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Hepatitis Blog
Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Washington Hepatitis A Outbreak
By Bill Marler
As of June 12, 2013, we are investigating acute hepatitis A illnesses in 97 people in eight states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Washington. 66 of…
Food Safety News
Welcome to the Food Safety Summit — Visit Booth #221
By News Desk
Get your personal signed copy of Poisoned, the true account of the 1993 Jack in the Box E. coli outbreak by award-winning investigative journalist Jeff Benedict at Food Safety Summit.…
Hepatitis Blog
New Zealand, Sweden and Denmark Hepatitis A Problems
By Bill Marler
According to New Zealand press, A Linwood preschooler has been diagnosed with Hepatitis A in the latest of a cluster of cases in Christchurch in the past two weeks. The…
Marler Blog
Jouni Meats and Gab Halal Foods Salmonella Outbreak Over
By Bill Marler
The CDC reports a total of 22 persons infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Typhimurium from 6 states. The number of ill persons identified in each state was as follows: Arizona…
Food Safety News
Oklahoma Mexican Restaurant Was Source of Salmonella Outbreak
By News Desk
A Mexican restaurant in Grady County, Oklahoma has been pinpointed as the source of a Salmonella outbreak that sickened six people over the last two months. The Oklahoma State Department…
Food Poison Journal
Salmonella Enteriditis Link to Oklahoma Restaurant
By Bill Marler
James Bright of the Express-Star reported that the Oklahoma State Health Department concluded that the Temazcal restaurant in Chickasha was linked with an outbreak of six Salmonella Enteriditis cases in Grady…
Marler Blog
Outbreaks, Illnesses and Recalls – The CDC Reports 2009-2010
By Bill Marler
The CDC reported yesterday in its aptly named, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, on the Surveillance for Foodborne Disease Outbreaks — United States, 2009–2010. Here is the overview: Outbreaks During…
Food Safety News
CDC: New Strain of Norovirus Swept U.S. Over Past Few Months
By News Desk
A new strain of norovirus, which is thought to have originated in Australia, was the leading cause of norovirus outbreaks in the United States from September to December 2012, according…
Food Poison Journal
E. coli Lessons Learned the Hard Way, this Time Odwalla
By Bill Marler
Yesterday on Food Safety News I told the story: Publisher’s Platform: Lessons Learned the Hard Way, about the 1993 Jack in the Box E. coli O157:H7 outbreak. Today, it is…
Food Safety News
Campylobacter Screening Method Holds Promise for Detecting Outbreak Source
In a new study, a team of California-based scientists shows that by targeting and analyzing a specific gene in Campylobacter, labs can screen dozens of isolates of the bacteria to…