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Parnells Will Spend the Night in Federal Lockup, Face Many More
By Dan Flynn
Stewart and Michael Parnell will be guests of the U.S. Bureau of Prisons tonight (Monday, Sept. 21, 2015). Mary Wilkerson apparently was given the option of reporting. The long Peanut Corporation of…
Food Poison Journal
Another Death Reported in Salmonella Cucumber Outbreak
An Arizona woman has died after eating salmonella-tainted cucumbers grown in Mexico, marking the third fatality from the widespread outbreak, health officials said on Friday. The other two deaths are…
Salmonella Blog
64 with Salmonella at Minnesota Chipotles
By Bill Marler
The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) and the Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) have identified tomatoes as the source of the Salmonella Newport outbreak that has sickened dozens of people…
Food Poison Journal
Minneapolis Chipotle Salmonella Outbreak Sickens 45 in Minnesota
By Bill Marler
Minnesota State health and agriculture officials are investigating an outbreak of salmonellosis associated with eating at Chipotle restaurants in Minnesota. Forty-five (45) cases of Salmonella Newport infection have been reported…
Food Poison Journal
Marler Clark Files 2nd and 3rd Salmonella Cucumber Lawsuits in Arizona
By Bill Marler
Marler Clark filed another complaint today - this one on behalf a a child hospitalized and a man sickened by the outbreak strain of Salmonella Poona. As of September 8, 2015,…
Food Safety News
38 Sickened in UK E. Coli Outbreak Linked to Prepackaged Salad
By News Desk
Health officials in England are tracking an outbreak of E. coli O157 linked to prepackaged salad that has sickened 38 people. The Verocytotoxigenic E. coli (VTEC) cases were first identified in…
Food Poison Journal
Marler Clark Retained in Los Chilangos E. coli Outbreak
By Bill Marler
Seattle/King County Public Health is currently investigating an outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 linked to Los Chilangos food truck and caterer. After illnesses were reported and linked in August, Public Health…
Food Poison Journal
Rhode Island Woman Files Salmonella Lawsuit Against Wonton Food, Inc.
By Patti Waller
Plaintiff is one of 115 people who suffered severe Salmonella poisoning after consuming the company’s contaminated bean sprouts Newport County resident, Amanda Harris, filed a lawsuit on September 1, 2015…
Food Safety News
CDC: 495 in 30 States Now Have Cyclospora Infection, Possibly From Cilantro
Update: CDC posted another update on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2015, detailing this outbreak investigation. As of Aug. 21, the agency stated that 495 people from 30 states with confirmed Cyclospora infections…
Food Poison Journal
Washington Pork Salmonella Outbreak Hits 134
Kapowsin Meats Likely Link. The Salmonella outbreak linked to pork products has grown to 134 cases in 10 counties around the state. Consumers are advised to cook pork thoroughly. The…