Author: Ron Simon
Food safety lawyer Ron Simon today announced the settlement of three claims for a family who contracted Staphylococcus Aureus from contaminated food. The victims were part of an outbreak linked to pulled pork sandwiches served between May 13 and 14, 2013 at Jordan Springs Market in Stephenson, Virginia. One of the family members was hospitalized, while the other two did not require hospitalization. Officials from the Lord Fairfax Health District confirmed that at least 4 customers were sickened after consuming food from the restaurant. Testing of one of the victims’ sandwiches revealed Staphylococcus Aureus. “Our clients are very pleased with…
At least 30 people have been identified as victims of a rare skin infection after handling live or raw fish purchased at markets in the Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens Chinatowns, report New York City health officials. The source of the infection is Mycobacterium marinu, which enters the skin through small cuts or scrapes. Symptoms include small red bumps that can turn wart like and swelling under the skin of hands and arms. Officials are warning customers and employees in the area to wear protective waterproof gloves when handling live or raw seafood that came from markets in Chinatown. Treatment for…
Investigations of the Salmonella Heidelberg infections continue today according to the CDC, Foster Farms chicken is still likely related. 481 persons have been infected with seven outbreak strains of Salmonella Heidelberg as of February 28, 2014, it has been found in 25 states and Puerto Rico since March 1, 2013. No deaths have been reported, but 38% of those infected had to be hospitalized, with the most reported illneses (76%) seen in California. In February the number of infections from two of the previously rare outbreak strains exceeded expectations to be reported to PulseNet during this time of year. Laboratory,…
New updated report on two-year-old Norovirus outbreak. In September 2012 Eurosurveillance reported the largest foodborne outbreak ever record in Germany, which lasted until October 2012. Norovirus was identified as the causative agent, according to the report. 390 institutions in five federal states reported nearly 11,000 cases of gastroenteritis. The majority of outbreaks came from schools and childcare facilities where supplies were provided almost exclusively by one large catering company. Analytical epidemiological studies identified strawberries as the cause. All institutions infected received their strawberries from one lot, imported frozen from China. The outbreak was identified within a week and prevented more…
According to a national salmonella lawyer, a salmonella outbreak has left 23 people sick after dining at The Old Country Buffet in Maple Grove, Minnesota. Minnesota health officials are now investigating the outbreak, which left 23 people sick with abdominal pain, fever and diarrhea after dining at the restaurant in late January. 11 of those cases tested positive for Salmonella Enteritidis, and one person was hospitalized, Minnesota Health Department spokesperson Doug Schultz told reporters. Schultz said the cause of the outbreak remains unidentified, but there is no longer ongoing transmission, and the outbreak appears to be over. According to one…
According to one prominent Salmonella lawyer, errors in proper food handling, hand-washing and food-safety training were cited as the cause of two serotype Salmonella outbreaks in Arkansas prisons in August of 2012. This finding was reported in a study released in last week’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR). 597 inmates at the Arkansas prisons were inflected with eight variations of Salmonella during the outbreak, investigators from the Arkansas Department of Health and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report. The eight strains exposed 15 pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) patterns of the bacterium; according to a Salmonella lawyer…
Australian offices have begun warning people about the risk of consuming raw or uncooked eggs after an increasing number of incidences of salmonella were sourced to raw egg consumption. In the last 10 years the cases of salmonella have practically doubled, from about 7,000 in 2003 to nearly 13,000 this past year, according to a story published Tuesday at Good Food.com.au. The Department of Health in Victoria commented, “Salmonella bacteria are found in humans and in wild, farm and pet animals and birds, particularly chickens. … As Salmonella infection of chickens is common, the bacteria can often be found in…