The use of online surveys to collect responses from healthy people during outbreak investigations has been tested by researchers in Canada.
In foodborne outbreak investigations, case-control and cohort studies are used to test hypotheses and
Continue Reading Study tests online surveys for getting control data during outbreaks
The FDA is cautioning pet owners not to feed their pet’s certain Aunt Jeni’s Home Made frozen raw pet food “as it poses a serious threat to consumer and animal health” because of Salmonella Infantis
Continue Reading FDA alert warns pet owners of Salmonella contamination in raw food
The trend of finding Salmonella infantis in poultry products is increasing, according to researchers.
European regulation on fresh poultry specifically mentions only Salmonella enteritidis or Salmonella typhimurium as a food safety criterion so considers chicken
Continue Reading Study backs up rise of Salmonella infantis in poultry
The Salmonella outbreak associated with doggy pig ear treats has added 48 more ill people and three additional serotypes in the last two weeks.
Twenty-seven (27) states are now reporting a total of 93 people
Continue Reading Pig ear treats for dogs continue to make people sick
The conditions that two years ago led to a deadly multistate salmonella outbreak due to Maradoly papayas imported from Mexico remain largely unchanged.
imported papayas from Mexico remain under an import alert issued by the
Continue Reading Import Alert for Mexican papayas over widespread Salmonella contamination
As the patient count continues to increase, investigators in Canada are looking look for clues in an ongoing Salmonella Infantis outbreak health officials say is linked to long English cucumbers.
The Public Health Agency of
Continue Reading More confirmed ill in outbreak linked to fresh cucumbers; no recall yet
Salmonella Infantis has sickened Canadians in five provinces, according to Public Health Canada. The likely cause has not been identified with any certainty, but many who became sick report eating cucumbers before becoming ill.
Public
Continue Reading Cucumbers suspected in Salmonella illnesses on both sides of border
This notice has been updated to include seven additional cases of Salmonella Infantis related to this outbreak, bringing the total to 98 cases. This update is to remind Canadians to follow proper food safety practices
Continue Reading Canada’s Salmonella Infantis Outbreak Hits 98
The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) is collaborating with federal and provincial public health partners to investigate an outbreak of Salmonella Infantis in eight provinces. To date, the source of this outbreak has not
Continue Reading 34 Sick With Salmonella Infantis in Canada
As in previous years, the latest federal data on trends in foodborne illness rates are a mixed bag. “The overall outlook is that there is some good news and I think we can learn from
Continue Reading FoodNet Data for 2014: E. Coli O157 Down, Mixed Results for Other Pathogens
They picked up 19 more cases and added a state to the multistate outbreak of Salmonella linked to live poultry from backyard flocks, but the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is essentially
Continue Reading CDC: Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Backyard Flocks Appears to be Over
