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100 with Norovirus from Philly Restaurant – Who Cares – They were only Lawyers!
By Bill Marler
Sam Wood reports today on one of the largest outbreaks of suspected foodborne illness in Philadelphia - nearly 100 lawyers and law students were sickened last month after attending a…
Food Poison Journal
Blue Bell Listeria Outbreak Steady at Five
By Patti Waller
State and local health officials, CDC, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are collaborating to investigate an outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes infections (listeriosis) likely linked to certain Blue…
Food Poison Journal
South Carolina DHEC Tests Uncover Listeria Outbreak in Blue Bell Ice Cream
By Bruce Clark
According to the CDC and the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, five patients who were treated in a single hospital (Via Christi Saint Francis) in Kansas were infected with…
Food Poison Journal
Blue Bell Creameries Listeria Outbreak Sickens 5 in Kansas Killing 3
By Bruce Clark
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) has been working with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Texas…
Food Poison Journal
Dalhart Ten in Texas Restaurant Salmonella Outbreak Expands Again
By Bill Marler
At least 78 people have now been sickened in a Salmonella outbreak affecting residents of northwestern Texas, according to various news reports. A large portion of the patients are connected to the Ten…
Food Poison Journal
Dalhart’s Ten in Texas Link in Salmonella Outbreak
By Bruce Clark
Last week’s Salmonella outbreak in Dalhart Texas now stands at 42. According to press reports, in Dalhart, the Coon Memorial Hospital has seen all 42 confirmed cases of Salmonella, 30…
Food Poison Journal
Shigella Outbreak Linked to California Restaurant in 2014
In August 2014 staff at the Health Care Agency of Orange County (HCAOC) investigated an outbreak of Shigella among customers of True Food Kitchen, a restaurant located in Newport Beach,…
Food Safety News
Senator Wants More Information on Apple-Linked Listeria Outbreak
By News Desk
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) is pressing the Food and Drug Administration for more information regarding the Listeria outbreak connected to prepackaged caramel apples that sickened 32 people in 11 states…
Food Safety News
Texas Salmonella Cases Baffle Health Officials
By News Desk
Health officials in Dalhart, TX, are trying to figure out what's causing a surge in Salmonella infections, which, as of Thursday, reportedly totaled a dozen cases. Officials at Coon Memorial…
Food Poison Journal
The 2010 El Gran Burrito Salmonella Newport Outbreak
By Patti Waller
On Sunday, July 10, 2011 the Mount Sinai Hospital Emergency Department notified the City of Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) of a possible foodborne illness outbreak. Over the weekend…