The USDA adds a possible beef E. coli O157:H7 outbreak to its Outbreak Investigation Table. The Salmonella outbreak linked to chicken is still on the table. No more information is available about either of these outbreaks. The last outbreak of USDA-regulated foods that was identified and solved was the 2021 Salmonella Hadar outbreak linked to … Read more
The Plainville Farms ground turkey Salmonella Hadar outbreak was the number six multistate food poisoning outbreak in 2021, with 33 people sick in 14 states and four hospitalized. The outbreak was declared over on May 17, 2021. The case count by state was: Arizona (1), Connecticut (2), Indiana (1), Maine (1), Maryland (1), Massachusetts (7), … Read more
Butterball All Natural ground turkey is being recalled because it may be contaminated with foreign material, more specifically blue plastic pieces, according to the USDA. This can pose a choking and mouth injury hazard. Consumer complaints reporting pieces of blue plastic embedded in the raw ground turkey prompted this recall. No injuries or illnesses have … Read more
The Plainville ground turkey Salmonella outbreak has ended after sickening at least 33 people in 14 states, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Four people were hospitalized, an increase of two since the last update, and there were no deaths. There are five more ill persons and two more states, Maryland … Read more
What are the current food poisoning outbreaks in the U.S.? There are three active foodborne illness outbreak investigations that are ongoing, and one outbreak linked to a type of bottled water, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Those four outbreaks do not include the active E. coli O145:H28 outbreak on the FDA’s … Read more
The Massachusetts Plainville Farms ground turkey Salmonella outbreak is the largest in the nation, with 7 people sick. Overall, 28 people in 12 states are sick, with two people hospitalized and no deaths. We don’t know why so many people are sick in that state. Three brands of raw ground turkey that officials say are linked … Read more
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is weighing on on the Plainville ground turkey Salmonella Hadar outbreak that has sickened at least 28 people in 12 states. Epidemiologic, traceback, and laboratory data show that ground turkey has been making people sick. The patient case count by state is: Arizona (1), Connecticut (1), Indiana … Read more
A Wegmans Plainville ground turkey Salmonella outbreak has sickened at least 28 people in 12 states. This outbreak was announced in a USDA recall notice. The USDA has issued a public health alert about 211,406 pounds of raw ground turkey in relation to this outbreak. This outbreak may be one that has been on the … Read more
The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has released its summary of FSIS foodborne illness outbreaks for fiscal year 2019 that involved FSIS-regulated products. The four pathogens that most often affect those products are Salmonella, Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC), Listeria monocytogenes, and Campylobacter. During fiscal year 2019, FSIS investigated 16 outbreaks that sickened … Read more
A Salmonella Schwartengrund outbreak linked to Butterball, Food Lion, and Kroger ground turkey has just been announced. Details are sketchy, but we know that at least five people, four of whom live in Wisconsin, are sick. There’s another Salmonella outbreak associated with ground turkey and raw turkey products. That one, caused by Salmonella Reading, is … Read more