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Food Safety News
Doughnut shop norovirus outbreak victim count nears 250
By Coral Beach
With the number of victims nearing 250, public health officials in the Toledo area say they expect more illnesses to be reported in a norovirus outbreak linked to a suburban…
Food Safety News
Almost 30 people sick after eating at Nebraska coffee shop
By Coral Beach
Twenty people who recently ate at the Red Door Coffee restaurant in Nebraska became sick and have been with confirmed Salmonella infections. Another eight people who also ate at the…
Food Safety News
Deadly Utah-Arizona E. coli outbreak blamed on farm animals
By Dan Flynn
Infected farm animals followed by person-to-person contamination were the likely cause of an E coli O157:H7 outbreak that killed two children and sickened ten other people in a remote community on…
Food Safety News
More distributors, brands likely involved in papaya outbreak
By Coral Beach
Editor's note: Because of the popularity of papayas in Mexican and Hispanic cuisine, public health officials say people in those groups are at particular risk during the current outbreak. To…
Food Poison Journal
Grande Produce Linked to Caribeña brand Maradol Papaya Salmonella Outbreak
By Bill Marler
The FDA, CDC, MDH and other state and local officials are investigating Salmonella Kiambu and Salmonella Thompson illnesses linked to Caribeña brand Maradol papayas from Mexico distributed by Grande Produce in…
Food Poison Journal
Utah and Arizona E. coli Outbreak Expands
By Bill Marler
Investigation of the E. coli outbreak continues with the combined efforts of the Southwest Utah Public Health Department, Mohave County Department of Health, Utah Department of Health, and the Arizona Department…
Food Safety News
Souplantation restaurant implicated in shigellosis outbreak
By Coral Beach
Public health officials in California are praising the “swift and decisive action” of the Souplantation chain, which temporarily closed a restaurant in Camarillo in the midst of a shigellosis outbreak…
E. coli Blog
30 with E. coli prompt larger flour recall in Canada
By Bill Marler
There are now 30 cases of E. coli O121 under investigation. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has added more brands to its recall list of flour and flour based products,…
Legionnaire's Disease News
News Roundup
LAWSUITS FILED IN SARASOTA SPRINGS A pair of negligence lawsuits were filed this month in connection with an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease last fall in Sarasota Springs, NY, according to…
Food Poison Journal
Oregon has at least nine with E. coli O157:H7
The Multnomah County Health Department today said seven people have now been sickened by Escherichia coli bacteria (E. coli) at Montessori of Alameda school in Portland. Six are children and one is an adult.…