The FDA updates deadly Grimmway Farms carrots E. coli O121:H19 outbreak with new numbers and more information about where the carrots were sold. The FDA has identified Grimmway Farms as the common supplier of organic whole and baby carrots in this outbreak. The case count by state is: Arkansas (1), California (3), Colorado (1), Massachusetts … Read more
The Minnesota Grimmway Farms carrots E. coli O121:H19 outbreak has sickened five people, according to the Minnesota Department of Health, This multistate outbreak has sickened at least 39 people in 18 states. One person who lived in California has died, and 15 people have been hospitalized. The five patients in Minnesota are between 15 and … Read more
A deadly Grimmway Farms carrots E. coli O121:H9 outbreak has sickened at least 39 people, hospitalized 15, and killed one person, according to the CDC. The organic carrots have been recalled. The case count by state is: Arkansas (1), California (3), Colorado (1), Massachusetts (1), Michigan (1), Minnesota (5), Missouri (1), New Jersey (2), New … Read more
The Milo’s Poultry Farms eggs Salmonella outbreak has ended with 93 people sick in 12 states and 34 hospitalized, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). That’s an addition of three states and 30 more illnesses since the last update was issued on September 6, 2024. Many eggs, including duck eggs, were … Read more
Rizo Lopez Foods enjoined from making and selling certain foods after a deadly multistate outbreak of listeriosis that was linked to the company’s Queso Fresco and Cotija cheese products, according to the FDA. That outbreak, which ended earlier this year, sickened 26 people, and two people died. The case count by state was: Arizona (4), … Read more
The Madre Oaxacan Salmonella outbreak has sickened 45 people, according to an email sent by the LA County Department of Public Health. All of those infections are confirmed. Public health officials are investigating and responding to this outbreak. Officials became aware of this outbreak on September 17, 2024, when reports of illness were received. The … Read more
The Madre Oaxacan outbreak has sickened at least 36 people with Salmonella infections, according an email from the LA County of Public Health. The restaurant will allegedly reopen soon after passing a restaurant re-inspection that was conducted on September 24, 2024, according to news reports. The outbreak was uncovered on September 17, 2024, when reports … Read more
An alleged Madre Oaxacan and Mezcaleria Restaurant outbreak has sickened an unnamed number of people in LA County, according to news reports. The pathogen was not named. That restaurant is located at 27007 McBean Parkway in Valencia, California. The LA County Health Department started getting reports of “gastrointestinal symptoms” on Tuesday, September 17, 2023 after … Read more
Which stores carried Boar’s Head deli meat that is linked to a deadly Listeria monocytogenes outbreak? According to the recall notice that was issued on July 26, 2024 and expanded on July 30, 2024, the meats were sold “nationwide.” But California published a 25 page list of establishments in that state that may have carried … Read more
There is a possible shigella outbreak at Elks Lodge in Eureka, California according to the Humboldt County Department of Health and Human Services. There are three confirmed cases and five suspected cases that are associated with a dinner that took place at the Lodge on Wednesday, August 28, 2024. The notice said that Shigella illnesses … Read more