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The number of Americans affected by
salmonella-contaminated tomatoes has reached 756 in 43 different states. The source
of the contamination continues to be a mystery. No deaths have been attributed
to the illness, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said in a statement. At
least 95 people have been hospitalized, according to...
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 Public health officials confirmed 12 more cases of salmonella in Massachusetts linked to a nationwide outbreak associated with certain types of raw tomatoes. The FDA warned consumers to avoid raw red plum, red Roma, and round red tomatoes because of the possible contamination. The Massachusetts cases were reported in Middlesex,...
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 The salmonella-contaminated tomatoes have
sickened more than 270 people, but investigators still continue the work to
confirm the source of the outbreak, which remained elusive. At least 43 people
have been hospitalized since mid-April and May, when authorities found cases of
salmonella infections in Arizona, Colorado, Idaho,...
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 Two types of breakfast cereals infested with the same strain of salmonella sickened at least 21 people in 13 states, the Federal Food and Drug Administration said on Saturday. Reports contain the following numbers: 1 case in California, 1 in Colorado, 1 in Delaware, 3 in Maine, 2 in Massachusetts, 1 in Minnesota, 1 in North Dakota, 2 in...
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 Salmonella has caused a big disaster since its outbreak back in April. Tomatoes were out of blame. Still, certain raw tomatoes were got off the market on June 7. The FDA groceries and restaurants stopped receiving the tomatoes and the industry started to fail. Tomatoes producers ran out of money and costumers.Trace backs of the...
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Salmonella seems to be in the trend this season, but is not fashionable. The bacterium that causes food poisoning is a rod-shaped bacterium which could be found in the intestine and can also cause gastroenteritis and typhoid fever.Starting April 1, this year, Salmonella Saintpaul has sickened more than 1, 300 people and about 242 were...
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 Starting Monday, federal Food and Drug Administration
inspectors will enlarge the salmonella search beyond tomatoes to include
cilantro, jalapeño and serrano peppers – ingredients used to make salsa,
scallions and onions.
The FDA reported it is about to subject several kinds of
Mexican food to testing for salmonella before they...
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health officials announced on Tuesday that they were far from identifying the
source of the salmonella outbreak that began in mid-April this year. The U.S.
Food and Drug Administration has expanded its examination by including food
products that are usually served with tomatoes. However, they declined to
report what these other...
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 In the small town of Alamosa, Colo., water is
contaminated with salmonella bacteria. This was found after drinking water
engineers for the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment Joey
Talbott had made a test on the water in Almosa on Tuesday, March 25. Contaminated
water can’t be used for drinking, washing dishes...
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 Cadbury Schweppes Plc., the maker of Dairy Milk chocolate, Halls cough drops and Trident gum, announced on Tuesday that its sales are expected to exceed its current year expected targets, as it recovered in its chocolate sales in the United Kingdom and an important growth in the US gum sales.The London- based company declared that the...
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 According to a new study that has
been carried out on a space shuttle, the bacteria become deadlier in space up
to three times than in normal conditions. The scientists have made public that
the sample of some pathogenic bacteria were flown last year on the Space
Shuttle Atlantis Mission for 12 days, while the culture sample of the...
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 Nearly 32 people from 12 different states got sickened with salmonella after they had eaten precooked, frozen chickens, the federal government announced this week. The food poisoning started because many people still don’t know how to cook the frozen chicken, as they put it in the microwaves, when it was actually told to be put in the...
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 Starting April 1, this year, Salmonella Saintpaul has sickened 1, 440 people and about 242 were hospitalized. The Food and Drug administration has tried to discover the produce infected since then.At first, tomatoes were accused to contain the virus. Certain raw tomatoes were got off the market on June 7. The FDA groceries and...
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 Although federal health officials have not cut tomatoes off
the salmonella outbreak cause list, an eruption that has affected more than
1,270 people nationwide, tomato growers are demanding taxpayers to pay them
compensations them for their losses.
Rep. Tim Mahoney, a Democrat from Florida,
a major tomato producer in the...
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 Southern California stores began
to take serious measures on Tuesday and started pulling jalapeno peppers from
their shelves, as reported by the Los Angeles Times.
The vendors’ actions came one day after maintaining the
peppers on market in spite of the fact that the Food and Drug Administration declared
on Monday that the...
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 Even if officials announced that tomatoes are free of any danger to get sick, the tomato industry has lost nearly $100 million until now, from this scandal. More and more people grew concerned every day about the safety of the products, so it won’t be so easy to regain customers’ confidence.Almost half of the tomato consumers have...
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 The Food and Drug Administration withdrew on Thursday its
warning against consuming certain types of fresh tomatoes, in spite of the fact
that officials said they still had to identify the source of a Salmonella
Saintpaul outbreak which affected the health of more than 1,200 people.
However, the U.S.
agency maintained its...
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More than 1,000 people have been sickened in the salmonella
outbreak, which has extended to 41 states and the District of Columbia. Officials said
yesterday this was the biggest food borne outbreak in the past 10 years.
Initially, food safety experts believed tomatoes are the
source of the contamination but then...
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 Officials who spent almost a month hunting the source of salmonella outbreak are now testing shipments of imported jalapeños at the Mexican boundary. Initially, they believed tomatoes are the culprit but then jalapeño peppers drew the attention, almost becoming their leading suspect for spreading the bacteria that triggered to ailments...
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 Investigators continued the work to confirm
the source of the salmonella-contaminated tomatoes that have sickened 24 people
in Texas,
according to state officials. 40 cases of Salmonella infection have been
confirmed in New Mexico,
according to the New Mexico Department of Health.
The FDA yesterday warned consumers in Texas and...
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 Contaminated dry dog food was the cause of an outbreak of
Salmonella infections affecting people in 19 states, public health officials
reported in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, a publication of the
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
These findings point out that although it is somehow
surprising, dry...
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 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration made public a warning
to grocers to remove from their shelves all cantaloupes from Agropecuaria
Montelibano, because they had been contaminated with the salmonella bacterium.
The melon-processing company mentioned above is located on the Pacific coast in
southern Honduras.
“The United...
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 The Food and Drug Administration was alerted last week after
50 people in the U.S. and 9
in Canada became ill after
eating cantaloupes from a Honduras
manufacturer. It seems the melons from Agropecuaria Montelibano are
contaminated with salmonella. The U.S. government, together with the
F.D.A., advises people not to buy cantaloupes...
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 Colorado health officials warned the residents of Alamosa, a southern Colorado town, to stop drinking or cooking with their tap water because it appears to be linked with the recent local Salmonella outbreak. Around 33 people have become ill with the bacteria and dozens more are being investigated."Municipal water is not a common...
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 The California Department of Public Health warned consumers
not to buy alfalfa sprouts manufactured by two Californian companies, as tests
have found they may contain Salmonella.
The tests were made after several illnesses have been
reported across the state. The manufacturers voluntarily decided to recall
their products from...
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 According to Safeway, US supermarket chain, some of its ground
beef may be tainted with Salmonella as the company was informed of the
potential threat by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
According to a company release, the ground beef in question
would have entered the supply chain between September 19 and November 5....
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 According to the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) six
cases of salmonella infections were reported in Minnesota after resident ate Banquet brand
turkey or chicken pot pies. The finding prompted health and agriculture
officials to warn consumers not to eat any Banquet brand pot pies. An
investigation is ongoing.
Banquet brand...
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 Mars Petcare US Inc. issued a voluntary recall for two of its brands over fears they might be contaminated with Gram-negative bacterium of the Salmonella genus. They are the five-pound bags of Krasdale Gravy dry dog food, and the 50-pound bags of Red Flannel Large Breed Adult Formula dry dog food. The products were allegedly sold in...
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