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More than 350 patients confirmed in outbreaks linked to fresh cucumbers
By Coral Beach
Federal officials say 381 people are now confirmed as patients in two Salmonella outbreaks linked to fresh cucumbers. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that 75 percent of…
Marler Blog
Salmonella Cucumbers may have sickened nearly 400
By Bill Marler
The FDA and CDC, in collaboration with state and local partners, are investigating a multistate outbreak of Salmonella Africana infections potentially linked to cucumbers. Based on epidemiological information collected by CDC for the Salmonella Africana…
Food Poison Journal
Marler Clark – The hunt is on – How did Cantaloupe with Salmonella sicken 407 people?
By Bill Marler
CDC, public health and regulatory officials in several states, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) investigated a multistate outbreak of Salmonella (Sundsvall and Oranienburg) infections. Epidemiologic, laboratory, and traceback data…
Food Safety News
Norway records show a drop in outbreaks for 2023
The number of outbreaks and people sick in them declined in Norway in 2023, but this past year saw the country record one of its most serious-ever E. coli outbreaks.…
Food Safety News
New Salmonella outbreak has sickened 100; investigation ongoing in E. coli outbreak
By Coral Beach
Federal public health staff are investigating a new outbreak of Salmonella illnesses. As yet the Food and Drug Administration has not identified a source of the pathogen. The FDA reports…
Food Safety News
Source of rare Salmonella cases in China remains unknown
Scientists have been unable to find the source of a rare type of Salmonella that affected some people in China. Two children with diarrhea visited a healthcare facility within 24…
Food Safety News
Scientists detail 2022 Swiss Listeria outbreak investigation
Researchers have shared details about how a Listeria outbreak in Switzerland in 2022 traced to fish was solved. In the summer of 2022, the Federal Office of Public Health (OFSP)…
Food Safety News
Publisher’s Platform: Basil Salmonella Outbreak is likely 38.6 times larger than reported
By Bill Marler
Only a small proportion of all Salmonella infections are diagnosed and reported to health departments. It is estimated that for every reported case, there are approximately 38.6 undiagnosed infections. The CDC estimates…
Food Safety News
Fatal Listeria outbreak linked to smoked salmon
Twenty people have fallen sick, and five have died in a Listeria outbreak linked to fish that has been ongoing since 2019. Most cases have been recorded in Denmark, but…
Food Poison Journal
Alabama Cyclospora Outbreak
By Bill Marler
In the May of 2023, a significant increase in Cyclospora cases associated with a Mexican-style restaurant in Limestone County, Alabama was investigated by the Alabama Department of Public Health. An outbreak investigation…