Articles Tagged with ''salmonella''

Researchers say the recent study was prompted by an increased number of foodborne disease outbreaks involving these products.

The USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service has revised its guidelines to assist poultry processors in controlling Salmonella and Campylobacter in raw food products.

CDC is investigating a multistate outbreak of Salmonella infections it has traced back to sprouted nut butter spreads.

The increase sparks a call for better collaboration between the food industry and federal and state governments.

Originally launched in 2009, the updated tool includes national data from all outbreaks reported to CDC from 1998 through 2014.

A federal judge sentenced former peanut industry executive Stewart Parnell to 28 years in prison Monday for his role in a 2008-2009 Salmonella outbreak that sickened more than 700 and was blamed for nine deaths, USA Today reported.

USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has confirmed that frozen, raw, stuffed and breaded chicken products produced by Aspen Foods, a division of Koch Poultry Company have the same Salmonella Enteritidis outbreak strain which was part of a July 15 recall.

A Texas woman is the second person to die related to a nationwide outbreak of Salmonella Poona infections stemming from tainted cucumbers, according to CDC.

A California produce company has issued a recall for its cucumbers after CDC linked its products to a multistate outbreak of Salmonella Poona infections.

Many chemical bactericidal washes and rinses have been tried in the poultry processing industry with varying results; Campylobacter and Salmonella still find their way to finished product.