As of 9:00 pm EST on February 8, 2010, a total of 217 individuals infected with a matching strain of Salmonella Montevideo have been reported from 44 states and District of Columbia since July 1, 2009.  The number of ill persons identified in each state with this strain is as follows: AK (1), AL (2), [...]

The salmonella salami outbreak continues to grow.  As of 9:00 pm EST on February 2, 2010, a total of 207 individuals infected with a matching strain of Salmonella Montevideo have been reported from 42 states and District of Columbia since July 1, 2009.  The number of ill persons identified in each state with this strain [...]

As more details continue to pour in about the nationwide Salmonella Montevideo outbreak that has sickened 184 in 38 states, it seems that health investigators are now focused on the key question:  Is the source of salmonella the pepper coating on the Daniele salami or the salami itself?
My guess - the pepper coating.

Why is Pepper [...]

According to the Oregon State Department of Public Health, Rhode Island-based Daniele brand salami has been identified as the source of the Salmonella Montevideo outbreak that has sickened 184 people in 38 states, including 8 from Oregon and 14 from Washington.  The numbers continue to grow as reports from state health departments continue to track [...]

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 [...]

In a report issued today, New York State Health Department officials confirmed that 45 persons to date have become infected with an outbreak strain of  Salmonella Typhimurium linked to the consumption of contaminated peanut butter and peanut products manufactured by Peanut Corporation of America and Kellogg Company.  The majority of the illnesses are related to [...]

With all of the recent salmonella and E. coli outbreaks - beef, peanut butter, cookie dough, spices, and others - the food poisoning lawyers at Simon & Luke have been fielding a huge volume of calls from concerned citizens who want to know whether they have a viable food poisoning case.  The answer is a [...]

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, a [...]

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 Class 1 [...]

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 identified [...]