Food Poisoning News & Features

The outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes has been reported in three states. All 10 infected people were hospitalized and one death was reported in Florida.

One company recalled almost 29 products, including organic parsley, organic cinnamon, cloves, and pumpkin pie spice, while a second recall is just for organic parsley.

The recall includes pre-sliced apples, mangoes, pineapples, grapes, and cantaloupe sold at Walmart locations in Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas and cantaloupe sold at Meijer stores sold in Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin.

The salads were made by Fresh Express at a plant in Illinois and may be contaminated with cyclospora.

The products, which were shipped to stores in Arizona, Idaho, Oregon and Texas, have the establishment number "P-20728" printed on individual retail packages as well as product cases.

There have been 122 cases in seven states.

The recall, announced by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service, includes products sold at hundreds of Walmart stores as well as Food City stores.

They are produced by Rader Farms of Lynden, WA. The affected bags were sold in stores in Arizona, California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oklahoma, Oregon, Washington, Texas, and Utah.

Four people have died and 32 more have been sickened in a deadly listeria outbreak traced to recalled enoki mushrooms from the company Sun Hong Foods.

The latest outbreak was from November to December 2019 in Iowa, where 22 people were infected with E. coli. Twenty of them were interviewed, and each said they ate at one or more of 15 Jimmy John’s locations

The company says no other Blendtopia products are affected, and the issue is believed to be isolated to one ingredient provided by a supplier.

But as of Wednesday, the outbreak of E. coli illnesses linked to the lettuce "appears to be over," the CDC said in a statement.

The voluntary recall affects Lipari Foods’s Premo and Fresh Grab sandwiches sold at food service and retail stores in Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.

Almark Foods has expanded its recall of hard-boiled eggs to include products sold at grocery stores and major retailers nationwide, including Costco, Walmart, Kroger, and Trader Joes. The eggs may be tainted with Listeria bacteria. So far, 4 people have been hospitalized and 1 has died in the current outbreak.

Three separate outbreaks across the country. Each deals with romaine lettuce and E. coli. More than 100 people are sick and agents with the FDA and CDC are scrambling to find the source of the contamination.

Ruiz Food Products of Florence, SC, recalled 55,013 pounds of egg, sausage, and cheese burritos, the U.S. Department of Agriculture says.

The illnesses have occurred in Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska and Wisconsin.

The fruit mix -- which is made up of cantaloupe, honeydew, pineapple, and grapes -- is included in the recall, along with individual containers of cut honeydew, cantaloupe, and pineapple.

The FDA, CDC, state health authorities, and Canadian officials have been investigating an E. coli illness outbreak, and research shows that Fresh Express brand Sunflower Crisp Chopped Salad Kits are the likely source.

Investigators have determined that the berries came from a distribution center that ships fresh berries to Fresh Thyme Farmers Market stores in 11 states: IA, IL, IN, KY, MI, MO, MN, NE, OH, PA, and WI.

Fuji Foods announced the recall, which includes ready-to-eat sushi, salads and spring rolls sold to select retailers and distributors along the East Coast and parts of the Midwest.

In a new report, researchers from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention detail the tracking of a recent multistate outbreak of salmonella infections linked to raw turkey products.

The CDC says 102 people infected with E. Coli are linked to the recall of romaine lettuce from Salinas, CA. The recall includes salads sold at Aldi, Target, and Walmart stores, and at Domino’s Pizza, among others.

The recalled items include the brand’s ready-to-cook chicken wings, tenderloins, legs, breast meat, and whole birds.

The recalled products were sold in Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Montana, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin.