More Criminal Charges Levied Against Another US Food Manufacturer
Are U.S. food manufacturers more at risk today of criminal charges – misdemeanor or felony – for shipping tainted products knowingly or not? AP reports today that ConAgra Foods is likely to face a...
View ArticleConAgra’s Peter Pan on the “Hook” for $11.2 Million
AP reports again today that ConAgra Foods agreed Wednesday to pay $11.2 million, a sum that includes the highest criminal fine ever in a U.S. food safety case, to settle a federal charge that the...
View ArticleSushi Link in Arizona, California, Illinois, Mississippi, New Mexico, South...
CDC is collaborating with public health officials in several states and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to investigate a multistate outbreak of Salmonella Paratyphi B variant L(+)...
View ArticleStewart, You Are One Step Closer to Jail
AP reports today that U.S. District Court Judge Louis Sands Thursday refused to throw out criminal convictions in a Salmonella outbreak traced to Former Peanut Corporation of America after the court...
View ArticleFrontline: The Trouble With Chicken – Retro Report: How Safe Is Our Food?
Its time – past time – to deem Salmonella an adulterant. For some back story on foodborne illness in the United States by the Retro Report:
View ArticleKenosha Salmonella Outbreak Hits 70
The Kenosha County Division of Health reports that as of Wednesday, June 3rd, Salmonella with a matching DNA fingerprint has been found in 35 patients. Divisions of Health official’s say 70 sick people...
View ArticleSupermercado Los Corrales Pork Carnitas Link in Salmonella Outbreak
According to news reports, Pork carnitas sold at Supermercado Los Corrales in Kenosha, Wisconsin during Mother’s Day weekend have officially been identified as the source of the Salmonella outbreak...
View ArticleUnnamed Boise Restaurant Poisons About 30 With Salmonella
I have always thought keeping information from the people (taxpayers) who pay your salaries is a bad idea – See, “Towards a Policy of Secrecy or Transparency in Public Health.” KTVB reports that Idaho...
View ArticleBoise Co-op Cause of 30 Salmonella Cases
Last night KTVB reported on an unnamed Boise restaurant linked to Salmonella illnesses, a few hours later it announced that Idaho Central District Health Department officials (who took Friday off for...
View ArticleSixty Suffer Salmonella at Boise Co-op – Lawsuit Filed
“The restaurant that made your food has a responsibility to you to not poison you.” KBOI 2News reports that Idaho State health officials say the number of Salmonella cases reported at the Boise-Co-op...
View ArticleHeritage Corner Link in Salmonella Outbreak: 18 Sick with 2 Deaths
Health officials in northwest Ohio are investigating a salmonella outbreak they say has sickened 18 people at an assisted living facility. Two with Salmonella have died. The Wood County Health...
View ArticleAt Least 100 with Salmonella from Boise Co-op
There are now 100 confirmed cases of Salmonella infection linked to the Boise (Idaho) Co-op deli, according to the latest update from the Central District Health Department in Boise. Because food items...
View ArticleBoise Health Department Confirms 200 With Salmonella
Salmonella Outbreak Information The Central District Health Department (CDHD) is investigating a salmonella outbreak associated with the Boise Co-op deli – specifically food purchased from the deli...
View ArticleCDHD: Boise Co-op Salmonella Outbreak Update
The Central District Health Department (CDHD) continues to investigate a Salmonella outbreak associated with the Boise Co-op deli – specifically food purchased from the deli after June 1, 2015 – this...
View ArticleTarheel Q Cause of North Carolina Salmonella Outbreak
The Davidson County Health Department and Davie County Health Department are working with the N.C. Division of Public Health to investigate a gastrointestinal illness outbreak among patrons of Tarheel...
View ArticleSalmonella Outbreak at Tarheel Q Nearing 100
According to local press reports, an additional 40 people have been identified with symptoms consistent with salmonellosis — this time in Davie County, North Carolina. The Davidson County and Davie...
View ArticleTarheel Q Hospitalizes 7 Sickens 120 More
Jordan Howse of the Winston-Salem Journal reports tonight that at least 127 people have been sickened, and at least 7 hospitalized, in an outbreak of Salmonella that officials believe may be linked to...
View ArticleTarheel Q Salmonella Outbreak Nears 200
The North Carolina Division of Public Health reports that at least 197 people have been sickened from 14 North Carolina counties and 6 states in an outbreak of Salmonella that officials link to the...
View ArticleLexington North Carolina Tarheel Q Restaurant Tops 200 With Salmonella
Not a likely marketing strategy. North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services reports tonight that 216 people have developed a Salmonella infection linked to Tarheel Q restaurant in...
View ArticleTarheel Salmonella Toll: 248 Sick, 15 Hospitalized and 1 Dead – and a Prayer...
According to the North Carolina Department of Health, 248 cases of diarrheal illness associated with Salmonella and eating food from Tarheel Q Restaurant have been identified. Of these 248, case...
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