The Iowa Department of Public Health is collaborating with the Centers for Disease Control and public health officials in many states to investigate an ongoing multistate Salmonella outbreak. One case in Iowa is being investigated as part of this cluster. The investigation has identified peanut butter as a potential source of infection, with Minnesota identifing [...]
North Carolina has joined the growing list of states affected by an ongoing outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium that began in early September. The N.C. divisions of Public Health and Environmental Health announced today that one North Carolinian, a resident of Robeson County, has now tested positive for the same Salmonella strain. The Centers for Disease [...]
Ten cases of Salmonella Typhimurium associated with a national outbreak are being investigated in North Dakota, according to Julie Wagendorf, epidemiologist with the North Dakota Department of Health. As of Jan. 13, 2009, 10 North Dakota cases with illness dates ranging from Nov. 21, 2008, to Dec. 16, 2008 have been associated with the outbreak. [...]
Kellogg Company today announced it has taken the precautionary measure of putting a hold on Austin and Keebler branded Toasted Peanut Butter Sandwich Crackers, Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich Crackers, Cheese and Peanut Butter Sandwich Crackers, and Peanut Butter-Chocolate Sandwich Crackers. FDA and other regulatory agencies have indicated that Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) is [...]
It was just few days ago that we wrote about the King Nut peanut butter recall due to salmonella. Now Peanut Corporation of America has issued a peanut butter recall that was produced on or after July 1 of 2008. This has a huge effect as Kellogg has halted Peanut Butter Crackers’ sale from its [...]
Government health investigators had initially focused on some types of fresh tomatoes, which have been removed from menus across the country, but are turning toward jalapenos as salmonella sicknesses continue. “Recently, many clusters of illnesses have been identified in Texas and other states among persons who ate at restaurants,” according to a recent Centers for [...]
Nebraska Beef, Ltd., an Omaha, Neb., establishment is expanding its June 30 recall to include all beef manufacturing trimmings and other products intended for use in raw ground beef produced between May 16 and June 26, totaling approximately 5.3 million pounds, that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food [...]
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) and the Harvey County Health Department are continuing to investigate a Salmonella Enteritidis outbreak in south-central Kansas. There are now 19 cases of the illness that have been linked to the outbreak, in three south-central Kansas counties, including 11 cases in Harvey County. During the course of [...]
Most people do not think about food borne illness until they become ill from unknowingly consuming contaminated food. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), each year more than 76 million people suffer from foodborne illnesses that occur when they eat food that contains bacteria or a toxin produced by bacteria growing [...]
The New Mexico Department of Health urges New Mexicans to continue to follow national advice on eating only tomatoes that come from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s safe list. Tomatoes continue to be the most common food under investigation that sick patients have eaten. The federal investigation is also looking into whether other ingredients [...]
