November 7th, 2008 laurie
Health officials said Thursday that eight more cases of people becoming infected with salmonella traced to dry dog food have been identified. The outbreak, which started in 2006, marks the first time that dry dog food has been identified as a source of the bacterial infection in people.
HealthDay News reports that as of Oct. 31, […]
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November 6th, 2008 laurie
The Tennessee state health department has been randomly buying uncooked packages of chicken in grocery stores across middle Tennessee and then testing them for salmonella.
WSMV News reports that the Food Safety Task Force inspectors go to Tennessee stores and randomly buy 10 packages of chicken a month and test it for salmonella and campylobacter. […]
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October 28th, 2008 laurie
Mars Petcare has announced another Special Kitty cat food recall for salmonella, this time of Gourmet Blend dry cat food sold at Wal-Mart in Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, North Carolina, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Virginia, Vermont, and West Virginia.
Salmonella can cause serious infections in dogs and cats, […]
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October 15th, 2008 laurie
The Public Health Agency of Canada is working with provincial and local health authorities and the U.S. Centers for Disease Prevention and Control to investigate a potential North American gastro-intestinal outbreak of Salmonella Poona.
In Canada to date, there have been 26 cases spread across British Columbia (1), Manitoba (1), Quebec (8), Ontario (14) and Nova […]
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October 8th, 2008 laurie
After last year’s pot pie salmonella outbreak, where ConAgra tried to blame consumers for not nuking their pot pies properly, this past Sunday the government issued a new warning urging consumers to thoroughly cook frozen chicken dinners. The Associated Press did a story about it, highlighting that most consumers aren’t aware of the risks to […]
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October 3rd, 2008 laurie
Mars Petcare US will be closing because the source of salmonella contamination that caused the company to recall all pet food made at the Everson facility between Feb. 8 and July 29 still can’t be found, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports. Production stopped at the plant in July to locate the source of salmonella, but the […]
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September 24th, 2008 laurie
Miss Bonnie’s Distributing, Inc. is recalling its Miss Bonnie’s Jalapeño Pepper Cheese Spread distributed between Aug. 28 and Sept. 19 with a Sell By Date of December 2, 2008 because it has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. The recalled product is packaged in 8-ounce glass jars and was distributed to Kroger stores in […]
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September 8th, 2008 laurie
Sprouters Northwest, Inc. of Kent, Washington is recalling its alfalfa sprout products (alfalfa sprouts, onion sprouts, and salad sprouts) because they may be linked to a recent outbreak of Salmonellosis in Oregon and Washington State. To date, 13 cases of Salmonella Typhimirium infection have been associated with the consumption of raw alfalfa sprouts.
Salmonella Typhimiriumis an […]
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August 29th, 2008 laurie
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday that the salmonella outbreak that sickened about1,400 people across the country appears to be over.
“The number of reported cases has been dropping since early July,” and the number has appeared to return to around the typical number of salmonella cases expected during this time of […]
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August 29th, 2008 laurie
One person has died and 87 are sick with salmonella food poisoning from tainted cheese in the Canadian province of Quebec, health officials said on Friday. As Reuters reports, the salmonella outbreak comes amid consumer alarm over a massive recall by Maple Leaf Foods Inc of ready-to-eat meats. An outbreak of listeriosis food poisoning from […]
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