Recently, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published an analysis of a Salmonella outbreak linked to vegan cheese made from cashews. The 2021 outbreak linked to Jule’s cashew brie marked the second time since 2014 that illnesses in multiple states were linked to cashew cheese. Does vegan cheese pose a food safety risk? … Read more
Salmonella outbreak linked to non-dairy cheese made from raw cashews was the sixth-largest multistate food poisoning outbreak of 2014. The outbreak sickened 17 people in three states. Three people were hospitalized. Public health investigators used pulsed field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) technology to obtain a DNA “fingerprint” of the outbreak strain. The tests revealed that the … Read more
A Salmonella outbreak linked to non-dairy cheese made from cashews has ended after sickening 17 people in three states, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Three people were hospitalized. The maker of the cheese, Cultured Kitchen of West Sacramento, issued a recall for the cheese on December 31. Most of the illnesses … Read more