Joey’s Jerky brand Chicken Jerky recalled due to salmonella risk
The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is announcing a voluntary recall of Joey’s Jerky brand Chicken Jerky due to possible Salmonella risk. Joey’s Jerky brand Chicken JerkyImage/NH More...
Goldenfeast bird food recalled due to possible salmonella contaminated parsley
Goldenfeast® Inc. is recalling several exotic bird food blends due to possible contamination of Salmonella from parsley flake ingredients supplied to Goldenfeast® Inc. by Specialty Commodities, Inc., an outside More...
Multistate Salmonella outbreak linked to live poultry from Privett Hatchery in New Mexico
A Portales, New Mexico business has been identified the source of a nationwide Salmonella outbreak that has sickened 316 people in 37 states, according to the New Mexico Department of Health today. Persons infected More...
Russia: Anthrax infects two in the North Caucasus region
An emergency notice has been issued in Russia’s North Caucasus region after at least two people have been diagnosed with anthrax, according to an RIA Novosti report Tuesday. Image/CIA The report notes a More...
Wholey shrimp recalled due to possible salmonella contamination
Warren, MI distributor, Lipari Foods, announced the recall of Wholey peeled, cooked, tail-on 31/40 count shrimp due to the risk of salmonella contamination. Image/FDA The affected product, Cooked Shrimp Peeled More...
Des Moines cryptosporidium outbreak case count at 68, linked to swimming pools
The Hawkeye State is battling it’s third gastrointestinal disease outbreak of the summer and it’s another parasite. The Des Moines Register reports today that The Polk County Department of Public Health More...
Iowa health officials investigate two gastrointestinal outbreaks: Cyclospora and Salmonella
Iowa is dealing with two gastrointestinal outbreaks–one parasitic and one bacterial. The Hawkeye State was the first state in the current multistate Cyclospora outbreak that has affected 321 people in 14 states More...
Powerful toxin gives Salmonella typhi its lethality according to study
Researchers from Yale University believe they understand how typhoid fever kills some 200,000 people and affects about 21.5 million persons each year. Salmonella image/CDC The new research, Structure and function More...
Alabama: Dozens sickened after eating funeral meal, Salmonella confirmed in five attendees
The investigation into the foodborne outbreak linked to a meal on July 6 after a funeral at Eastern Star Baptist Church in York continues as Alabama Department of Public Health officials say that 67 people have More...
Salmonella Heidelberg outbreak linked to Foster Farms chicken is over: CDC
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced Wednesday that the multistate Salmonella Heidelberg outbreak linked to Foster Farms brand chicken appears to be over. Persons infected with the More...
UK health officials advise public of risks associated with petting farms following a dozen ‘crypto’ outbreaks
Over the past two decades, the average number cases of the parasite, cryptosporidium reported to UK health authorities is around 80. However, in 2013, Public Health England (PHE) is reporting between January and More...
3M launches new Petrifilm Salmonella Express System for detection of the food pathogen
Minnesota-based company, 3M, has announced the launching its new pathogen detection technology, 3M™ Petrifilm™ Salmonella Express System, according to a company news release Tuesday. Salmonella image/CDC Immediately More...
Philippines: ‘Suspected’ typhoid outbreak send dozens to the hospital in Albay
At least 66 villagers, children and adults, have been stricken with suspected typhoid fever in 18 villages in the town of Oas in Albay, according to local health authorities. Image/CIA They were diagnosed and More...
Multistate Salmonella Typhimurium outbreak linked to live poultry increases to 224 cases
The number of cases in the multistate Salmonella Typhimurium outbreak linked to live poultry (e.g., chicks, chickens, ducks, ducklings) has increased by 78 cases since the previous update on May 7, according to More...
Nestle to open more than 20 new labs to study food-borne pathogens
Switzerland-based, Nestle SA, announced Thursday the opening of more than 20 advanced research laboratories to study food-borne pathogens that are harmful to human health, according to a press release May 30. Norovirus More...
Alberta woman contracts Zika virus while in Thailand, first confirmed infection in Canada
An Alberta woman has been diagnosed with a rare viral disease after returning from a trip to Phuket and Bangkok, Thailand, in fact, the 45-year-old woman is the first such case diagnosed in Canada, according to More...
CDC declares another salmonella outbreak linked to small turtles over
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has said the fourth of eight multistate salmonella outbreaks linked to small turtles appears to be over Friday. Small turtle Image/CDC The outbreak, Salmonella Pomona, More...
Firefly salmonella outbreak nears 300, chorizo sausage likely source
The number of cases in the salmonella outbreak associated with a popular Las Vegas off-strip restaurant has increased significantly since the last report from Southern Nevada Health District epidemiologists two More...
Salmonella outbreak linked to Krinos brand tahini sesame paste reported in six states
A multistate outbreak of two outbreak strains of salmonella has affected at least eight people in six states, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) outbreak notice Wednesday. The outbreak More...
Fayetteville Holiday Inn salmonella outbreak case count at 70
The salmonella outbreak linked to the Fayetteville, North Carolina area Holiday Inn Bordeaux has grown to at least 70 cases on Monday, up from 51 cases reported Friday, according to a Cumberland County Department More...
