A chicken wraps E. coli O157:H7 outbreak has sickened 38 people, according to the FDA. This outbreak was announced on the FDA Core Outbreak Investigation Table, which is unusual. The FDA and CDC typically announce outbreaks, and sometimes they are announced in a food recall. We do not know where the patients live, the illness … Read more
A food poisoning outbreak at Walmart Distribution center in Lebanon, Tennessee, affected dozens of people, according to news reports. The original 911 caller said that a homemade rice dish may be the culprit. At least four of the workers were considered “very ill.” When people get sick that quickly, the pathogen is usually Bacillus cereus, … Read more
A Salmonella outbreak in Monongalia county, West Virginia is being investigated. Officials do not yet know what has caused this increase in cases. They also do not know whether this outbreak is ongoing or has ended. There is no common link identified among the reported cases. And they do not know the cause of the … Read more
A Salmonella outbreak in Pennsylvania is linked to shellfish harvested from the Little Wicomico River in Virginia, according to the Virginia Department of Health. The river has been closed to shellfish harvesting. The river is located in Northumberland County, Virginia. The Virginia Department of Health was notified of a Salmonella outbreak in Pennsylvania that was … Read more
A Deschutes county Oregon Salmonella outbreak is being investigated by public health officials. The only communication from the county is a Health Alert Network Advisory for healthcare providers. Because this is not a regular outbreak announcement, we don’t know how many people are sick, if anyone has been hospitalized, the patient age range, or illness … Read more
The FDA finds cyclospora on Taylor Farms iceberg lettuce farm in central Mexico. The outbreak is over, as is the investigation into the outbreak. The agency is continuing post-outbreak response activities. Traceback identified several farms and a processing facility in Mexico that provided the recalled lettuce distributed by Taylor Fresh Foods. Onsite inspections were conducted … Read more
The FDA Core Outbreak Table has seventeen investigations listed; six of them have ended. There is one new Listeria monocytogenes outbreak that is unsolved. The new Listeria monocytogenes outbreak has sickened at least 11 people. The FDA has initiated traceback. The E. coli O26:H11 outbreak linked to Sierra Nevada Graziers raw milk cheese is unchanged. … Read more
The Salmonella jalapeño outbreak has ended with 488 people sick in 34 states with 65 hospitalized, according to the CDC. That is an increase of two more states, 57 more patients, and eight more hospitalizations since the last update. There were many recalls of jalapeño peppers and products made with them. The new states are … Read more
The Everything Sprouts outbreak has now sickened at least 76 people in 16 states, according to the CDC. There are three pathogens making people sick in this outbreak: E. coli O26:H11, E. coli O103:H25, and E. coli O168:H8 along with Salmonella Agona. That is an increase of 21 more patients and one more state since the last update … Read more
A Sierra Nevada Graziers raw milk cheese E. coli outbreak has sickened at least 13 people in nine states, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). More than half of the people in this outbreak are children ages five and younger. The case count by state is: California (3), Colorado (1), Georgia … Read more