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https://www.marlerblog.com/case-news/fda-opens-investigation-into-e-coli-and-salmonella-clusters/
The FDA has reported that the lead was likely added to the cinnamon to increase its weight and therefore its commercial value. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is continuing to moni...
https://www.marlerblog.com/case-news/lead-poisoning-in-children-linked-to-cinnamon-in-apple-sauce/
Outbreaks of salmonellosis (infection with non-typhoidal Salmonella) involving young children associated with keeping backyard poultry,* including descriptions of high-risk practices such as keep...
https://www.marlerblog.com/case-news/cdc-notes-babies-and-backyard-chickens-dont-mix/
Cyclospora is a parasite composed of one cell, too small to be seen without a microscope. The organism was previously thought to be a blue-green alga or a large form of Cryptosporidium. Cyclos...
Summary Public Health is investigating an outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli O157:H7 (also known as STEC). Three of the five people who got sick had testing that matched by genetic fingerp...
https://www.marlerblog.com/case-news/e-coli-outbreak-linked-to-pcc-guacamole/
CDC, public health and regulatory officials in several states, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA-FSIS), and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FD...
According to Food Safety News, the outbreak strain has been found at a farm that supplied the milk used to make Mrs Kirkham’s unpasteurized cheese, which was linked to an E. coli outbreak in th...
Summary On October 3, 2023, the Tennessee Department of Health (TDH) Northeast Regional Office was notified of two cases of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC). Over the nex...
The Food and Drug Administration has issued a warning about certain mussels from Allen’s Fisheries in Newfoundland, Canada, that were imported to the United States. On March 1 the New Jersey De...
https://www.marlerblog.com/case-news/mussels-recalled-due-to-nausea-vomiting-and-diarrhea/
What is the problem? Through product testing, the FDA has determined that the ground cinnamon products listed in the table below contain elevated levels of lead and that prolonged exposure to the...