Salmonella

The USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service has extended the public comment period for its work on reducing salmonella in the meat, poultry, and processed egg products. "With the expectation is that we change when new information becomes available and that's one of the reasons we have this meeting we don't want to stay in the same old rut in the same old place, just because we've always don

The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service will host a virtual public meeting on Salmonella next month. Federal agencies included in the meeting will discuss the commitment to reduce pathogen contamination to decrease salmonella infections associated with regulated food items. T ...

The Washington Department of Health is investigating four more cases of Salmonella link to backyard poultry.  Last week’s cases were reported in Clallam, Island, Stevens and Spokane counties.  That brings the total number of cases being investigated this year up to 20.   Those ...

New technology is helping federal officials link salmonella illness cases in different parts of the country to the same pathogen.     "They're able to make those associations through the use of whole-genome sequencing technology in a way, I think, previously you might have thought that five people from one state, and four people from another state, and three people somewhere else, are getting

A new study by the Centers for Disease Control finds fish and chicken as the most linked foods for foodborne disease outbreaks. Over a six-year period, the CDC analyzed more than 5,700 foodborne disease outbreaks that result in more than 100,000 illnesses and 145 deaths...

The National Turkey Federation says its members are fully cooperating with a CDC-USDA investigation into an outbreak of salmonella poisoning that’s been linked to raw turkey products.  MeatingPlace.com says the outbreak has affected 90 people across 26 states since November.  The CDC said ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating several multistate outbreaks of Salmonella infections linked to contact with live poultry in backyard flocks. As of June 1, 124 people infected with the outbreak strains of Salmonella have been reported from 36 states...

The Washington State Department of Agriculture has suspended the milk processing plant license of Pride and Joy Dairy in Toppenish due to concerns over pathogens found in the raw milk product.   The plant will keep its milk producer licenses.  ...

The Washington State Department of Agriculture is warning people to not drink Pride and Joy organic retail raw milk from Toppenish because it might be contaminated with salmonella.   The product has a best-by date of October 4th and was sold at 13 different stores in Eastern Washington.  ...

The Centers for Disease Control says more than 370 people have reported Salmonella infections from backyard flocks this year, and more than one-third of them were children under five years old.  The CDC is reporting eight separate outbreaks across 47 states in backyard flocks.  Th...