In the latest investigation development in the multistate Listeria outbreak, Minnesota officials have detected the outbreak strain in two Crave Brothers cheeses.
One dies and one miscarries after eating Wisconsin company's cheese.
A 10-year CDC study found an uptick in outbreaks linked to leafy vegetables and dairy products.
A new report on Listeria monocytogenes infections underscores the groups at greatest risk—older people and pregnant women—and sheds light on why progress has stalled in the battle against one of the deadliest foodborne diseases, federal officials said yesterday.
(CIDRAP News) – Federal food regulators unveiled an extensive study of how Listeria monocytogenes behaves in a retail delicatessen that they hope merchants, food producers, and even consumers will use as a "virtual deli" to better understand contamination and prevention steps.
Apr 24, 2013
(CIDRAP News) – The overall US incidence of major foodborne diseases was about the same in 2012 as it was about 5 years earlier, but Campylobacter infections were significantly more common, for unclear reasons, federal officials announced today.
(CIDRAP News) – Salmonella contamination in an Indiana grower's melons linked to a 2012 outbreak likely occurred in the growing fields and was likely spread during various handling stages, according to an environmental assessment by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
