The headlines about Shigella have taken a sharp turn. For most of my career the bug showed up in the news the way I knew it best — a daycare outbreak, a sick restaurant worker, a batch of contaminated produce. Lately the headlines read more like something out of an STI clinic: “sexually transmitted superbug,” “drug-resistant Shigella spreading among […]
CDC, public health and regulatory officials in several states, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA-FSIS), and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) investigated a multistate outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes infections. Epidemiologic and laboratory data showed that meat and cheese from deli counters made people sick. A single deli or food source […]
A federal law bans the sale and distribution of turtles with shells less than 4 inches long as pets because of the repeated illnesses and outbreaks. Despite the ban, some online retailers, pet stores, and roadside markets continue to sell small turtles. CDC and public health officials in several states are collecting different types of data to investigate […]
The FDA and CDC, in collaboration with state and local partners, are investigating a multistate outbreak of Salmonella Africana and Salmonella Braenderup infections with 449 illnesses in 31 states and the District of Columbia. While originally reported as two separate outbreaks, CDC and FDA combined these two outbreak investigations as they shared several similarities, including when and where illnesses […]
CDC and FDA have received reports of severe acute illnesses and other adverse effects following consumption of Diamond ShruumzTM brand chocolate bars, cones, and gummies reported to multiple poison control centers across the United States. As of August 9, 2024, 130 total illnesses, including 53 hospitalizations, have been reported in 29 U.S. states, with ongoing efforts […]
This is both immoral and stupid. Immoral, in the chance that the product is consumed by someone vulnerable to a Listeria infection – the young, old, immune compromised or women who are pregnant. Stupid, because if anyone does became ill and it could have been prevented by the recall, everything BeiHollow owns is at risk. […]
.As of August 8, a total of 43 people infected with the outbreak strain of Listeria have been reported from 13 states, Georgia (2), Illinois (1), Indiana (1), Massachusetts (2), Maryland (6), Minnesota (1), Missouri (2), North Carolina (1), New Jersey (2), New York (12), Pennsylvania (1), Virginia (2) and Wisconsin (1). Sick people’s samples […]
New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets Commissioner Richard A. Ball today warned consumers in Montgomery County and the surrounding area not to consume unpasteurized raw milk from Rob and Shirley Hudyncia dba HuHill Farm due to possible Campylobacter jejuni contamination. HuHill Farm is located at 232 Lighthall Road, Fort Plain, New York 13339. To date, no […]
Audience Product Purpose The FDA is advising restaurants and food retailers not to serve or sell and to dispose of oysters, and consumers not to eat recalled oysters harvested between 7/1/2024 and 7/18/2024 from two lease sites in the SC28, Lewis Bay, MA harvest area and shipped to retailers in CA, CT, FL, IL, MA, […]
In mid-July 2024, 2 Washington residents in different counties were infected with the same, highly related strain of Campylobacter jejuni. Both drank Jim’s Jerseys raw milk produced by Old Silvana Creamery (Arlington, WA) shortly before becoming ill. Raw milk is a high-risk food for causing illness because it is not heat treated (pasteurized) to kill […]
The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture warns consumers to immediately discard Meadow View Jerseys brand raw milk purchased between August 5 and 12, 2024, with a sell-by date of August 19, 2024. Routine testing for pathogens confirmed that the milk was contaminated with Shigatoxin-producing E. coli bacteria. Milk was sold in plastic gallon, plastic and glass half gallon, […]
The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture warns consumers to immediately discard BeiHollow Farm brand raw milk cheddar cheese, aged 60 days. Routine testing for pathogens in two retail packages purchased by the department confirmed that the cheese was contaminated with listeria monocytogenes bacteria. The cheese was distributed by BeiHollow Farm, 314 Chubb Road, in Elizabethville, Dauphin County. The […]
Idaho Public Health officials are investigating recent reports of 18 people who recently experienced symptoms of, and tested positive for, Campylobacter, and who also reported purchasing and drinking unpasteurized (raw) milk from Paradise Grove Dairy. The Idaho Division of Public Health is collaborating with Central District Health (CDH), Eastern Idaho Public Health (EIPH), and Idaho […]
The FDA and CDC, in collaboration with state and local partners, are investigating a multistate outbreak of Salmonella Africana and Salmonella Braenderup infections with 449 illnesses in 31 states and the District of Columbia. While originally reported as two separate outbreaks, CDC and FDA combined these two outbreak investigations as they shared several similarities, including when and where illnesses […]
Unknown to most in public health in late December 1992, the San Diego County Department of Health Services was notified of a child with E. coli O157:H7 infection who subsequently died (Lauren Rudolph). Active surveillance and record review then identified eight other persons with E. coli O157:H7 infections or HUS from mid-November through mid-January 1993. However, E. coli O157:H7 was not […]
While we are enjoying our weekend the folks at the FDA are trying to figure out what is the cause of multiple Salmonella and Cyclospora Outbreaks. Outbreak investigations are not as simple as you would think.