The FDA has posted minor updates on the CORE Outbreak Investigation Table. There are six outbreaks on the table, and only two have been solved. Last week, the FDA added the recall of Ice Cream House ice cream products in relation to the Listeria monocytogenes outbreak that has sickened at least two people. All of Ice Cream House's frozen desserts are included in this recall. That outbreak investigation has not been updated since September 1, 2023. For the outbreak of Salmonella Newport, which has sickened at least eight people, the FDA has conducted an on-site inspection, has collected samples, and the samples are being analyzed. Traceback had already begun. In the Cryptosporidium outbreak in a not yet identified food, traceback has been initiated. At least 11 people are sick … [Read more...]