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Deadly Listeria Cheese Outbreak began in 2014

Bill Marler

Illnesses started on dates ranging from June 15, 2014, to December 10, 2023. Among people who remembered specific brands, three people who got sick between 2014 and 2022 reported Don Francisco brand queso fresco or cotija. WGS showed that bacteria from sick people’s samples from 2014 to present are closely related genetically.

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CDC uncovers two Listeria Lettuce Outbreaks that have sickened at least 26, killing 3, since 2014

Bill Marler

Over the last week both the CDC and FDA, along with various State Departments of Health and Agriculture, have been investigating two Listeria outbreaks linked to the consumption of various leafy greens. Illnesses started on dates ranging from August 16, 2014, to October 17, 2021.

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

Bill Marler

From the FDA: Although you stated that corrective actions were implemented following the 2019 and 2012 outbreaks, you have not provided FDA with any information demonstrating long-term, sustainable corrections have been implemented throughout your organization to prevent this violation from recurring in the future. Multistate E.

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Jif Salmonella peanut butter outbreak hits Arkansas, Georgia, Illinois, Massachusetts, Missouri, Ohio, North Carolina, New York, South Carolina, Texas, Texas and Washington

Bill Marler

Tonight the FDA, along with CDC and state and local partners, are investigating a multistate outbreak of Salmonella Senftenberg infections linked to certain Jif peanut butter products produced at the J.M. FDA conducted Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS) analysis on an environmental sample collected at the Lexington, KY, J.M.

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Vulto pleads Guilty to selling Listeria-tainted Raw Milk Cheese

Bill Marler

In pleading guilty, Vulto and Vulto Creamery admitted that between December 2014 and March 2017, they caused the shipment in interstate commerce of adulterated cheese. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to investigate a multistate outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes infections (listeriosis). In March 2017, after the U.S.

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So, what’s the cause of the recent E. coli O157:H7 Outbreak?

Bill Marler

Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA-FSIS) – I do not recall a CDC post recently that included working with both the FSIS (regulates, Beef, Pork, Poultry and Catfish) and the FDA (regulates everything else). Ground beef, 2014, 12 cases, 42% female.

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More food products with Rizo-Lopez Cheese recalled due to Listeria illnesses and deaths – Marler Clark retained by victims

Bill Marler

FDA has been notified of additional companies who have issued public notifications or recalls for products linked to the Rizo-Lopez Foods, Inc. Illnesses started on dates ranging from June 15, 2014, to December 10, 2023. WGS showed that bacteria from sick people’s samples from 2014 to present are closely related genetically.

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