Pet food with Salmonella is a problem, but Human food with Salmonella not?

Pet food with Salmonella is a problem, but Human food with Salmonella not?

February 16, 2020

The FDA is cautioning pet owners not to feed their pet’s certain Aunt Jeni’s Home Made frozen raw pet food “as it poses a serious threat to consumer and animal health” because of Salmonella Infantis contamination. The Salmonella was discovered in January when the FDA collected one retail sample of Aunt Jeni’s Home Made Turkey Dinner Dog Food. The Salmonella was also found to be resistant to multiple antibiotic drugs. Salmonella in pet food is a threat to human and animal health because…

Outbreak of Listeriosis in South Africa Associated with Processed Meat – Scientifically linked to Tiger Brands Polony

February 12, 2020

In today’s New England Journal of Medicine – https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1907462?query=TOC Thanks to the good work of: Juno Thomas, M.D., Nevashan Govender, M.Sc., M.P.H., Kerrigan M. McCarthy, M.D., Linda K. Erasmus, M.D., Timothy J. Doyle, Ph.D., Mushal Allam, Ph.D., Arshad Ismail, Ph.D., Ntsieni Ramalwa, M.P.H., Phuti Sekwadi, M.P.H., Genevie Ntshoe, M.P.H., Andronica Shonhiwa, M.P.H., Vivien Essel, M.D., Nomsa Tau, M.S., Shannon Smouse, M.S., Hlengiwe M. Ngomane, M.T., Bolele Disenyeng, M.T., Nicola A. Page, Ph.D., Nelesh P. Govender,…

Preliminary Test results for Fresh Herbs and Avocados released by FDA

February 12, 2020

Fresh Herbs Results as of 10/1/2019 The FDA plans to collect 1,600 fresh herbs samples (761 domestic, and 839 of international origin) under this assignment. As of September 30, 2019, the agency had collected and tested 746 domestic samples (98 percent) and 468 import samples (56 percent) of the totals. The following figures summarize the interim sampling results. As the testing is still underway, no conclusions can be drawn at this time. Processed Avocado and…

Food Poison Journal

Norovirus Outbreak tied to L’Auberge Casino Resort Lake Charles

February 11, 2020

The department was first alerted to the outbreak on February 5 after a number of people reported becoming ill while visiting the L’Auberge Casino Resort Lake Charles. See: https://about-norovirus.com The Louisiana Office of Public Health is investigating an outbreak of norovirus in the Lake Charles area that appears to be spreading in the Calcasieu and Vernon Parishes. The CDC and state health officials say norovirus is a highly contagious type of gastrointestinal illness, or stomach…

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Listeria Recall: Blendtopia brand Superfood Smoothie

February 10, 2020

Blendtopia Products, LLC is voluntarily recalling 29,078 cases of 7 ounce frozen Blendtopia brand Superfood Smoothie Kits because of potential contamination with Listeria monocytogenes. Listeria monocytogenes is an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Although healthy individuals may suffer only short-term symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea, Listeria monocytogenes infection can cause miscarriages and stillbirths among…

Jail time has ended for 2 of 5 PCA executives charged with mail and wire fraud, the introduction of adulterated and misbranded food into interstate commerce with the intent to defraud or mislead, and conspiracy

February 9, 2020

In 2013, five years after the nationwide Salmonella outbreak in 2009 that killed 9 people and sickened more than 700, the U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday announced a 76-count indictment has been filed charging four former officials of the Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) and a related company for selling Salmonella-contaminated peanut butter products. Former PCA owner and president Stewart Parnell, of Lynchburg, VA, and three other former company leaders, have been charged with…

Mississippi Gumbo Pot tied to Hepatitis A ill employee

February 8, 2020

The Mississippi State Department of Health is investigating a case of hepatitis A in a Warren County restaurant. An employee of the Gumbo Pot on Halls Ferry Road in Vicksburg was diagnosed with the infection. The employee worked at the restaurant on January 17, 18 and 22. Customers who ate at the restaurant on those days may have been exposed to hepatitis A. Vaccination can prevent hepatitis A only if given within 14 days of…

Mississippi Huddle House tied to Hepatitis A worker

February 8, 2020

Customers who dined at a Laurel restaurant in late January may have been exposed to hepatitis A, according to the Mississippi State Department of Health. State health officials said an employee who worked at the Huddle House restaurant on Chantilly Street has been diagnosed with the infection. MSDH officials said anyone who ate at the restaurant from Jan. 26 to Jan. 29 may have been exposed to the highly contagious liver disease and are encouraged…

Old Mill Tavern Hepatitis A positive worker

February 8, 2020

The Florida Department of Health in Citrus County (DOH-Citrus) has identified a positive case of hepatitis A in a food service worker in Homosassa. DOH-Citrus conducted an epidemiological investigation and today determined an individual who worked at Old Mill Tavern, located at 10465 W. Yulee Dr. in Homosassa, from January 19 through February 3 may have been infectious. The hepatitis A vaccine may provide protection against the disease if given within two weeks after exposure.…

Long Beach 555 East American Steakhouse link in Hepatitis A Outbreak