The fact the number of confirmed cases of Salmonella Saintpaul continued to rise on Monday was not the big worry for the Centers for Disease Conrol and Prevention (CDC).
It was the fact that the date that people continued to fall ill continues to move forward, now the latest onset date for the illness
More from the Centers For Disease Control & Prevention can be found in the extended reading section.
In case anyone is concerned that the tomato industry or the larger produce industry does not have a voice in this ongoing Salmonella Saintpaul outbreak, let us introduce you to Jim Prevor’s Perishable Pundit.
Through this saga, we’ve largely relied upon “official” sources of information. The states, especially New Mexico and Texas that were
From a CDC/FDA Press Conference today:
As salmonella cases continue to climb, the government is checking if tainted tomatoes really are to blame for the record outbreak – or if the problem is with another ingredient, or a warehouse that is contaminating newly harvested tomatoes. Federal health officials say there’s no evidence clearing tomatoes. But
The Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) added 49 individual cases to the Salmonella Saintpaul outbreak today, bringing the total to 756. Everyone who has come down with the rare salmonella strain did so before June 13th. The outbreak continues to involve 34 states and the District of Columbia.
Meanwhile the hunt for the
Sometimes we think about things in terms of what might make good fiction.
Chapter 1 – A rare strain of Salmonella spread by an early harvest of tomatoes somewhere in Mexico or Florida makes thousands of people sick in the United States. Hundreds if not thousands of state and federal food safety and health officials
Since April, 707 persons infected with Salmonella Saintpaul with the same genetic fingerprint have been identified in 34 states and the District of Columbia. These were identified because clinical laboratories in all states send Salmonella strains from ill persons to their
While we are all wondering how long those federal teams will remain in those tomato fields in old Mexico and south Florida, we thought it might be a good time to offer a little editorial opinion of our own.
Two weeks ago, on June 11th, the New Mexico Department of Health issued a time-line covering
We interrupt this blog to bring you news of a salmonella outbreak NOT involving tomatoes. For this report, we must go high up into the mountains of North Carolina where we know from past personal experience that it sure is pretty this time of year.
But along comes the Asheville Citizen-Times with a report of