Do some natural cheeses have heightened antimicrobial powers to fight off Listeria, Salmonella and other foodborne pathogens if they are stored at room temperature? That’s the topic of a research project by a University of Wisconsin, Stout graduate student Emily Lehmann and Assistant Professor Taejo Kim. Lehmann and Kim say they have seen promising results from […]
A Salmonella outbreak at the University of Maryland has sickened three people, two of whom ate at a variety of campus dining spots before they became ill. Health officials are still trying to determine the source of the outbreak. Salmonella bacteria live in the intestines of animals and cause illness when they are excreted in […]
An E. coli outbreak has sickened 19 people in Philadelphia who ate at a restaurant or restaurants that have not yet been named. The illnesses were reported between August 30, 2019, and September 6. 2019 from people ranging in age from 7 to 90 years old. State and local health officials are aware that exposures […]
Contact with animals is the suspected source of an E. coli outbreak at the Minnesota State Fair that sickened 11 people. Six people were hospitalized, one of them with hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS). a potentially fatal form of kidney failure associated with E. coli infections. The case-patients, who range in age from 2 to 43 […]
General Mills has issued a recall for Gold Medal Unbleached flour for potential E. coli O26. Three years ago, the same flour and the same E. coli strain were linked to an E. coli outbreak that sickened 63 people in 24 states. General Mills Inc. issued the recall after E. coli O26 was discovered during a sampling […]
Urban Remedy is recalling salads and wraps that contain spinach that may be contaminated with E. coli and should not be eaten. The Urban Remedy recall includes 76 products created by the California-based company. At the time of teh recall, no illnesses had been reported. However, consumers who have purchased the recalled products should not […]
A Salmonella outbreak linked to Cavi brand fresh, whole papayas imported from Mexico has ended with 81 people sick and 27 hospitalized, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) final report. The Cavi brand papayas linked to the outbreak are no longer on the market. Although the outbreak began in January 2019, most […]
The E. coli outbreak associated with Philadelphia restaurants has expanded to include 16 people with Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) infections. Announced last week by city health officials, the outbreak includes cases associated with multiple restaurants reported since August 30, 2019. Public health officials have been interviewing case patients, who range in age from 7 […]
An Outpost Natural Foods Salmonella Outbreak has sickened four people in Milwaukee, according to the state health department. After discovering insanitary conditions during a routine inspection of the natural foods cooperative, located at 2826 S. Kinnickinnic Ave., health officials suspended meat and food processing operations there. Ready-to-eat products at the co-op tested positive for the same […]
Almost 1,700 people have been sickened by food contaminated with Cyclospora this summer, many of them ate at restaurants. A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) states that 1,696 laboratory-confirmed cases of cyclosporiasis have been reported from 33 states and the District of Columbia this summer. Ninety-two people have been […]
The pig ear Salmonella outbreak has grown to include 143 people in 35 states who gave the dog treats to their pets. That’s an increase of 16 illnesses since the last update from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on July 31, 2019. Thirty-three people have now been hospitalized. The number of cases […]
A Listeria outbreak has sickened 24 people in 13 states, 22 people have been hospitalized two of whom have died. Results from genetic tests performed on the outbreak strain show that it closely resembles the strain linked to an ongoing Listeria outbreak in Canada linked to Rosemount brand diced, cooked chicken. Rosemount has issued a […]