August 20th, 2008 laurie
A salmonella outbreak in Santa Fe has sickened nine people who ate at Diego’s Restaurant from late July to early August, health officials said Monday.
The patients, ranging in age from 5 to 62, reported becoming sick between Aug. 2 and 7. Eight of them live in Santa Fe County and one lives in San […]
August 11th, 2008 laurie
A salmonella scare has forced Mars Petcare US to recall 100 of its 20-pound bags of PEDIGREE Complete Nutrition Small Crunchy Bites sold at some Albertsons in Southern California and Las Vegas, Nevada, ConsumerAffairs.com reports.
Mars said a “component” that tested positive for salmonella was inadvertently shipped to its Tracy, California, plant and used in the […]
August 5th, 2008 amy
NewStar Fresh Foods has issued a voluntary recall for Fresh Cilantro because it has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Healthy persons infected with Salmonella often experience fever, diarrhea (which may […]
August 4th, 2008 amy
Consumer Affairs reports that consumers poisoned by salmonella-tainted peanut butter can’t pursue a class action lawsuit against ConAgra, the producer of the Peter Pan and Great Value peanut butter blamed for thousands of illnesses in 2006 and 2007, an Atlanta judge has ruled, saying a class action would make little sense because it would not […]
July 28th, 2008 amy
On Friday the FDA issued an advisory to consumers that jalapeño and Serrano peppers grown in the United States are not connected with the current Salmonella Saintpaul outbreak. FDA continues to advise consumers to avoid raw jalapeño peppers–and the food that contains them–if they have been grown, harvested or packed in Mexico.
In addition to domestically […]
July 22nd, 2008 amy
Agricola Zaragoza, Inc. of McAllen, TX is recalling Jalapeno Peppers distributed since June 30th, 2008 because they have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella0. The Jalapeno Peppers were distributed to customers in GA and TX. The Jalapeno Peppers being recalled were shipped in 35lb. plastic crates and in 50lb. bags with no brand name […]
July 21st, 2008 amy
After two months of mystery surrounding the nationwide salmonella outbreak that has sickened more than 1,237 people in 43 states, the FDA has identified the smoking gun — a smoking pepper, in this case. The discovery was made at a packing plant in McAllen, Texas, according to a swamppolitics.com report. The pepper was grown in […]
July 21st, 2008 amy
Grande Produce, LTD. CO of Hidalgo, Texas is recalling Jalepeno Peppers and Serrano Peppers distributed between May 17th and July 17th, 2008; and Avocados, all sizes, with lot #HUE08160090889 because they have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella.
The Jalapeno Peppers, Serrano Peppers and Avocados were distributed to the following states: TX, DE, NC, GA, […]
July 18th, 2008 amy
The FDA has updated its warning to consumers nationwide concerning the nationwide salmonella outbreak.
After a lengthy investigation, the FDA has determined that fresh tomatoes now available in the domestic market are not associated with the current outbreak. As a result, the agency is removing its June 7 warning against eating certain types of red raw […]
July 17th, 2008 amy
The nationwide salmonella outbreak has sickened 1196 people, as of 9pm on June 15, according to the CDC website.
Since April, 1196 persons infected with Salmonella Saintpaul with the same genetic fingerprint have been identified in 42 states, the District of Columbia, and Canada. These were identified because clinical laboratories in all states send Salmonella strains […]
