The fourth-largest multistate food poisoning outbreak of the year was a Salmonella outbreak linked to frozen raw tuna used for sushi and other dishes. The outbreak sickened 65 people in 11 states, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Eleven people were hospitalized. Health officials linked the outbreak frozen, yellowfin tuna produced by Osamu … Read more
Sushi made with frozen tuna imported from Indonesia has sickened two people in Minnesota and dozens of others in 10 other states. The frozen tuna, imported by Osamu Corp. of Gardena, CA, is contaminated with Salmonella. The case patients in Minnesota, both from the Twin Cities metro area, are in their 30s. Although they became … Read more
Health officials in Arizona, where at least 10 people are part of a multistate raw ground tuna outbreak, tested some suspect product for Salmonella and found, not the outbreak strain, but two other strains of the bacteria, according to the latest update from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). A search of the … Read more
The tuna sushi Salmonella outbreak that has sickened 53 people in nine states includes one woman from Clark County, Washington. The woman ate sushi made with raw tuna during a visit to Vancouver, Arizona in April, according to a report in The Columbian. Ten people have been hospitalized in the outbreak, which includes patients from South … Read more
For the second time in three years, a Salmonella outbreak has been linked to raw tuna and five states have been part of both outbreaks. Residents of California, Mississippi, Virginia, Wisconsin and Illinois were part of the 2012 outbreak linked to a raw ground tuna product called tuna scrape and the current outbreak. In 2012, … Read more
Raw tuna is the likely source of a Salmonella outbreak that has sickened 53 people in nine states, according to a report by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Ten people have been hospitalized. Those sickened reported onset of illness dates ranging from March 5, 2015 to May 3, 2015. A common brand or supplier … Read more
A Salmonella paratyphi outbreak linked to raw tuna sushi has sickened nine people in Arizona, three of whom have been hospitalized, according to the Maricopa County Department of Public Health (MCDPH). Several other states are investigating outbreaks of the same strain including California and New Mexico. Arizona health officials say a rare strain of Salmonella paratyphi … Read more