Center for Science in the Public Interest wants the USDA to name slaughterhouses and processing facilities who may be associated with the two recent Salmonella outbreaks tied to poultry. One of those outbreaks is ongoing. An ongoing Salmonella Reading outbreak linked to raw turkey products has sickened 279 people and hospitalized 107 in the United … Read more
The raw turkey Salmonella Reading outbreak has grown to include 279 sick people, according to an update by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Of those patients, 107 people have been hospitalized, and one person who lived in California has died. That’s an addition of 63 more people from 24 states and the … Read more
The raw turkey Salmonella Reading outbreak has been updated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The case count remains the same as it was in the last update – 216 sick in 38 states, with 84 hospitalizations and one death in California. But another product has been tied to illnesses. The case count … Read more
The Salmonella Reading turkey outbreak is number five on our list of Top 10 Food Poisoning Outbreaks of 2018. And this outbreak is ongoing. As of December 18, 2016, 216 people are infected by the outbreak strain. They live in 38 states. Eighty-four people have been hospitalized, and one person, who lived in California, has … Read more
The raw turkey Salmonella Reading outbreak has grown to 216 sick, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Eighty-four people are hospitalized and one person who lived in California has died. This outbreak has also sickened people in Canada. That’s an increase of 52 more ill persons since the last update on … Read more
Jennie-O Turkey Store Sales, based in Faribault, Minnesota, is recalling about 164,210 pounds of raw ground turkey products because they may be contaminated with Salmonella Reading. The USDA and officials are investigating illnesses associated with a Salmonella Reading outbreak that is linked to raw turkey products. This recall is part of traceback activities as part … Read more
Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) have sent a letter to the USDA to ask them to provide the public with more information about the deadly multidrug-resistant Salmonella Reading outbreak linked to raw turkey products. The letter reads, in part, “USDA’s failure to provide identifying information for contaminated turkey to the public in … Read more
The USDA has quietly updated the recall notice for Jennie-O raw ground turkey to include another 55,888 pounds of the product, and another product was added to the recall list. This ground turkey is being recalled in association with a multistate Salmonella outbreak that has sickened at least 164 people in 35 states. The newly … Read more
Who sold Jennie-O raw ground turkey that is associated with a Salmonella Reading outbreak? The USDA has released a list of stores where the recalled Jennie-O ground raw turkey was sold. The 10 page list has stores in Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Texas, and Wisconsin. Look at that list carefully to see if you … Read more
Thanksgiving is a wonderful holiday in the U.S. But the food associated with this holiday, especially the turkey and stuffing, aren’t commonly made by most consumers, so there are food safety risks. Foodsafety.gov is offering help with Thanksgiving food safety tips. Safe turkey handling is especially important this year, with the CDC notice of a … Read more