11 Salmonella Cases in Corinth, Mississippi Officials at Magnolia Regional Health Center in Corinth, Mississippi, say the hospital has received 11 positive salmonella cultures since Nov. 28. The town of about 14,000 residents is in Northeast Mississippi.  According to Hospital CEO Nick Napper, as reported by the Daily Corinthian, some of the victims have been [...]

Chicken Liver Salmonella Outbreak Sickens 179 in 6 States The CDC is working with public health officials in several states to investigate a multistate outbreak of Salmonella Heidelberg infections linked to a kosher chicken liver product labeled as “kosher broiled chicken livers,” which is not ready-to-eat and requires further cooking before eating. Investigators are using DNA “fingerprints” [...]

Simon Interviewed About Salmonella Egg Outbreak Yesterday I was interviewed by the Associated Press about the Salmonella Enteritidis outbreak linked tocontamimnated eggs produced by Quality Egg, L.L.C. d/b/a Wright County Egg – a company owned by Jack DeCoster.  The outbreak sickened over 2000 people across the United States. Simon & Luke represents the majority of all [...]

CDC Investigating Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Chicken Livers The US Centers for Disease Control is working with health officials to investigate a multistate outbreak of Salmonella Heidelberg infections linked to a kosher chicken liver product labeled as “kosher broiled chicken livers”. The chicken livers were sold by Alle Processing Corporation of Maspeth, N.Y., also doing [...]

Schreiber Chicken Livers Linked to 169 Illnesses A New York food processor has recalled broiled chicken liver products that have been linked to at least 169 Salmonella Heidelberg infections in five states, according to the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) and state health departments.  The recall, according to the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service [...]

Over 110 Sickened by Salmonella Linked to Kosher Chicken Liver from MealMart The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (NYCDHMH) said today that it has identified 56 Salmonella infections in the city linked to the company’s MealMart brand kosher broiled chicken livers.  At least 12 of the New York residents have been [...]

Chicken Liver Products Linked to Salmonella Outbreak The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced on Tuesday that Schreiber Processing Corporation, a Maspeth, N.Y. establishment, is recalling an unspecified amount of broiled chicken liver products that are linked to a number of Salmonellosis illnesses in New Jersey and New York.  The broiled chicken livers, which [...]

Wegmans Pine Nut Salmonella Outbreak Claims 42 Victims in 5 States The US Centers for Disease Control is working with public health and agriculture officials in New York and other states and the FDA to investigate a multistate outbreak of Salmonella Enteritidis infections linked to Turkish pine nuts purchased from bulk bins at Wegmans grocery [...]

Michigan Hit by Salmonella: “Specific Source” from “Specific Location” Identified Local health officials have confirmed a September outbreak of Salmonella in six people in Hillsdale County, Michigan, a county on Michigan’s southern border with Ohio. Rebecca Burns, environmental health director for the Branch-Hillsdale-St. Joseph Community Health Agency, said the outbreak “was limited to a very [...]

42 Salmonella Cases: Arizona, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), working in tandem with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and state and local health officials in New York and other states, is investigating a major multistate outbreak of Salmonella Enteritidis. The infections have [...]