Numbers Grow In Princeton University Salmonella Outbreak
"Salmonella outbreak plagues University" headlines today's story by Jack Ackerman in The Daily Princetonian.
Since we first reported on students and staff getting sick at Princeton Univesity, the only thing that has changed is the rising numbers. The latest totals are 16 confirmed salmonella infections, 15 students and one staff member. Lab reports from stool samples collected from 59 others have yet to come in.
The Daily Princetonian says the investigation is focused on the dining faciliites inside the Frist Campus Center. Princeton has switched produce suppliers, closed salad bars temporarily in the Frist Gallery, and stopped serving some foods "commonly connected to salmonella infections."
A Princeton spokesman says the lastest onset of anyone getting salmonella on campus is April 30th. Frist is very nearly in the exact center of the campus marked with the "H" on this map.
Ohio Health officials are working to identify the source of a
Pennsylvania Agriculture Department is warning anyone who bought raw milk from the Norman Sauder dairy farm in Maxatawny Township anytime after March 31st to throw it away.
As of early this week, Alamosa has reported 389 cases of Salmonella, 107 of which have been confirmed by laboratory testing. Sixteen people have been hospitalized. It now appears that there may be a death related to the consumption of Salmonella-tainted water. Here is the story from the
CIDRAP News reports the outbreak involves the same uncommon strain, Salmonella enterica serotype Agona, that caused an outbreak 10 years ago that was linked to toasted oats cereal produced at Malt-O-Meal's Northfield, Minn., plant.
Add Massachusetts to the list of states with confirmed cases of salmonella linked to the Malt-O-Meal recall. 