May 2012

Taylor Farms Retail, Inc. is initiating a voluntary recall of Organic Baby Spinach with the potential to be contaminated withSalmonella following a random test conducted on a finished package of spinach by USDA. 

Salmonella is an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly

Screen Shot 2012 AM.pngCasey Blake of the Asheville Citizen Times reported today that the number of reported cases in a three-month Buncombe-based – Tempeh caused – Salmonella Paratyphi B outbreak is still climbing. The total number of reported cases linked to the outbreak was 83 as of Friday afternoon, 62 of which involved residents of Buncombe County. The

Screen Shot 2012-05-19 at 7.55.51 PM.pngA total of 316 individuals infected with the outbreak strains of Salmonella Bareilly or Salmonella Nchanga have been reported from 26 states and the District of Columbia.

Three hundred and four persons infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Bareilly have been reported from 26 states and the District of Columbia. The number of ill

On Thursday, May 10, Buncombe County Department of Health received final test results from the NC Department of Public Health laboratory confirming that the unopened bag of culture that was added to the tempeh tested positive for the matching strain of Salmonella Paratyphi B linked to the current disease outbreak.

The US Food and Drug

A total of 316 individuals infected with the outbreak strains of Salmonella Bareilly or Salmonella Nchanga have been reported from 26 states and the District of Columbia. The 58 new cases are from Alabama (1), California (2), Colorado (1), Georgia (3), Illinois (4), Indiana (1), Louisiana (1), Maryland (3), Massachusetts (6), New Jersey (1), New

The number of cases in a Buncombe County salmonella outbreak surged 30 percent over the weekend, county health officials said Monday.Government food and health regulators are zeroing in on a tempeh ingredient sold by a Maryland company as the possible source of the local bacterial infection.The Food and Drug Administration is now among the agencies

Screen Shot 2012-05-05 at 9.11.44 AM.pngSalmonella Paratyphi B illnesses from North and South Carolina, Tennessee and New York climbed to 46 as the Bruncombe County Health Department declared Similing Hara tempeh the source of the Salmonella Paratyphi B outbreak.  Seven people have been hospitalized.  Blue Ridge Food Ventures, the shared use kitchen where Smiling Hara issued a press

eating_dog_food_0.jpgMultiple brands of dry pet food produced by Diamond Pet Foods at a single manufacturing facility in South Carolina have been linked to some of the human Salmonella infections. People who think they might have become ill after contact with dry pet food or with an animal that has eaten dry pet food should consult

H-E-B has issued a voluntary and precautionary recall for certain Asian Ready-to-Eat meals due to the possibility of undercooked chicken in those meals. There have been no confirmed illnesses reported related to this precautionary recall. However, undercooked chicken has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal