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What you needed to know BEFORE the Salmonella Cantaloupe Outbreak – You should have watched Poisoned

Bill Marler

Sixty-one (61) individuals have been hospitalized. Of 263 people with information available, 129 (49%) have been hospitalized. Seven deaths have been reported. Individuals who became ill are between 0 to 100 years of age. Illnesses started on dates ranging from October 16, 2023, to November 28, 2023.

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Did you know that FSIS has a zero tolerance for Salmonella in beef served to school kids, but not for the rest of us?

Bill Marler

Some of that chicken is purchased through typical commercial channels, but schools can also obtain it via the Poultry Products Purchase Program, which is administered by USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS). Chicken is a major component of the meals served to students. Nevertheless, Salmonella remains the second-most common?cause

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2 sick in New York, 7 sick in Massachusetts and 1 dead in Florida from Listeria tainted Deli Meat

Bill Marler

All 10 ill people were hospitalized. They reported purchasing prepackaged deli meats and meats sliced at deli counters at various locations. Listeria samples from ill people were collected from August 6, 2020, to October 3, 2020. Ill people range in age from 40 to 89 years, with a median age of 81 years.

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After multiple Jimmy John’s outbreaks the FDA warns them to fix the problems

Bill Marler

No hospitalizations and no deaths were reported. Seven of 16 victims for whom information was available were hospitalized. For “Study II” online and phone order records were used to recruit controls (non-ill Jimmy John’s customers) who purchased food from the same Jimmy John’s locations on the dates as case-patients.

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WaPo – Romaine Industry, time to get your s**t together.

Bill Marler

I spent the weekend talking to people who have been hospitalized in this most recent version of “romaine-ecoli-apocalypse.” We also advised people not to eat any romaine they had purchased and to throw it away instead. 22, 40 cases had been reported across 16 states, with 28 hospitalizations but no deaths.

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CDC: Food Service Workers are a low, but not a no risk of Hepatitis A infection

Bill Marler

Several of the patrons were hospitalized with one young boy suffering acute liver failure requiring a liver transplant. People became ill after eating food purchased from the Milan McDonald’s restaurant and then developing a Hepatitis A infection. Hepatitis A infections among food handlers in the United States, 1993–2011.

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“Sproutbreak” – Punitive Damages claim levied against JIMMY JOHN’s, LLC, an Illinois Limited Liability Company, and INSPIRE BRANDS, INC., a Delaware corporation

Bill Marler

After purchasing and consuming a Billy Club Sandwich from D&L’s restaurant on February 21, 2020, Plaintiff Travis Knorr began to develop symptoms consistent with a STEC O103 infection and within the typical STEC incubation period on February 26, 2020. purchased a majority share of Jimmy John’s, LLC. In late 2019, an outbreak of E.

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