Public health officials continue to warn about food poisoning dangers in association with raw tuna served as sushi in the wake of a multi-state outbreak of Salmonella Newport infections.
“This outbreak appears to be over,
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FDA warning letters: Foreign, U.S. seafood companies on list
Seafood companies in Alabama and Indonesia are on warning from the Food and Drug Administration for serious violations of U.S. law, specifically the seafood Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) regulation.
Such violations generally
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Price Chopper, Market 32 stores recall sushi for risk of Listeria
Price Chopper and Market 32 Supermarkets are recalling many varieties of packaged AFC Sushi branded tuna sushi because of potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination.
The sushi was sold in
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New Hepatitis A cases likely in Hawaii despite scallop embargo
Hawaii health officials are asking for continued federal help with their investigation of a Hepatitis A outbreak traced to frozen, imported scallops served by Genki Sushi restaurants on Oahu and Kauai. Questions about possible wider
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Scallops at sushi restaurants blamed in Hepatitis A outbreak
Hawaii health officials have identified imported scallops that were served raw at Genki Sushi restaurants as the probable cause of an ongoing Hepatitis A outbreak. All of the restaurant locations on Oahu and Kauai have
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Investigation Over Into Outbreak Linked to Recalled Frozen Tuna
The investigation into a Salmonella outbreak which sickened at least 65 people from 11 states and hospitalized 11 of them is now over, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. CDC noted,
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Importer Recalls Raw, Frozen Tuna Linked to Salmonella Outbreaks
Osamu Corporation of Gardena, CA, is recalling Frozen Yellow Fin Tuna Chunk Meat (Lot #68568) sold to AFC Corporation of Rancho Dominquez, CA, and sourced from one processing plant in Indonesia. The company took this
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New York City to Require Freezing Fish Before Serving It Raw
Beginning in August, New York City will require that fish served raw in restaurants be frozen before serving, according to The New York Times. For purist diners of sushi and sashimi who may take
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Salmonella Cases Linked to Raw Tuna Sushi Now Total 53 People in 9 States
According to updates posted Thursday by both the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), there are now 53 people in 9 states infected with the
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CDC: Salmonella Outbreak Has Sickened 50 People in 9 States
At least 50 people in the southwestern U.S. have been sickened with a rare strain of Salmonella that has been associated with consumption of raw tuna sushi in several states, according to the U.S. Centers
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