In the wake of the recent national outbreak of Salmonella Newport that has sickened 22 people in 10 states, Caldwell Fresh Foods of Maywood, California has recalled the contaminated alfalfa sprouts at the root of the outbreak.  Below is the press release announcing the recall: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – May 21, 2010 – Caldwell Fresh [...]

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) is working with state health officials and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to investigate a multistate outbreak of Salmonella Newport infections linked to the consumption of raw alfalfa sprouts. As of May 21, 2010, a total of 22 individuals infected with a matching strain of Salmonella Newport [...]

California has now joined several states warning its citizens not to eat salmonella-contaminated ground beef. Dr. Mark Horton, director of the California Department of Public Health (CDPH), has warned Californians not to eat ground beef manufactured by Beef Packers, Inc. between June 5 and 23, 2009 because the products could be contaminated with Salmonella Newport, [...]

As salmonella illness totals continue to rise, officials at Cargill, Inc. refuse to identify the grocery chains to which their contaminated beef was sold. Last Thursday, Beef Packers, Inc. (owned by Cargill, Inc.) recalled over 400 tons of ground beef shipped this summer because of an outbreak of a drug-resistant strain of Salmonella Newport. The [...]

Health officials have now reported that at least 27 people have fallen ill from a Salmonella Newport outbreak that prompted the recall of more than 412 tons of ground beef.  The beef was manufactured by Beef Packers Inc. in Fresno, California, a unit of Minneapolis-based agribusiness giant Cargill, Inc. So far 21 cases have been [...]

Over 400 tons of ground beef were recalled today when officials linked the meat to a salmonella outbreak. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today that Beef Packers, Inc. of Fresno, Calif., has recalled approximately 825,769 pounds of ground beef products linked to an outbreak of Salmonella Newport in [...]

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 [...]