Salmonella is composed of more than 2,400 serotypes, many of which cause enteric diseases in humans and animals. Several Salmonella serotypes are multidrug resistant, and there is evidence of the clonal spread of these strains from animals to humans. Salmonella enterica serotype Newport is one of the serotypes that increasingly present a multidrug-resistant phenotype.
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Foodborne illness due to the consumption of contaminated raw or lightly cooked sprouts is a continuing food safety concern. Researchers tested several plant-associated pseudomonads for their ability to inhibit the growth of Salmonella enterica both in vitro and in situ. The results were published in the Journal of Food Protection.
Only Pseudomonas fluorescens 2-79 produced
Salmonella found in omelette served to children at the Rostov- on-Don kindergarten had caused mass food poisoning, Head doctor of the local municipal hospital Vitaly Zhdanov told Tass on Monday.
Laboratory tests showed the presence of salmonella that caused mass intestine poisoning, he said. It was established that only the children who ate the omelette
Bad eggs could end up costing a Melbourne hotel more than $1 million dollars in damages, with victims of a food poisoning outbreak winning the right to compensation. More than 50 people were poisoned at the Old England Hotel at Heidelberg in Christmas 2003. Up to 150 more could join the class action for compensation.
State officials say people should not buy baby chicks and ducklings as Easter gifts because the birds can carry disease. Last year, four New Mexicans and 22 people from 14 other states were infected with salmonella.
Officials say the salmonella was largely caused by exposure to baby chicks, reports the Associated Press.
People risk
The outbreak of foodborne illness centered at Old South restaurant in Camden, South Carolina turned out to be one of the biggest in the state’s history, sickening over 300 people and killing one man.
Environmental staff collected surface swabs and questioned staff and owners about food preparation. Officials returned again and collected samples of raw
The January and February 2005 Salmonella Enteritidis outbreak at Beaches Sandy Bay was extensive. The outbreak was confirmed by a joint CDC and Jamaican Ministry of Health investigation.
The investigation actually began because nineteen Wisconsin State residents had been found in February 2005, as either culture-confirmed or suspected Salmonella Enteritidis cases, with a common exposure
The Food Safety and Inspection Service today advised consumers that cooking raw poultry to a minimum internal temperature of 165 degrees F will eliminate pathogens and viruses, reports the Department of Congressional and Public Affairs. The single minimum internal temperature requirement of 165 degrees F was recommended by the National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria
The FDA says those colorful Easter eggs in the basket on your table are unsafe to eat after two hours at room temperature, reports the Daytona Beach News-Journal.
With Passover and Easter approaching, the FDA wants to remind consumers that fresh eggs must be handled carefully. Even eggs with clean, uncracked shells may contain Salmonella
Between early May and early June 2005 the Michigan Department of Community Health identified 11 state residents as being infected with an indistinguishable genetic strain of Salmonella Typhimurium. Eight of the cases were reported in children and five of the cases had required hospitalization.
Interviews with case patients indicated that all had consumed store brand