Federal officials are reporting that the patient count in an outbreak of lead poisoning traced to imported cinnamon applesauce stands at more than 200, with all of those affected being six years old or younger.
Continue Reading More than 200 children affected by excessive levels of lead in applesauce
Usually, an elected official charges before the evidence is in, and the bureaucrat provides an open-ended background about the food safety problem.
But with the lead poisoning of applesauce pouches sold for children, those roles
Continue Reading FDA’s human food chief does not think spiked lead in applesauce was an accident
Officials from the FDA have closed their investigation into the Ecuadoran company that supplied lead-tainted cinnamon applesauce products to the United States after finding that the lead content was thousands of times higher than recommended
Continue Reading Officials in Ecuador continue an investigation into lead-tainted applesauce shipped to the U.S.
An outbreak of Salmonella has ended in Norway without officials finding the source.
An investigation into the outbreak of Salmonella Napoli has been completed as no cases have been detected since the end of September.
Continue Reading Salmonella outbreak over in Norway, but source not found
A cheese made from raw milk has been linked to half a dozen serious E. coli infections in France.
Six cases of hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) have been reported. HUS is a severe complication associated
Continue Reading Raw milk cheese sickens six children in France
More patients have been identified in the Salmonella outbreak traced to cantaloupe. The outbreak is now spread across 42 states. Mexican officials have closed the implicated cantaloupe operation.
Since the most recent update, on Dec.
Continue Reading More than 300 sick in cantaloupe outbreak; Mexico closes implicated cantaloupe operation
There are now 241 complaints from patrons of a sushi restaurant in Raleigh, NC, about foodborne illnesses.
The complaints against Sushi Nine began Nov. 28, according to local health department officials. The suspected pathogen is
Continue Reading Patient count nears 300 in outbreak linked to North Carolina sushi restaurant
More information has been shared by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) about Salmonella in poultry meat and eggs from Poland.
There have been 200 cases of salmonellosis this year in the United Kingdom caused by
Continue Reading FSA steps up response to Salmonella in Polish poultry products
Retailer lists are now available for peaches, nectarines and plums linked to a Listeria outbreak that has killed one person and sickened others.
Samples from sick people were collected from Aug. 22, 2018, to Aug.
Continue Reading FDA releases retailer lists for stone fruit linked to deadly Listeria outbreak
Ready-to-eat (RTE) fish products have been linked to almost 100 Listeria infections in an outbreak that started in 2011 and continued into this year, according to two European agencies.
The European Centre for Disease Prevention
Continue Reading Multi-year fatal Listeria outbreak linked to fish from Lithuania