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Food Safety News
CDC posts numbers on US outbreaks; chicken sickens the most
By News Desk
The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is out with new data on outbreaks of foodborne illness, reporting statistics from 2009-2015 when outbreaks sickened more than 100,000 people. Out…
Food Poison Journal
CDC: Surveillance for Foodborne Disease Outbreaks — United States, 2009–2015 — Chicken, Pork and Vegetables Most Common Cause
By Bill Marler
Fast Facts of CDC: Surveillance for Foodborne Disease Outbreaks — United States, 2009–2015 Surveillance Summaries / July 27, 2018 / 67(10);1–11: 2009–2015: 5,760 outbreaks that resulted in 100,939 illnesses, 5,699 hospitalizations,…
Food Safety News
E. coli outbreak sickens 8 in Norway; officials search for source
Norwegian authorities are investigating possible sources of an outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 which has affected eight people. Folkehelseinstituttet (Norwegian Institute of Public Health) reported the illnesses began last month,…
Food Poison Journal
Cyclospora cases in Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wisconsin linked to McDonald’s – Marler Clark hired.
By Bill Marler
FDA, CDC, state, and local partners are currently investigating several Cyclospora illnesses associated with McDonald’s locations in Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. CDC has reported 61 laboratory-confirmed cases…
Food Safety News
New listeriosis cases down; newborns remain hardest hit
By News Desk
[caption id="attachment_152114" align="alignright" width="406"]Photo illustration[/caption] New information out of South Africa shows 1,053 people have been confirmed with Listeria infections in the past 18 months. One in five has died…
Food Safety News
No sign of letup in hepatitis A hotspots
By Dan Flynn
Anyone who was looking for the nationwide rise in Hepatitis A cases to subside by Memorial Day was sorely disappointed. One of the hottest spots in the country for Hepatitis…
Food Safety News
Wyoming public health officials investigate Hep A outbreak
By News Desk
The Wyoming Department of Health (WDH) and the Casper-Natrona County Health Department continue to investigate a growing Natrona County Hepatitis A outbreak that began in October 2017. Since then, 14…
Food Safety News
Grand jury scolds county for response to Hepatitis A outbreak
By Dan Flynn
San Diego's recent Hepatitis A epidemic was mishandled by public health officials, according to a newly minted country grand jury report. It charges San Diego County's Public Health Officer was…
Food Safety News
Salmonella outbreak over, but CDC says coconut threat lingers
By Coral Beach
Federal officials say an outbreak of Salmonella traced to dried coconut appears to be over, but they are renewing their public warning about a lingering threat. Fourteen people across eight…
Food Safety News
Largest Listeria outbreak ever coming under control; 204 dead
By News Desk
The world's largest listeriosis epidemic is now under control because meat products from Enterprise and Rainbow Chicken have been recalled, Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi told the South African Parliament earlier…