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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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Deadly outbreak of Listeria infections linked to cheese began in 2014; new patients identified

Food Safety News

The outbreak began in 2014 with the most recent patient having become sick in December 2023. Among people who remembered specific brands, three people who got sick between 2014 and 2022 reported Don Francisco brand queso fresco or cotija. At least two people have died. On Monday, Feb. The sick people live from coast to coast.

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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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FDA releases list showing hundreds of retailers that received tainted products

Food Safety News

According to the FDA, the list may not include all of the retailers that received the products. People have been sickened since 2014 in the outbreak, which has sickened 26 and put 23 in hospitals. The Food and Drug Administration has published a list of retailers that received the implicated products. Two patients have died.

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NY cheese manufacturer pleads guilty for adulterated product linked to deadly Listeria outbreak

Food Safety News

Following an investigation by the FDA’s Office of Criminal Investigations, the misdemeanor charge of Introducing Adulterated Food into Interstate Commerce was filed on Jan. In pleading guilty, Vulto and Vulto Creamery admitted that between December 2014 and March 2017, they caused the shipment of adulterated cheese in interstate commerce.

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