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As Del Monte plans to sue Oregon officials, epidemiologists react

(CIDRAP News) – Del Monte Fresh Produce, a company that recalled its cantaloupes in March after health investigators in several states linked them to a Salmonella Panama outbreak, said yesterday that is plans to sue Oregon Health Authority and one of its officials, claiming that the company's products were wrongly singled out.

Lisa Schnirring
 

NEWS SCAN: Black Death pathogen sequenced, egg safety gaps, rotavirus vaccine benefit

 

NEWS SCAN: Papaya Salmonella cases up, anthrax case update, food re-inspection fee opposed, China reports polio cases

Aug 29, 2011

 

FLU NEWS SCAN: Flu-shot priority groups, 1918 pandemic flu transmission, recombinant swine flu virus, flu immune response

 

NEWS SCAN: Ground turkey plant inspections, West Nile in Greece

Aug 26, 2011

 

NEWS SCAN: More chick-linked Salmonella cases, malaria in Greece

Aug 24, 2011

 

Gene study links Haiti's cholera outbreak to Nepal

(CIDRAP News) – A whole-genome sequencing study of Haiti's cholera outbreak strain has produced strong evidence that United Nations peacekeepers from Nepal brought the disease into the country, according to a study published yesterday.

Lisa Schnirring
 

NEWS SCAN: E coli probe of Egyptian seeds, Czech mumps outbreak

Aug 23, 2011

 

NEWS SCAN: Ground beef E coli recall, Haiti cholera update, resistant malaria mosquitoes

Aug 19, 2011

 

FOOD SAFETY NEWS SCAN: E coli outbreak linked to deer, more Salmonella cases, peanut butter Salmonella review

Aug 18, 2011

 

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