This evening, in the wake of a massive Salmonella Montevideo outbreak which has sickened 184 persons in 38 states, Daniele, Inc. sent an open letter to consumers who had purchased salmonella-tainted sausage products.  The company has recalled over 1,240,000 pounds of sausage products in the wake of an investigation potentially linking those products to the [...]

With the recent outbreak of Salmonella Montevideo, which has sickened 184 people in 38 states, we have been fielding calls from people who want to know: How common is Salmonella Montevideo? To answer this question, one must first understand that every year in the United States, there are over 30,000 laboratory confirmed cases of salmonella [...]

The Centers for Disease Control (“CDC”) is collaborating with public health officials in many states, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to investigate a multistate outbreak of Salmonella Montevideo infections.  Investigators are using DNA analysis of Salmonella bacteria obtained through diagnostic testing [...]

The FDA and the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) continue to investigate Salmonella contamination in pistachios and pistachio products.  Setton Pistachio of Terra Bella, Inc., Terra Bella, California (“Setton”), has recalled all lots of roasted pistachios produced from nuts harvested in 2008 and also from the 2007 crop that were processed on the same [...]

In the past 3 years, there have been several food-borne salmonella outbreaks in the United States.  More than half of those outbreaks were linked to the consumption of manufactured food such as peanut butter, pet food, or cereal.  Less than half of those outbreaks were related to fresh produce such as cantaloupes, tomatoes, peppers, and alfalfa [...]

On March 26, 2009 the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) informed the Center for Disease Control (CDC) that multiple samples of pistachios and pistachio-containing products collected from Setton Pistachio of Terra Bella Inc, California were contaminated with several serotypes of Salmonella, including Montevideo, Newport, and Senftenberg.  Since that time, the CDC has been actively investigating [...]

The FDA and the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) are investigating Salmonella contamination in pistachio products sold by Setton Pistachio of Terra Bella Inc, Calif.   The company has stopped all distribution of processed pistachios and has issued a recall of over 1 million pounds of its products.   The company distributes bulk roasted pistachios to about 35 wholesalers [...]