registration of Cheese Manufacturer Over Health Risk
For the second time since gaining the authority to do so, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday suspended the registration of a food facility – this time Roos Foods Inc., the maker of cheese and sour cream that caused an outbreak of Listeria in Maryland and California that
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Listeria-Connected Cheese Recall Expands to Sour Cream
Roos Foods, the company whose cheese products are connected to a Listeria outbreak that has killed one person, has expanded its ongoing recall to include sour cream. The company is now recalling its Crema Pura Mexicana Cultured Sour Cream, produced in Kenton, DE. Last week, the company recalled 16 different
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State, Federal Health Officials Continue to Investigate Deadly Listeria Outbreak
State and federal health officials are still attempting to get their arms around a deadly two-state Listeria outbreak. One death in California and seven illnesses in Maryland are blamed on the outbreak. All the victims are Hispanics, and among them are two mother-infant pairs and a newborn. All but one
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Cheese Sickens 8 in MD and CA with Listeria;1 Dead
This article was updated Feb. 24 with further recall information. At least eight people have been sickened with Listeria monocytogenes infections after eating cheese produced by Roos Foods under a number of brand names, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Seven patients were hospitalized in
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Consumers Warned Not to Eat Roos Foods Cheese Due to Listeria Risk
The Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene is warning consumers not to eat cheese products made by Roos Foods of Kenton, DE. During testing of products, a sample returned a presumptive positive for Listeria bacteria. The health department is now testing to confirm the exact strain of Listeria. While
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