The months-long search for the origin of the multi-state Salmonella outbreak ended yesterday with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) announcement that frozen, raw, yellowfin tuna product from Moon Marine USA Corporation of Cupertino, Calif. is the source of the outbreak. State and federal investigators have been working since January to identify the source … Read more
Moon Marine USA of Cupertino, California is voluntarily recalling 58,828 pounds of frozen raw yellowfin tuna product that is linked with the outbreak of Salmonella Bareilly that has sickened 116 people across the country. Fourteen people have been hospitalized in the outbreak. The FDA’s Curtis Allen stated, “We have traced the illness back to certain … Read more
The Salmonella Bareilly outbreak has now sickened 116 people in 20 states and the District of Columbia, according to the latest update from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released April 11. The update reflects an increase of 16 case patients and one state since the previous update on April 6. The new state is Florida … Read more
Three Texas residents are part of the Salmonella outbreak that has sickened 100 people in 19 states, but this isn’t the first time Texas has had reported cases of the unusual outbreak strain Salmonella Bareilly. From 2009-2011, an average of 14 cases of Salmonella Bareilly were reported annually to the Texas Department of State Health … Read more
Tuna that is used for sushi is supposed to be impeccably fresh so it is safe(r) to eat. The best sushi restaurants have chefs that buy and personally inspect each piece of tuna to make sure it’s of the highest quality. The latest food poisoning outbreak in the U.S. is caused by Salmonella Bareilly, a … Read more
At least 14 people, not 10 as reported Friday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), have been hospitalized by the Salmonella outbreak that has sickened at least 100 people in 19 states and the District of Columbia, Food Poisoning Bulletin has learned. Information gathered from a number of state health departments reveals that the … Read more
Two people from Louisiana were hospitalized by the Salmonella outbreak that has sickened at least 100 people in 19 states and the District of Columbia, a Louisiana health department spokesperson told Food Poisoning Bulletin today. According to the lastest update from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), issued April 6, two residents of Louisiana … 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
The CDC has updated the case numbers in the nationwide outbreak of Salmonella Bareilly. Now 100 people have been sickened with the outbreak strain of that rare bacteria. This is the official case distribution from the CDC: Alabama (2) Arkansas (1) Connecticut (5) District of Columbia (2) Georgia (4) Illinois (9) Louisiana (2) Maryland (10) … Read more
Five Virginians are among the 100 victims of a Salmonella outbreak that is spreading through 19 states and the District of Columbia. The case patients in Virginia are between the ages of 20 and 59 and are from the central and northwest part of the state, Michelle Stoll, a public information officer for the Virginia … Read more