People from twenty states and two foreign countries are ill in the Salmonella outbreak linked to Firefly restaurant in Las Vegas, Nevada. The patients live in Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Hampshire, Nevada, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, and Washington state. People from Canada and England are also sick. The serotype of this particular Salmonella bacteria is called "I:4,5,12:i:-". That means it doesn't have a name assigned to it, such as Salmonella Saintpaul, found in imported cucumbers this year, or Salmonella Typhimurium, found in unpasteurized Mexican-style cheese last month in Minnesota. The Southern Nevada Health District has been investigating this outbreak from … [Read more...]
Salmonella Lawyers File Lawsuit Against Firefly Restaurant in Las Vegas
A Pennsylvania woman has filed a lawsuit against the Firefly on Paradise, a Las Vegas restaurant. She is seeking compensation for allegedly contracting Salmonella food poisoning from the restaurant. She is being represented by Fred Pritzker and his team, who are also representing several other people allegedly sickened in the outbreak. The firm's client is one of the 89 people sickened in a Salmonella outbreak associated with the Firefly. She and her husband were visiting Las Vegas in late April. On April 24, they ate dinner at Firefly on Paradise. Two days later, she developed symptoms that included nausea, fever, abdominal cramps and bloody diarrhea. She is still receiving medical treatment. After the firm's client and other sick patrons contacted the Southern Nevada Health … [Read more...]
Can Salmonella Put You In The Hospital? Yes!
Salmonella is one of the most common causes of food poisoning in the United States. A bout of it can cause days of abdominal cramps, fever and diarrhea, but can it put you in the hospital? Yes. In fact, Salmonella caused the most outbreak-related hospitalizations in a two-year study of foodborne illness outbreaks in the US recently released study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Of the 1,184 people hospitalized in foodborne illness outbreaks during 2009 and 2010, almost half of them, 583 cases, were caused by Salmonella. In the ongoing ground beef Salmonella outbreak that has so far sickened 16 people in five states, seven people, again almost half, have been hospitalized. Every year in the US, about 42,000 cases of infection from Salmonella, called … [Read more...]
E.coli, Salmonella: Ground Beef Eaten Raw, 2 Outbreaks, 8 Days
An E.coli outbreak and a Salmonella outbreak were announced within eight days. They had three things in common, both were caused by contaminated ground beef, both caused illness in people who reported eating the meat raw, and in both cases, the raw meat was prepared as a “traditional” dish, although not the same one. The raw meat dishes in these outbreaks trace their roots to Europe and the Middle East. The first outbreak, announced January 17, was a single-state E.coli outbreak in Wisconsin where three people ate a raw ground beef dish similar to steak tartare that is sometimes called “Tiger Meat.” Raw beef and onions is popular among some Midwesterners, particularly those of German heritage. In 1994, more than 100 Wisconsinites contracted Salmonella poisoning after eating the mixture … [Read more...]
Salmonella Ground Beef Outbreak Hits Michigan Hard
A five-state Salmonella outbreak has hit Michigan residents hard. Nine of the 16 people sickened by tainted ground beef are from Michigan and at least five of them have been hospitalized according to the Michigan Department of Community Health. Onset illness dates for those sickened in Michigan ranged from Dec. 9, 2012 to Jan. 7, 2013. The case patients range in age from 2 to 87 years old. Five are females, four are males. Most of them live in the southeastern part of the state in Huron, Macomb, Delta-Menominee, Oakland, and Wayne counties. Six of the nine case patients in Michigan reported eating raw beef kibbeh at a restaurant on Dec. 7 and 8, 2012. Kibbeh is a Middle Eastern dish made from ground meat which is sometimes served raw. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention … [Read more...]
