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More E. coli victims identified in California raw milk outbreak
California officials say the case count in the E. coli outbreak linked to unpasteurized raw milk from an organic dairy in Fresno is increasing, but they aren’t saying much else. As of Monday, 10 people...
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Blue Bell reports on root causes of five-year Listeria outbreak
The iconic Blue Bell ice cream is again being supplied to a large area of the southeast, including most everything south of a line stretching from New Mexico to the Carolinas. Not all of the 66 flavors...
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Possible Salmonella outbreak traced to Texas restaurant
Public health officials in Ector County Texas are investigating a possible Salmonella outbreak that has caused a restaurant owner in Odessa to voluntarily close his business. As of Tuesday, two...
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Maryland confirms papayas contaminated with Salmonella
The Maryland Department of Health is warning consumers to not eat Caribeña’s brand yellow Maradol papayas because they could be contaminated with salmonella bacteria. The yellow papayas have been...
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Officials confirm investigation at On the Border restaurant
Patrons of an On the Border restaurant in Georgia developed Salmonella infections after eating there during Mother’s Day weekend, but county officials did not alert the public about the situation and...
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CDC expands on Texas warning about Brucella in raw milk
A month after Texas public health officials urged raw milk drinkers and their doctors to be on the lookout for symptoms of Brucella infection, the federal government weighed in with its own advice....
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Texas raw milk Brucella contamination hits 7 states
Although it is against federal law to sell unpasteurized milk across state lines, the CDC and state health departments are investigating illnesses in at least seven states in relation to Brucella...
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Infected restaurant worker spurs hepatitis A alert in Alabama
A pizza restaurant in Alabama is working with the state Department of Public Health, after discovering that one of the restaurant’s food handlers is infected with hepatitis A. The health department...
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State OKs raw milk dairy to resume sales; Brucella risk remains
Texas health officials agreed yesterday to allow a raw milk dairy to resume sales, but warned that the threat of antibiotic-resistant brucellosis infection remains for anyone who drank the dairy’s...
View ArticleCDC alerts state and local health departments about Lucky Charms complaints
Officials at the CDC have confirmed that last week the agency sent out an email alert to foodborne disease partners at the state and local levels looking for any illnesses associated with complaints...
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Tracking Down the Source of Outbreaks: It’s Complicated
At an FDA lab in Denver, Microbiologist Melissa Nucci preps for testing peanut butter samples for Salmonella. Photo courtesy of FDA’s flickr. With a globalized food supply brought to us by...
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Diagnosing Foodborne Illness Outbreaks
Foodborne illness outbreaks result when two or more persons develop similar symptoms of illness (gastroenteritis) after eating a common food, or become ill after consuming food from a common source....
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Nothing ruled out yet as cause of Chipotle E. coli outbreaks
As executives with Chipotle Mexican Grill prepare a new advertising campaign — sans food safety references — federal officials say nothing has been ruled out as the root cause of E. coli outbreaks...
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UPDATED: Canada investigating Listeria outbreak; possible link to Dole salads
UPDATE: Canadian officials believe there is a link with a U.S. outbreak that has been traced to Dole Food Co. bagged salads and leafy greens, but they are waiting for final lab results, according to...
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Organic chia, flax powders on recall for Salmonella risk
Advantage Health Matters is recalling Organic Traditions branded sprouted flax seed powder and sprouted chia powder products because of possible Salmonella contamination. This is the front label of one...
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Patient count increases in E. coli outbreak linked to organic raw milk;...
State officials added two more people to the list of patients in an E. coli outbreak in California linked to raw milk from Organic Pastures Dairy Co., but the dairy operator says the state’s data is...
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