At least 80 people have become ill and 12 required intensive care treatment at hospitals after a food poisoning outbreak at a San Jose Mexican seafood restaurant. According to a report in the San Jose Mercury News, the customers contracted Shigella, an easily transmittable bacterium. Health officials in Santa Clara…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has suspended production at Sunland, Inc. after several batches of the manufacturer’s peanut butter were linked to a widespread salmonella outbreak leading to a nationwide recall of Sunland nut products. According to a news report in the Christian Science Monitor, this is the…
A Los Angeles-based company is recalling its seafood salad products over food poisoning concerns. According to an Associated Press news report, Frankly Fresh Inc. has voluntarily recalled these products packed under its label because they could be contaminated with listeria, which is a type of deadly bacteria. The products involved…
A Fort Wayne, Texas, woman has filed a lawsuit against ConAgra Foods, claiming that she fell ill with a salmonella infection after eating their peanut butter. The 76-year-old woman, Mildred Turner, said in her lawsuit that she bought the tainted Peter Pan peanut butter in November 2006, the same batch…
Two elementary school girls – ages 7 and 9 – in Carmel Creek, San Diego, have been sickened with an E. Coli infection, San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency officials said. According to this news report, the girls have been hospitalized, but are expected to recover. Officials are…
An appellate court has upheld a $3.2 million jury verdict awarded to 25-year-old Alexis Sarti of Costa Mesa, who suffered permanent nerve damage after eating bacteria-contaminated raw tuna at the Salt Creek Grille in Dana Point. According to a news report in The Orange County Register, the food poisoning occurred…
The Michigan Department of Agriculture has determined that the E. coli-tainted lettuce, which has sickened more than 36 people in Michigan, originated from California. . According to this October 9, 2008 article in the Detroit Free Press, the tainted California lettuce was sold by distributors in Michigan to institutions and…
At least 23 people across 14 states have been infected with salmonellosis caused by the same strain of bacteria found in the recently recalled unsweetened Puffed Rice and Puffed Wheat Cereals manufactured by Malt-O-Meal, according a report by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. According to the news release, the…
In what is the biggest meat recall in the history of this country, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) recalled 143 million pounds of raw and frozen beef from a Chino meat-packing facility that recently earned notoriety for its inhumane treatment of cows and unethical business practice of forcing sick…
A Minnesota meat packer has recalled close to 188,000 pounds of ground beef patties and other meat products because officials believe the beef could be contaminated with dangerous E. Coli bacteria, according to an MSNBC news report. Rochester Meat Co. reportedly issued the recall after five people reported becoming ill…