Salmonella Outbreak

Unpasteurized Tempeh Sicks 60 With Rare Salmonella Strain

Posted 05.08.2012

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The number of people sickened by a rare strain of salmonella linked to unpasteurized tempeh has risen to 60, Food Safety News reports. The tempeh, ...

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Spicy Tuna Sushi Linked To 20-State Salmonella Outbreak

AP | WILL LESTER | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Salmonella Outbreak, Video, Yellowfin Tuna Salmonella, Yellowfin Tuna, Sushi Salmonella, Sushi, Food Safety, Salmonella, Yellowfin Sushi, Yellowfin Sashimi, Food News

WASHINGTON -- A yellowfin tuna product used to make dishes like sushi and sashimi sold at restaurants and grocery stores has been linked with an outbr...

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Spicy Tuna Sushi Likely Culprit In 19-State Salmonella Outbreak

AP | MATTHEW PERRONE | Posted 04.04.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Federal health officials are investigating a growing outbreak of salmonella that has sickened 90 people in 19 states and the District of...

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Joe Satran

Woman Sues Taco Bell After Contracting Salmonella

HuffingtonPost.com | Joe Satran | Posted 02.22.2012

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Leah Smith, a 22-year-old Oklahoma woman, filed a lawsuit against Taco Bell on February 17, alleging that the fast-food chain was responsible for the ...

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¡Ay Caramba! Taco Bell Revealed As Source Of Salmonella Outbreak

Posted 02.07.2012

Read More: Mexican Chain Salmonella, Salmonella Outbreak, Fast Food, Food Poisoning, Video, Restaurant Chain A, Taco Bell, Taco Bell Salmonella, Food Safety, Yum Brands, Salmonella, Food News

Earlier this week, HuffPost Food wrote that Food Safety News had been investigating an unusually large outbreak of salmonella originating at an unname...

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Salmonella Outbreak Prompts Egg Mogul To Leave Company

AP | RYAN J. FOLEY | Posted 01.21.2012

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IOWA CITY, Iowa — A ruthless businessman who built one of the nation's largest egg production operations from scratch even as he racked up envir...

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Gaping Holes In Egg Oversight Remain One Year After Massive Recall

Posted 10.29.2011

Read More: Eggs, Iowa Eggs, Salmonella Outbreak, Egg Laying Hens, Iowa Food Safety, Iowa Egg Recall, Iowa Egg Salmonella, Food Safety, Salmonella, Egg Regulations, Food News

Last August, officials recalled a shocking 380 million eggs from an Iowa producer when they were found to harbor salmonella bacteria. Since then, it h...

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Deadly Serious: Antibiotic Resistant Salmonella Free to Be in Your Food

Wendy Gordon | Posted 10.18.2011

Read More: Antibiotic Resistance, Usda, Organic Farming, Salmonella, Drug-Resistant Bacteria, Salmonella Outbreak, Turkey Recall Usda, Usda Turkey Recall, Salmonella Turkey, Food, Drug-Resistant Salmonella, Salmonella Ground Turkey, Turkey Recall, Food News
Wendy Gordon

In what country is it legal for deadly salmonella to be in your food? Um, well, there may be others, but I am sure of only one, the United States.

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Every Mother's Nightmare: Bacteria in Recalled Ground Turkey Is Resistant to Antibiotics

Laurie David | Posted 10.08.2011

Read More: Antibacterial, Salmonella Outbreak, Salmonella, Food News
Laurie David

It is maddening that our so-called "food safety system" is designed to protect giant food corporations more than individuals.

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Cargill's Tainted Turkey: Just the Tip of the Iceberg?

Andrew Gunther | Posted 10.05.2011

Read More: Salmonella Outbreak, Antibiotics in Meat, Antibiotics Resistance, Antibiotic Resistance, Salmonella, Antibiotics, Salmonella Heidelberg, Cargill Turkey Salmonella, Infected Turkey, Turkey Salmonella, Tainted Turkey, Cargill Turkey, Animals, Ground Turkey Salmonella, Ground Turkey Recall, Food News
Andrew Gunther

My concern is that this outbreak is yet another stark warning that we are on the verge of a world where antibiotics will no longer work, and where common bacterial diseases will once again kill unabated.

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The Biggest Food Recalls Of All Time

Posted 10.05.2011

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Food Safety News is now reporting that the 36-million-pound salmonella-tainted Cargill ground turkey recall currently in effect is effectively the big...

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Why Did The Ground Turkey Recall Take So Long?

AP | MARY CLARE JALONICK | Posted 11.08.2011

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WASHINGTON — The first sickness was in March and the first signs of a salmonella outbreak appeared in May. Two months later, investigators linke...

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Cargill Recalling 36 Million Pounds Of Ground Turkey Linked To Salmonella Outbreak

AP | MARY CLARE JALONICK | Posted 10.03.2011

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WASHINGTON — Meat giant Cargill is recalling 36 million pounds of ground turkey linked to a nationwide salmonella outbreak that has killed one p...

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Salmonella Turkey Source Still Unknown

AP/The Huffington Post | MARY CLARE JALONICK | Posted 10.03.2011

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WASHINGTON (Associated Press) -- Consumers looking for answers about a salmonella outbreak linked to ground turkey will have to continue to wait as th...

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1 Dead, 76 Sick From Salmonella, Ground Turkey Implicated

AP | MARY CLARE JALONICK and LINDSEY TANNER | Posted 10.02.2011

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WASHINGTON — The government is scrambling to find the source of a salmonella outbreak likely linked to ground turkey that has killed one and sic...

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20 Americans Get Salmonella, FDA Blames Sprouts

AP | By MARY CLARE JALONICK | Posted 08.28.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The Food and Drug Administration is issuing a rare warning to consumers, asking diners to avoid Evergreen Produce brand alfalfa sprouts ...

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Catherine Pearson

Strange Science: Kiss A Frog, Catch...Salmonella?

HuffingtonPost.com | Catherine Pearson | Posted 07.26.2011

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The Centers for Disease Control has been concerned with some pretty unusual things recently (we're looking at you, zombie apocalypse campaign) and now...

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How the Richest "1 Percent" Keep Rewarding Themselves for Epic Failure

Linda Keenan | Posted 06.07.2011

Read More: Salmonella Outbreak, Egg Recall, Shadow Elite, Deepwater Horizon, Salmonella, Wall Street Crisis, BP Oil Spill, Gulf Oil Spill, Transocean, Wall Street Bonuses, Income Inequality, Joseph Stiglitz, Business News
Linda Keenan

A signature feature of the shadow lobbyist era is not just a manipulation of public policy, but also an embrace of "failing upward". No matter the track record, the elite 1 percent seek more of the same.

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Contaminated Feed: You are What THEY Eat

Nicolette Hahn Niman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Animal Feed, Food Safety, Salmonella Outbreak, Salmonella, Tainted Food, Meat, Egg Recall, Home News
Nicolette Hahn Niman

BOLINAS, CALIFORNIA - A recent recall of 500 million eggs for potential salmonella contamination brought to light the crowded, filthy, and utterly una...

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Impact of Factory Farming, Food Choices Again In Focus

Wayne Pacelle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Eggs, Bill Clinton, Salmonella Outbreak, Chickens, Factory Farming, Egg Recall, Vegan, Factory Farms, Cage Free Eggs, Salmonella, Fda, Battery Cages, Food News
Wayne Pacelle

Today, the House Energy and Commerce Committee conducted a hearing on this summer's massive egg recall, and witnesses included the owners of the facto...

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Egg Companies To Testify Before Congress On Salmonella Outbreak

AP | MARY CLARE JALONICK | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The heads of two Iowa egg farms linked to as many as 1,600 salmonella illnesses this summer gave Congress few answers in testimony ...

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The Chicken and the Egg and the Dalai Lama

Tom Christopher | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Eggs, Animal Cruelty, Battery Chickens, Salmonella Outbreak, The Dalai Lama, Salmonella, Egg Recall, Green News
Tom Christopher

The discovery of disease-bearing eggs should have come as no surprise. Violations uncovered at facilities aren't anomalies; These conditions are inherent in that style of egg production.

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FDA Inspection of Egg Factory Farms Mirrors HSUS Findings

Wayne Pacelle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Eggs, Iowa, Salmonella Outbreak, Rose Acre Farms, Dalai Lama, Hillandale Farms, Undercover Investigation, Egg Recall, Wright County Egg, Rembrandt Enterprises, Factory Farms, New York Times, Cage Free Eggs, Salmonella, Battery Cages, Fda, Food News
Wayne Pacelle

The assurances from the egg industry that its operators maintain safe and clean facilities, treat animals humanely, and do it all at low cost are a charade. The eggs may seem cheap, but the costs are passed on in terms of health costs.

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The Egg Recall Was a Disaster Waiting to Happen

John W. Boyd Jr. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Salmonella Outbreak, Farming, Egg Recall, Poultry, Factory Farms, Black Farmers, Salmonella, Fda, Food and Drug Administration, National-Black-Farmers-Association, Food News
John W. Boyd Jr.

The people who are least surprised to hear of the appalling conditions that led to the egg recall that began on August 13 were my fellow small and mid-sized farmers.

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Iowa's Secretary of Ag Brags About Iowa's Eggs

Kerry Trueman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Salmonella Outbreak, Food Safety, Wright County Egg Farm, Bill Northey, Egg Recall, Food News
Kerry Trueman

Bill Northey, Iowa's secretary of agriculture, is so darn proud of his state's capacity to crank out factory farmed eggs that he had to make a YouTube video to boast about it.

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