We think we just heard a radio network news report saying that the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention now lists the death of 67-year old Paul Rivera of Houston as the first official fatality of the outbreak of Salmonella Saintpaul in tomatoes.
Mr. Rivera died June 4th after he and most of his family
The Centers for Disease Control & Prevention offers the following summary of the outbreak as of today:
Since mid-April, 167 persons infected with Salmonella Saintpaul with the same genetic fingerprint have been identified in 17 states: Arizona (12 persons), California (2)
Bob Drobatz is president of operations for Petaluma Market in Santa Rosa, CA. He told the Santa Rosa Press Democrat that the tomatoes he was pulling from grocery shelves came from Mexico.
Mexico is one of the biggest suppliers of red round tomatoes and the country was conspicuously absent from the FDA “safe” list, Drobatz
The Gallup, New Mexico Independent Sunday (6/8/08) is reporting that Mexico is the likely source of the tainted tomatoes responsible now for making people in 16 states sick with Salmonella Saintpaul.
The newspaper quotes Dr. Michael Landen, deputy state epidemiologist with the New Mexico Department of Health, as saying “Preliminary data indicates the tomatoes
Consumers got an expanded warnings today (06/07/08) from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration NOT to eat Red Plum or Red Roma nor Round Red raw tomatoes.
The expanded warning comes as the Salmonella Saintpaul outbreak blamed on red raw tomatoes spreads to 16 states with at least 145 people sick and 23 in hospitals.
Raul Rivera will be buried Saturday (6/7/08) in Houston. His family is telling Houston television stations tonight that Mr. Rivera is the first death in the Salmonella Saintpaul outbreak.
Rivera was battling cancer, specifically lymphoma, and more recently his insurance company. He’d just won with the insurance company, allowing payments for new treatment that was
The U.S. Food & Drug Administration is out with a list of states and countries that have been eliminated as sources for the Salmonella Saintpaul-tainted tomatoes. States and countries on the list below were eliminated based on FDA traceback review and production and distribution patterns. The sources not associated with the outbreak are:
* Arkansas
At least 97 sickened by Salmonella Tomatoes in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Utah, Virginia and Wisconsin
That’s the headline on tonight’s Salmonella Saintpaul update on the Marler blog. It can be found here.
Pressure is building. Health officials are now also looking at Florida and Mexico as the possible
The Centers for Disease Control, along with several state health agencies and the federal Indian Health Service says the investigation into the Salmonella Saintpaul outbreak has identified consumption of raw tomatoes as the likely source of the illnesses in New Mexico and Texas.
The specific type and source of tomatoes is under investigation; however, preliminary
The hunt is on.
What is the source of the tomatoes making people sick throughout the Western United States with the rare Saintpaul strain of Salmonella?
Texas is looking at its own Harris County. The Houston Chronicle reports:
Frank Borden, manager of the Texas Department of State Health Services’ food and drug inspections branch, said
Frank Borden, manager of the Texas Department of State Health Services’ food and drug inspections branch, said