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Food Safety News
FDA Launches New Outbreak Response Team
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has assembled a new network of epidemiologists and other public health experts in hopes of responding more quickly and effectively to outbreaks of foodborne…
Food Poison Journal
9 Cases of Listeria with 3 Deaths Identified in New Mexico and Potentially Linked to Cantaloupes
Yesterday, the New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) announced in a press release that it had identified 9 cases of Listeria infection throughout the state. According to health officials, 3…
Food Poison Journal
Another of the faces of Cowan’s Gap: Madisyn Myers E. coli infection
By Bill Marler
The Cowans Gap E. coli O157:H7 outbreak this summer, thought to be associated with swimming at the lake, caused a lot of suffering. At least 15 ill, and according to press…
Food Poison Journal
Peanut Corporation of America Salmonella Outbreak (9 dead, 700 ill) Revisited
By Bill Marler
The New England Journal of Medicine today published an article profiling the investigation into the 2009 Peanut Corp. of America Salmonella Typhimurium outbreak. The outbreak killed 9 and sickened more…
Food Poison Journal
KTCS Connects Tonight – “How safe is your food?”
By Bill Marler
With E. coli and Salmonella outbreaks in several states today, KTCS looks at food safety over the last decades tonight in “How safe is your food?” If you can not…
E. coli Blog
E. coli Outbreak Linked to Cowans Gap State Park?
Jim Tuttle of the Public Opinion of Chambersburg Pennsylvania reports that 3-year-old Mercersburg girl has reportedly been hospitalized since Wednesday, suffering from the effects of an apparent E. coli infection…
Food Poison Journal
Ground Turkey adds to Three Decades of Salmonella Heidelberg Outbreaks
By Bill Marler
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) late Friday night issued a public health alert due to concerns about illnesses caused by Salmonella Heidelberg that…
Food Poison Journal
Illinois hit hard in Salmonella papaya outbreak
By Bill Marler
Call it good public health work, or just bad luck, but whatever the case Illinois is all too often at the unfortunate epicenter of big salmonella outbreaks. The CDC announced…
Food Poison Journal
Salmonella Attorney and Lawyer Calls on Papaya Distributor to Pay Victims Medical Bills and Wages
By Bill Marler
Public health officials have identified papayas from Agromod Produce, Inc., a distributor in McAllen,Texas as the likely cause of the a recent Salmonella Agona outbreak that has sickened at least…
Food Poison Journal
Wyoming Department of Health Warns of Sharp Increase in Campylobacter Infections
By Bill Marler
The Wyoming Department of Health is reporting a sharp increase statewide in potentially dangerous human Campylobacter bacterial infections this summer. The department has identified 29 cases of Campylobacter infections in…