http://food-poisoning-blog.com Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 18 Nov 2008 05:36:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Tomatoes? Peppers? Mexico? Florida? Where people turn to answers when it comes to situations like this summer's salmonella outbreak apparently had its collective head in the soil. While peppers were infecting thousands of people in North America with salmonella poisoning, the Food and Drug Administration took the sweeping step of removing several ... http://food-poisoning-blog.com/2008/11/18/dc-regulators-fumbles-misled-summertime-salmonella-outbreak/ The Associated Press reports that the death toll in the melamine scandal may be higher than China's government suggests based on a recent revelation that at least five more children died after drinking infant formula tainted with the industrial chemical. China's Health Ministry had previously reported that three infants died ... http://food-poisoning-blog.com/2008/11/17/more-melamine-deaths-in-china-scandal/ WKOW reports that University Health officials have confirmed three new cases of norovirus on campus, bringing the total number of students infected so far to 48. Campus officials say they're still taking precautionary measures, including extensive cleaning, and reminding everyone to wash their hands. Students are concerned the norovirus could become ... http://food-poisoning-blog.com/2008/11/14/more-norovirus-in-wisconsin/ The Associated Press reports that lawyers for dozens of families whose children were sickened by tainted milk have decided to go ahead with a class-action lawsuit against state-owned Shijiazhuang Sanlu Group Co., the dairy at the center of China’s worst food safety crisis in years. These 15 rs are hoping ... http://food-poisoning-blog.com/2008/11/14/tainted-milk-lawsuit-planned/ The Food and Drug Administration has stopped taking Chinese shipments containing milk-based products until they're tested for the chemical melamine. Melamine is used in the industrial setting for plastics and fertilizers but has been added as a taint to milk products to boost protein levels when they're inspected. Melamine poisoning has killed ... http://food-poisoning-blog.com/2008/11/14/fda-halts-milk-based-shipments-from-china-bound-for-us-shores/ Health officials in Wisconsin believe there is no need to fear an outbreak after 45 students were sickened by a norovirus. Students living in the Sellery dormitory at University of Wisconsin-Madison became sick with the norovirus earlier this week. They all presented the symptoms common with a norovirus infection: nausea, diarrhea, ... http://food-poisoning-blog.com/2008/11/14/norovirus-thats-sickened-45-wisconsin-students-believed-contained/ The Associated Press reports that 1,272 infants are still hospitalized in China with illnesses stemming from baby formula contaminated with chemicals. China's latest product safety scandal involves dairy products tainted with the industrial chemical melamine. It was apparently added to raw milk to fool protein-level tests. Large doses of melamine can ... http://food-poisoning-blog.com/2008/11/14/thousands-still-hospitalized-from-tainted-milk/ As we reported yesterday on this blog, romaine lettuce was identified as the likely source of an E. coli outbreak in Ontario, Canada. More than 125 people have contracted symptoms of E. coli poisoning though only about 20 have been confirmed, after eating a restaurant somewhere in Canada. Because the cases cwere ... http://food-poisoning-blog.com/2008/11/13/romaine-lettuce-responsible-in-ontario-e-coli-outbreak-separate-incident-closes-school-in-north-bay/ Three restaurants linked to an E. coli outbreak in Ontario, Canada, have reopened, but as the number of victims continues to rise, health officials believe that a supplier may be the source of the contamination. Produce believed to be tainted prior to its delivery to restaurants in several areas of the ... http://food-poisoning-blog.com/2008/11/12/supplier-not-restaurants-could-be-source-of-canadian-e-coli-contamination/ Looks like Canada's recent E. coli outbreaks may have ties to the US. Lab tests have revealed that the E. coli outbreaks in Waterloo, Halton and Niagra share the same rare genetic makeup. Canadian health officials are also looking at whether E. coli cases at the University of Guelph may ... http://food-poisoning-blog.com/2008/11/11/canada-e-coli-outbreaks-may-have-us-ties/