The outbreak of Salmonella Paratyphi B variant L(+) tartrate_(+) and Salmonella Weltevreden infections linked to frozen raw tuna may be over, but this product has a long shelf life and could still be in freezers, both in consumers’ homes and in restaurants. The CDC has advice about this product and the outbreak. Retailers should not … Read more
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has recalled Frontier and Simply Organic products because they may contain Salmonella bacteria. No illnesses have been reported in connection with the consumption of these products. The products were sold nationally. You can see the long list of recalled products, along with sizes, product codes, and UPC numbers at the … Read more
Earlier this year, there were a few vague announcements about a Salmonella outbreak associated with Foster Farms chicken. In March, the CDC announced an outbreak that sickened at least 128 people in 13 states. Most of the ill persons lived on the West coast, but there were people sick on the East coast as well. … Read more
Smiling Hara tempeh is the source of the Salmonella Paratyphi B outbreak that has sickened 46 people and hospitalized seven in North Carolina, officials announced today. Laboratory tests have confirmed that the Salmonella in samples of Smiling Hara tempeh discovered by the North Carolina Department of Agriculture during routine testing last week is a match to the outbreak strain. Testing … Read more
A routine inspection of an Asheville food manufacturer has advanced the investigation of a Salmonella outbreak in North Carolina that has sickened 38 people, but the state’s leading health official expects to see more cases before the outbreak reaches an end. “We’re in the midst of the investigation and interviewing patients,” North Carolina State Epidemiologist … Read more
After Smiling Hara of Asheville, N.C. today announced a recall of unpasteurized soybean tempeh due to possible Salmonella contamination, Blue Ridge Food Ventures, a shared-use food production facility in Buncombe County where the product is made, released a statement. Smiling Hara, which supplies frozen tempeh to local restaurants and stores, is one of several businesses in the community that is … Read more
Both grocery stores and restaurants sold sushi, sashimi and similar products to some of the people sickened in the Salmonella Bareilly outbreak that has sickened over 100 people in 19 states and the District of Columbia. Jim Beasley, Public Information Director for the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, told Food Poisoning Bulletin that … Read more
Washington DC has two confirmed cases of Salmonella poisoning, but has not issued a health alert because a source of the Salmonella Bareilly infection has not yet been identified, Najma Roberts, a spokeswoman for the District of Columbia Department of Health, told Food Poisoning Bulletin in an interview today. Health officials in DC have been … Read more
According to the Ottawa Public Health department, 16 children are sick in an outbreak in Ottawa; three of them are hospitalized. A lunch catering service is suspected. The children are between the ages of 15 months and 14 years, at one day care and three schools. The cases are lab-confirmed and are Salmonellosis. Ottawa Public … Read more
The Eat a Pita restaurant in Hamilton, Ontario has reopened after closing because of a possible Salmonella outbreak. There have now been six confirmed cases linked to the restaurant; 36 other cases are suspected. Staff from the department of public health trained the restaurant staff on safe food handling practices and quality assurance measures. Two … Read more