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Food Safety News
Publisher’s Platform: Administration puts clamps on foodborne illness outbreak announcements
By Bill Marler
-- OPINION -- Multiple federal health agencies have stopped releasing some key health information — including updates on some outbreak investigations — amid a department-wide communications “pause” ordered by the…
Marler Blog
FDA takes on Hepatitis A and Norovirus in imported Berries
By Bill Marler
Outbreaks of enteric virus infections, including hepatitis A virus (HAV) and norovirus (NoV) have been linked to fresh and frozen berries in the United States and globally. While no enteric virus outbreaks associated with…
Food Safety News
Foodborne illness outbreaks overlap from 2024 into 2025
By Coral Beach
As 2025 begins, the Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention continue to investigate outbreaks of foodborne illnesses that started in 2024. Overall, the Centers for…
Marler Blog
Salmonella in Seattle – Salmonella Outbreak linked to Christmas Dinner
By Bill Marler
Summary Public Health is investigating an outbreak of salmonellosis (caused by Salmonella bacteria) associated with Mary Pilgrim Inn, an emergency temporary housing shelter in Seattle. Many of the people became sick after…
Food Safety News
FDA investigating company linked to Listeria outbreak but is not releasing firm’s name
By Coral Beach
The FDA has begun inspections of a company linked to a listeria outbreak, but has not released the name of the company. The Food and Drug Administration has also begun…
Food Safety News
Publisher’s Platform: 2024 was a bad year for Food Safety – here is wishing us all a happier Food Safety New Year in 2025
By Bill Marler
1. Yu Shang Food, Inc. Ready to Eat Meat Listeria Outbreak: As of December 5, 2024, 19 people from eight states have been infected with the outbreak strains of Listeria. Sick people's…
Marler Blog
18 Food Outbreaks that have kept me busy in 2024
By Bill Marler
1. Yu Shang Food, Inc. Ready to Eat Meat Listeria Outbreak: As of December 5, 2024, 19 people from eight states have been infected with the outbreak strains of Listeria. Sick people's…
Food Safety News
Reference strain link in Chilean Salmonella outbreak
By News Desk
A Salmonella outbreak that sickened more than 130 people in Chile may have been caused after food was contaminated with a strain used to monitor testing performance. The Salmonella Abony…
Marler Blog
E. coli O157:H7 Outbreak that has sickened at least 75 appears to have hit the Midwest
By Bill Marler
FDA, CDC and state health authorities remain mum on who made the iceberg and romaine lettuce blend. At this point, keeping things quiet is more than a bit perplexing. As…
Marler Blog
Carrots with E. coli were not on my Outbreak Bingo Card
By Bill Marler
I have not seen a bacterial or viral outbreak clearly linked to carrots before. Grimmway Carrots E. coli Outbreak As of November 17, 2024, 39 people infected with the outbreak strain of E.…