Deadly Utah-Arizona E. coli outbreak blamed on farm animals By Dan Flynn  Infected farm animals followed by person-to-person contamination were the likely cause of an E coli O157:H7 outbreak that killed two children and sickened ten other people in a remote community on the Utah-Arizona border. Public health officials say the outbreak was likely caused by animal manure containing E. coli O157:H7 bacteria being spread by humans. The... Continue Reading
Salmonella Outbreak Exposes Flaw in FDA 'Import Alert' System By Phyllis Entis  The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Maryland Department of Health (MDH) and other state and local agencies continue to investigate the outbreak of Salmonella Kiambu illnesses, which has sickened 47 people and has already claimed one life. Based on sampling and analysis reported by MDH, the outbreak... Continue Reading
FDA warns seafood processor for lack of hazard plan By Kelsey M. Mackin  A seafood processing facility in Missouri is on notice from the Food and Drug Administration for serious violations of the seafood Hazard Analysis and Critical Control point (HAACP) regulation. Officials from the FDA’s West Division Office of Human and Animal Food inspected the Caruthersville, MO, location of Mann’s Fish Market on May 18-19. According to... Continue Reading
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