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Minnesota May Have Saved Your Innards

In detecting outbreaks of tainted food, some states are far superior

Apr 20, 09 8:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - When it comes to salmonella and other food-borne illnesses, federal agencies are rightly putting money into preventing future outbreaks, but few agencies are focused on detecting them. That task falls mostly to state and local officials, which means the ability to connect several sick citizens and call it a salmonella... More »

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food poisoning • E. coli • Kentucky • public health • salmonella • Minnesota • epidemiology • outbreak

(AP) - Kraft Foods detected salmonella in a California nut company's product over 6 months ago but didn't notify the firm until last week, a rep for the parent company said today. Roasted nuts from Setton Pistachio of Terra Bella, Inc., the company at the heart of the nationwide pistachio recall, failed... More »

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FDA • salmonella • Kraft Foods • outbreak • pistachios • Setton International Foods

Roof Leak at Plant Implicated in Outbreak

Earlier Ga. salmonella scare also thought caused by rainwater

Mar 27, 09 1:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - A leaky roof at the Peanut Corporation of America’s Georgia plant is seen as a possible culprit for the recent salmonella outbreak, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. Not only is water necessary to activate salmonella, but rain could have washed salmonella-carrying bird droppings into the plant. “Allowing water to... More »

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Georgia • contamination • salmonella • outbreak • Peanut Corporation of America • processing plant • roof leak • rainwater

Salmonella Toll Hits 666 Sick—
and Climbing

9 killed in outbreak; Peanut Corp cited in all 'clusters of infections'

Feb 25, 09 6:30 AM CST
(Newser) - Peanut-linked salmonella has sickened 666 people and counting, despite a massive food recall, Reuters reports. The illness has killed nine. “To date, 19 clusters of infections in five states have been reported in schools and other institutions,” said a health official. “King Nut brand peanut butter was... More »

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illness • salmonella • outbreak • peanut • King Nut • Peanut Corporation of America

ANALYSIS

Would Better Laws Have Caught Salmonella Scare?


Feb 23, 09 6:33 PM CST
(Newser) - A third of US states do not require testing of the salmonella bacteria involved in reported illnesses, possibly hampering national efforts to identify outbreaks, MSNBC reports. If testing were mandatory, proponents say, a strain’s widespread dissemination could be more quickly identified and the source more easily pinpointed. But states... More »

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • United States • tomatoes • salmonella • outbreak • testing • peanut butter • Peanut Corporation of America • laboratory • mandatory • voluntary

(Newser) - The latest victim of the nationwide salmonella outbreak is the Peanut Corporation of America, which filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy today, the Lynchburg News & Advance reports. “Given the events of the past month, including the broad-based recalls, the company has no alternative but to cease operations,”... More »

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bankruptcy • Georgia • public health • salmonella • outbreak • peanut butter • Peanut Corporation of America • Chapter 7


 Salmonella 
 Scare Rattles 
 Peanut County 

Farmers report fewer contracts

Feb 8, 09 5:50 PM CST
(Newser) - A Georgia county that boasts a big peanut in its courthouse square is getting crunched by the salmonella outbreak, the Los Angeles Times reports. In Blakely-Early County, Ga.—the self-proclaimed "Peanut Capital of the World"—peanut plant workers are losing jobs and farmers are getting fewer contracts.... More »

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layoffs • Georgia • recession • salmonella • outbreak • fuel costs • economy • peanut • farmers

FEMA Emergency Kits May Contain Tainted Peanut Butter

People warned to throw out packets in salmonella scare

Feb 5, 09 1:55 AM CST
(Newser) - FEMA food kits given to storm victims in Arkansas and Kentucky may have contained peanut butter contaminated with salmonella, CNN reports. The kits came from a company hit by a nationwide recall following a salmonella outbreak. FEMA warns that anyone who received a meal kit should immediately throw away any... More »

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Arkansas • Kentucky • FEMA • salmonella • outbreak • peanut • disaster relief • peanut butter



 Feds Start 
 Criminal Probe Into 
 Salmonella Outbreak 

FDA, Justice Dept. team up for investigation of Georgia peanut plant

Jan 30, 09 3:36 PM CST
(Newser) - The federal government has begun a criminal investigation into the peanut-driven salmonella outbreak, after it was revealed that a supplier shipped product that initially tested positive for the bacteria, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. The House has called representatives from two testing labs, which certified negative results, to testify. Peanut Corp.... More »

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Department of Justice • FDA • Congressional hearings • salmonella • outbreak • safety testing • criminal investigation • peanut butter • Peanut Corporation of America

Canada Rejected Plant's Tainted Peanuts

Firm tried to export unsuitable food weeks before current salmonella outbreak

Jan 30, 09 10:50 AM CST
(AP) - Weeks before the earliest signs of a national salmonella outbreak that now has been traced to peanuts from a Georgia processing plant, peanuts exported by the same company were found to be contaminated and were returned to the United States. The rejected shipment—coming over the US border across a... More »

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Congress • FDA • Canada • salmonella • outbreak • peanut • Peanut Corporation of America

Salmonella Outbreak Raises a Red Flag

'We're lucky,' but drug-resistant bacteria lie in wait, experts warn

Jan 28, 09 2:00 PM CST
(Newser) - The ongoing salmonella outbreak has sickened hundreds of people and played a part in eight deaths, and that's the good news, experts tell MSNBC. The strain in question responds to the standard treatment, but other varieties of the salmonella bacteria have become increasingly resistant to antibiotics in recent decades."... More »

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • bacteria • recall • salmonella • outbreak • drug-resistant bacteria • peanut butter • Peanut Corporation of America

(Newser) - The plant in Georgia implicated in the latest salmonella outbreak knowingly sold peanut products even after its own tests turned up evidence of the bacteria, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. The plant's internal labs showed evidence of salmonella 12 times in the past two years, but the company sold the products... More »

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(Newser) - The wide range of products containing peanut butter makes the ongoing salmonella outbreak especially tough on regulators and consumers, CNN reports. It's everywhere, from ice cream to energy bars to dog treats. The outbreak has so far sickened nearly 500 people and killed six in 43 states, and investigators expect... More »

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recall • salmonella • outbreak • snack foods • peanut • peanut butter • Peanut Corporation of America

(AP) - Federal health authorities today urged consumers to avoid eating cookies, cakes, ice cream, and other foods that contain peanut butter until authorities can learn more about a deadly outbreak of salmonella contamination. Most peanut butter sold in jars at supermarkets appears to be safe. More than 470 people have gotten... More »

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FDA • public health • salmonella • outbreak • peanut butter

(AP) - The latest national food safety investigation took on new urgency today as federal officials confirmed salmonella contamination at a Georgia facility that ships peanut products to 85 food companies, the AP reports. On Capitol Hill, the House Energy and Commerce Committee requested records as it opened its own inquiry. The... More »

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Kellogg • salmonella • outbreak • peanut butter

 Salmonella Outbreak
 Likely Over: CDC

Peppers indeed carrier, agency finds, with Mexico farm a key player

Aug 28, 08 1:40 PM CDT
(AP) - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said today the salmonella outbreak that sickened more than 1,440 people appears to be over. A joint investigation by the CDC and the Food and Drug Administration found strong evidence that jalapeno peppers were a major carrier of the bacteria, and that... More »

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FDA • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • tomatoes • salmonella • probe • outbreak • peppers

 FDA Approves Irradiation 
 of Spinach, Lettuce 

Practice common in meat coming soon to produce aisle

Aug 21, 08 3:47 PM CDT
(AP) - Consumers worried about salad safety may soon be able to buy fresh spinach and iceberg lettuce zapped with just enough radiation to kill E. coli and a few other germs. The Food and Drug Administration will issue a new regulation tomorrow allowing spinach- and lettuce-sellers to take that extra step,... More »

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E. coli • FDA • food safety • produce • outbreak • irradiation

 Tomatoes OK, FDA Says 

Salmonella warning is lifted, though investigation continues

Jul 17, 08 3:20 PM CDT
(AP) - The US government has declared it's OK to eat tomatoes again, lifting its salmonella warning amid signs that the outbreak, while not over, may finally be slowing. Officials reiterated earlier warnings that the people most at risk of salmonella should avoid hot peppers, particularly jalapenos and serranos. The Food and... More »

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FDA • Mexico • tomatoes • salmonella • ban • outbreak • chili peppers

You Say Tomato, the FDA Says There's Another Culprit Here

Feds eye other produce as salmonella source

Jul 2, 08 3:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Health officials are looking into produce other than tomatoes as the source of the recent salmonella outbreak, reports the Los Angeles Times. With much of the tomato harvest wrapped up and new cases emerging, the FDA is investigating produce typically served with tomatoes, though officials refuse to say what that... More »

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FDA • produce • tomatoes • salmonella • farmer • outbreak

 Fla., Mexico Are Main
 Salmonella Sources: FDA 

Agency stepping up efforts to track contamination

Jun 13, 08 4:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Food and Drug Administration is focusing Florida and Mexico as sources of the salmonella outbreak that has afflicted 228 people in 23 states, the Wall Street Journal reports. The “vast majority” of tomatoes imported at the time of outbreak appear to have come from those areas. Officials have... More »

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Florida • FDA • Mexico • food contamination • vegetables • tomatoes • salmonella • outbreak

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