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Salmonella Spice, both Scary and Deadly
Not to be confused with the Spice Girls. New York Times writer Gardiner Harris wrote last week about the risks of Salmonella in imported spices. According to Gardiner: The United States Food and Drug...
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Florida’s Big Tim’s BBQ Linked to Salmonella Illnesses
According to health inspection records published by the Florida Department of Business Professional Regulation, Big Tim’s BBQ, located at 530 S 34th St. in St. Petersburg, was closed, with an order for...
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Salmonella in Pet Treats Prompts Recall after Human Illnesses
The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is announcing a voluntary recall of Joey’s Jerky brand Chicken Jerky due to possible salmonella risk. A total of 21 people in Merrimack...
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Salmonella and E. coli Rocks the UK
UK’s Food Standards Agency has had a busy week – and it is only Thursday. The FSA reported today that Sainsbury’s is recalling all of its bagged watercress and salads containing watercress as a...
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Salmonella Outbreak at North Carolina Church
According to WCNC nine cases of Salmonella have been confirmed following an outbreak at a church barbeque in Shelby, says the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services. The Sandy Plains...
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28 Sick with Salmonella Linked to North Carolina Church BBQ
The Shelby Star reports that least 28 people have reported getting sick after eating at the Sandy Plains Baptist Church barbecue fundraiser Sept. 7, according to the Cleveland County Health Department....
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Salmonella in Kentucky and North Carolina – Dozens Sick and One Dead
Kentucky: Kentucky press reports, that there have been seven culture confirmed cases of Salmonella in Hopkins County including a death from the illness. Four people have been hospitalized including...
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Why does the FSIS like Foster Farm’s Salmonella better than Cargill’s...
Still no Foster Farms recall despite hundreds sickened. Today the CDC reported a total of 317 individuals infected with the outbreak strains of Salmonella Heidelberg have been reported from 20 states...
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If Costco Can’t Cook Chicken Correctly, Why Should You Expect Customers To Do...
“If people would just cook the chicken the way they should they’ll be fine,” Craig Wilson, Costco’s food safety manager, told the Oregonian in response to why Costco has not pulled any raw poultry...
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What is the Status of the CSPI Petition to USDA/FSIS on Salmonella as an...
Two years ago, the Center for Science in the Public Interest filed a Citizen Petition urging the USDA/FSIS to issue an interpretative rule, similar to what the agency had already done for E. coli...
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Foster Farms Chicken Poisons 338 with Salmonella and Still No Recall
As of October 17, 2013, a total of 338 persons infected with seven outbreak strains of Salmonella Heidelberg have been reported from 20 states and Puerto Rico. 40% of ill persons have been...
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Costco Recalls More Undercooked or Cross-Contaminated Foster Farms...
Costco’s El Camino Real store in San Francisco, Calif., is recalling an additional 14,093 units of rotisserie chicken products that may be contaminated with a strain of Salmonella, the U.S. Department...
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Foster Farms Salmonella Chicken has Likely Sickened 18,172 from 2012 to 2013...
And, still no recall? Outbreak No. 1: From May 2012 to April 2013 the CDC reported a total of 134 individuals infected with an outbreak strain of Salmonella Heidelberg from 13 states. The number of...
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If I were the Chairman of Foster Farms
I would chop of the head (fire) young Mr. Foster, or at least clip his beak (find a different spokesperson), despite being the president of the company founded by his grandparents for allowing our...
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Salmonella Heidelberg Toll Reaches 362 in 21 States
Today the CDC increased its total to 362 individuals infected with the outbreak strains of Salmonella Heidelberg reported from 21 states and Puerto Rico. The number of ill persons identified in each...
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FSIS Engeljohn: Salmonella is Job One!
Lisa M. Keefe of www.meatingplace.com reported this week that “Salmonella is Job One” for USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service for the next 12 months, said Dan Engeljohn, assistant administrator...
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Muskegon Mystery Meals have Salmonella
Michelle D. Anderson of Mlive reports that officials at Public Health – Muskegon County have identified 18 confirmed cases of Salmonella enteritidis in the region. Muskegon County spokesperson Dori...
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More Sick from Salmonella Chicken and still no Recall
A total of 389 individuals infected with the outbreak strains of Salmonella Heidelberg have been reported from 23 states and Puerto Rico. Most of the ill persons (74%) have been reported from...
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Muskegon – Ottawa County Salmonella Outbreak at 31
Krystle Wagner of the Grand Haven Tribune reports that one restaurant has been named (by itself) while another three restaurants and a grocery store are being protected by the Muskegon County Health...
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Salmonella Enteritidis at Pints & Quarts Pub & Grill and C.F. Prime Chophouse...
Public Health Muskegon County is nearing the conclusion of the investigation of an outbreak of Salmonella that has sickened at least 29 people (25 Muskegon County, 4 Ottawa County). Laboratory testing...
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