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USA – Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Live Poultry Expands, 300 in 42 States Sick

Posted on August 11, 2014 by | Leave a comment

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A Salmonella outbreak linked to live poultry has sickened at least 300 people in 42 states and Puerto Rico, according to the latest update from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). That’s 49 new cases and five more states since the last update on June 27. Sixty four people have been hospitalized.

Live Poultry Salmonella OutbreakThe 49 new cases were reported from the following states: Alabama (2), Arizona (1), Colorado (1), Georgia (3), Idaho (2), Iowa (1), Massachusetts (1), Minnesota (1), Missouri (1), Nebraska (3), New Hampshire (1), New Jersey (1), New York (3), North Carolina (1), Ohio (3), Oregon (1), Pennsylvania (4), Puerto Rico (1), South Carolina (1), Tennessee (3), Vermont (1), Virginia (8), Washington (1), and West Virginia (4). The total case count is as follows: Alabama (8), Arizona (2), Arkansas (3), California (3), Colorado (5), Connecticut (1), Florida (1), Georgia (16), Idaho (4), Illinois (5), Iowa (3), Indiana (4), Kansas (1), Kentucky (11), Maine (9), Maryland (3), Massachusetts (1), Michigan (1), Minnesota (1), Mississippi (2), Missouri (1), Montana (3), Nebraska (3), New Hampshire (3), New Jersey (2), New Mexico (2), New York (30), North Carolina (28), Ohio (24), Oregon (1), Pennsylvania (29), Puerto Rico (1), South Carolina (6), South Dakota (3), Tennessee (17), Texas (2), Utah (1), Vermont (7), Virginia (25), Washington (8), West Virginia (18) Wisconsin (1), and Wyoming (1).

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Canada and USA – More Chia Seed Recalls and Issues

Posted on June 13, 2014 by | Leave a comment

Food Poisoning Bulletin Salmonella

The Salmonella outbreak linked to chia powder has expanded to include 21 people in 12 states and a third strain of bacteria, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Two people have been hospitalized. In Canada, 34 cases of salmonellosis have also been linked to chia powder.

Recalls of chia powder products sold under the brand names Navitas, Green Smoothie Girl, Williams Sonoma, Organic Traditions, Back 2 the Garden and Pete’s Gluten Free have been issued in the U.S. and Canada. Check this site for posts with detailed information about recalled products.

If a chia powder product you have purchased is part of the recall, do not use it.

CFIA

The food recall warning issued on June 11, 2014 has been updated to include additional product information. This additional information was identified during the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s (CFIA) food safety investigation.

Riverside Natural Foods Ltd. is recalling Madegood brand Chia and Berries Fruit & Nut Bars from the marketplace due to possible Salmonella contamination. Consumers should not consume the recalled products described below.

Products

Brand Name Common Name Size Codes(s) on Product UPC
Madegood Chia and Berries Fruit & Nut Bar 36 g Lot#: 1213
Lot#: 0114
Lot#: 0314		 6 87456 11103 2
Madegood Chia and Berries Raw Fruit & Nut Bar 12 x 36 g Lot#: 1213
Lot#: 0114
Lot#: 031		 6 87456 11303 6

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USA – 23-State Salmonella Outbreak from Backyard Poultry Flocks

Posted on May 9, 2014 by | Leave a comment

Food Poisoning Bulletin Salmonella Campylobacter

23-state Salmonella outbreak linked to backyard poultry flocks has sickened 60 people, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). About 40 percent of those sickened were children 10 and under. At least 10 people were hospitalised.

Health investigators have linked this outbreak of Salmonella Infantis and Salmonella Newport infections to contact with live poultry from Mt. Healthy Hatcheries in Ohio, the same mail order hatchery linked to live poultry Salmonella outbreaks in 2013 and 2012.

For those sickened in this outbreak, onset of illness ranged from February 4 to April 21. Those sickened range in age from younger than one year to 95 years old, the median age is 29 years.

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USA – Salmonella From Bearded Dragons

Posted on April 25, 2014 by | Leave a comment

Food Poisoning Bulletin BeardedDragonEatting

At least 132 people in 31 states have contracted Salmonella infections from contact with pet bearded dragons since February 2012, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Most of them are children five and under.

The outbreak strain, Salmonella Cotham, is extremely rare. Less than one one hundredth of one percent of Salmonella strains cultured from Americans since 1963 have been been Salmonella Cotham.

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USA – Crusie Ships Again 800 Affected by Norovirus

Posted on February 3, 2014 by | Leave a comment

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CNN reports that hundreds of people aboard two cruise ships in the Caribbean fell ill due to norovirus, the latest instances in which the stomach bug has thwarted vacationers at sea.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Friday that norovirus had hit more than 600 passengers and crew on Royal Caribbean’s Explorer of the Seas, making it one of the biggest such outbreaks on any cruise ship in the last two decades.

In addition, the Caribbean Princess, operated by Princess Cruises, cut short its own seven-day Caribbean itinerary on Friday.  Princess Cruises said that 178 passengers and 11 crew members aboard had been stricken with norovirus, with CDC staffers on board Friday to help sanitize that ship.

CDC Report – Summary of Outbreaks

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USA – Another Cruise Ship Norovirus Outbreak

Posted on January 28, 2014 by | Leave a comment

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Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.’s ship Explorer of the Seas is returning two days early to its New Jersey port after a stomach illness struck more than 600 people out of about 4,200 onboard, NBC News reported late Sunday. The 564 passengers and 47 crew members on the 10-day cruise to the U.S. Virgin Islands reported symptoms suggesting a possible norovirus outbreak, the report said, citing an official with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The incident follows the outbreak of a gastrointestinal illness aboard another ship earlier this month.

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NBC News reports that U.S. health officials are expected to board a Royal Caribbean cruise ship in the Virgin Islands on Sunday to investigate a possible outbreak of highly contagious norovirus that has sickened more than 300 passengers and crew members.

The Explorer of the Seas ship stopped part way through a 10-day cruise from Cape Liberty, N.J., to the Caribbean island of St. Maarten after reports of vomiting and diarrhea, according to the cruise line and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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USA – Foster Farms Sickens 416 to Date

Posted on December 20, 2013 by | Leave a comment

Food Poisoning BulletinSalmonella

Salmonella on Foster Farms chicken has sickened at least 416 people in 23 states, according to the latest update from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The outbreak strains of Salmonella Heidelberg are resistant to several commonly prescribed antibiotics which may be a factor in the 40 percent  hospitalization rate for this outbreak, which is about twice the average.

The company has not issued a recall for the chicken and despite its plans to improve in October conditions at three plants associated with the outbreak, reports of illness continued through the end of November and perhaps beyond, according to the CDC.

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USA – Vibrio Outbreak Raw Oysters

Posted on December 4, 2013 by | Leave a comment

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Vibrio outbreak associated with eating raw oysters and raw clams has sickened at least 104 people in 13 states over the last six months, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Six people have been hospitalized.

Public health investigators have traced the source of some of these illnesses to shellfish harvest areas in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, and Virginia. Massachusetts issued a recall of oysters,  Connecticut issued a recall of oysters and clams. Implicated harvest areas in Virginia were closed in July and remain closed.  In Massachusetts, they were closed in August and remain closed. In New York they were closed in June and reopened in mid-September. In Connecticut, they were closed in August and reopened in mid-September.

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USA – Hepatitis A Outbreak Grows

Posted on June 18, 2013 by | Leave a comment

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The Hepatitis A outbreak continues in eight western states with the case count as of June 14 rising to 106. The illnesses are blamed on an organic blend of frozen berries and pomegranate seeds from multiple countries.  Produced by Oregon-based Townsend Farms and sold at Costco and Harris Teeter stores, the frozen berry blend has caused Hepatitis A cases in Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Washington.

In an update today on its investigation, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta profiled the cases based on available epidemiologic data from 94 of the 106 cases under investigation:

76 of 94 (81 percent) ill people interviewed reported eating “Townsend Farms Organic Anti-Oxidant Blend” frozen berry and pomegranate mix

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USA – Live Chick Salmonella Outbreak Continues

Posted on May 13, 2013 by | Leave a comment

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Two separate outbreaks linked to live baby poultry are sickening people across the country, according to two announcements from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Friday.

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