June 24th, 2008 amy
The FDA has eliminated 27 Mexican states and Mexico City from the suspect list of causes for the salmonella outbreak which has sickened more than 500 people.
In addition to Mexico City, states added to the list include: Aguascalientes, Baja California Sur, Campeche, Colima, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, México, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo […]
June 23rd, 2008 amy
Health officials have linked the E. coli cases in Ohio to the ones in Michigan, saying some of the cases match up genetically, suggesting the infections came from the same source. Health officials suspect contaminated ground beef is behind the illnesses, according to the Associated Press.
The number of central Ohio cases has reached 15, and […]
June 23rd, 2008 amy
Food safety inspectors headed south this weekend to examine tomato farms and distribution chains in Florida and Mexico in attempt to pinpoint the source of the salmonella outbreak now linked to 552 illnesses across 32 states, officials said Friday.
Investigators believe the numbers could go higher because the outbreak is probably still underway, David Acheson, […]
June 20th, 2008 amy
The FDA seized various animal food products stored under unsanitary conditions at the PETCO Animal Supplies Distribution Center located in Joliet, Illinois, pursuant to a warrant issued by the United States District Court in Chicago, after an FDA inspection of a PETCO distribution center in April found widespread and active rodent and bird infestation. The […]
June 20th, 2008 joshua
The Centers for Disease Control’s most recent public report on the St. Paul salmonella strain which has infected a major portion of the tomato supply could have infected as many as 8,000 people.
However, the agency said it can only confirm 277 sick people in 28 states, with 43 of those infections being serious enough to […]
June 19th, 2008 amy
The official count of reported salmonella cases linked to tainted tomatoes took a bump up to 383 Wednesday, as federal officials linked 106 more cases. In reality, the number of people sickened is likely much higher, as most cases of salmonella go unreported. But the fact that hundreds of cases have been linked, and at […]
June 19th, 2008 amy
Food poisoning victims face long-term health problems, according to doctors, advocacy groups and the victims themselves. Unfortunately, only time will tell for most folks who battle food poisoning how severe the future problems will be — or even what the problems will be. In a nation that recalled more than 30 million pounds of ground […]
June 19th, 2008 joshua
The head of the Food and Drug Administration says nine cases related to salmonella-contaminated tomatoes ate at the same chain restaurant in two different locations.
The FDA did not release the names of the nine patients nor say where they ate.
According to Bloomberg News, Chicago health officials say nine people contracted salmonella poisoning after eating at […]
June 19th, 2008 joshua
Health officials in Franklin County, Ohio, have declared an outbreak of E. coli.
Rampant visits to the emergency room from patients complaining of abdominal distress is what first tipped hospital workers there.
According to The Columbus Dispatch, “There E. coli cases within the county have been linked genetically, which means they are likely from the same source.”
At […]
June 19th, 2008 joshua
The Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta said Monday five more states have been added to the list where cases of salmonella linked to tomatoes can be confirmed. A case was also discovered in Washington, D.C.
That makes 28 states in total that have confirmed a case of salmonella. Though regulators have not identified the exact […]
