An assessment by two European agencies of a Salmonella outbreak with more than 30 cases has found the common source is three rice-based infant formula products from one brand.
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)
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Salmonella infant formula illnesses increase; strain related to past outbreak
The case count in a Salmonella outbreak linked to rice milk formula has increased again, with 26 possible infections in France.
The French National Public Health Agency (Santé publique France) reported 12 confirmed cases of
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Third firm recalls baby formula from Spanish factory as outbreak continues
Laboratorios Ordesa S.A. has recalled rice milk formula made at a Spanish factory suspected to be the source of a Salmonella outbreak. Combined with the first two companies’ recalls, implicated baby formulas could have been
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More babies infected with Salmonella in outbreak linked to rice milk formula
French authorities are investigating more than a dozen cases of Salmonella infection in babies less than 19 months old. The illnesses are linked to a rice milk formula made in Spain.
Of the 14 babies
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Belgian child sick; link to Salmonella in infant formula
Belgium has reported a case of Salmonella in an infant linked to an outbreak in France.
The Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain (FASFC) said it was informed of two sick babies
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Lactalis recalls more than 16,000 boxes of baby formula for Salmonella
Lactalis has recalled a brand of infant formula made at the same Spanish factory linked to a Salmonella outbreak in France. The withdrawal and recall measure concerns 16,300 boxes of Picot AR milk sold exclusively
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Another Salmonella outbreak traced to baby formula; recall initiated
French authorities have revealed that at least four babies have been sickened by Salmonella linked to powdered milk made in Spain.
The four confirmed patients, aged between 2 months and 10 months, fell ill between
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Salmonella Poona outbreak ends without a ‘smoking’ cucumber
The fields where the cucumbers were grown were likely in Baja, Mexico, but how they became contaminated with Salmonella Poona remains unknown. And there is no report of any U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
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U.S. Rep tells FDA to pick up the pace of outbreak investigation
A congresswoman from Connecticut told the FDA “American families should not be dying from the food they eat” and asked the agency to step up its investigation of an ongoing seven-month Salmonella outbreak that has
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Mexican Cucumbers Fuel Salmonella Poona Outbreak
The Salmonella Poona outbreak first disclosed to the public last Sept. 4, and since found to be caused by imported Mexican cucumbers has now rolled into the new year with up to two additional
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The Year’s Top Ten Food Safety Stories
Here are the Top Ten food safety stories for 2015 as compiled by Food Safety News. 
No. 1—The massacre on Dec. 2, 2015 of 14 people in San Bernardino County, CA mostly involved
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