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Foodborne Disease Scan for Jun 04, 2014

Iowa egg company fined $6.8 million over 2010 Salmonella outbreak

Iowa egg producer Quality Egg LLC, which sold Salmonella-contaminated eggs linked to a massive outbreak in 2010, agreed to pay a $6.8 million fine after pleading guilty yesterday to misdemeanor charges, according to media reports.

  • Huge fine for Iowa egg company
  • Chia-powder Salmonella update

News Scan for Jun 03, 2014

Study: Community-onset MRSA levels vary across US

A 4-year survey of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) at five medical centers across the United States found that the incidence of community-onset (CO) MRSA cases varied considerably, with trends in New York City and Los Angeles going in opposite directions, according to a report in Clinical Infectious Diseases.

  • Regional MRSA variation
  • Salmonella from snakes, rodents
  • Polio vaccine for travelers

News Scan for Jun 02, 2014

USDA action on poultry inspection rule expected in July

Final action on a controversial US Department of Agriculture (USDA) plan to streamline inspections of poultry carcasses is now scheduled for July, having been postponed from April, Food Safety News reported today.

  • USDA poultry inspection plan
  • Chia-linked illnesses in Canada
  • Ricin guilty plea

News Scan for May 30, 2014

Salmonella outbreak linked to live poultry grows to 126 cases

A Salmonella outbreak linked to live poultry from a mail-order hatchery in Ohio has grown to 126 cases in 26 states, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said today. The CDC first announced the outbreak on May 8, when it involved 60 cases in 23 states.

  • More live-chick Salmonella
  • Chikungunya in Puerto Rico, Tahiti

News Scan for May 29, 2014

2013 study finds minimal worry over H7N9 in urban and rural China

Both urban and rural residents in China interviewed in late spring and early summer last year—after the spring peak in H7N9 cases—reported fairly high exposure to poultry but fairly low anxiety about the disease, according to a study yesterday in Emerging Infectious Diseases.

  • H7N9 risk perception
  • Global polio upswing
  • Chikungunya in Guyana, Florida
  • Chia seed products recalled
  • Optimal strep testing

Food Outbreak Scan for May 27, 2014

Salmonella outbreak tied to Foster Farms chicken grows to 574 cases

A multistate outbreak of Salmonella infections linked to Foster Farms chicken products has grown to 574 cases, which is 50 more than previously reported, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in an update today. The number of affected states grew from 25 to 27.

  • 50 new Salmonella cases
  • FSMA comment period extended
  • UK Salmonella recap

News Scan for May 20, 2014

Frozen rodents linked to 18-state Salmonella outbreak

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and its state health partners are investigating a Salmonella Typhimurium outbreak linked to frozen rodents used to feed pet snakes and other reptiles. So far 37 illnesses in 18 states have been reported since Jan 11, the CDC said in its outbreak announcement today

  • 'Feeder' rodent Salmonella outbreak
  • Vaccinations and spying
  • A Minnesota ban on triclosan
  • Bacteria in airplane cabins
  • H7N9 in China

News Scan for May 15, 2014

New phlebovirus related to Heartland virus discovered in Tasmania

A novel tick-borne phlebovirus related to the recently discovered Heartland virus that has infected at least eight US residents has been discovered in Tasmania state, Australia, according to a report yesterday in Emerging Infectious Diseases.

  • Novel tick-borne phlebovirus
  • European Salmonella outbreak
  • New Pakistan polio vaccine mandate

News Scan for May 13, 2014

Ohio measles outbreak hits 73 cases as US totals pile up

A measles outbreak in Ohio has reached 73 cases—the largest state outbreak since 1996—and has helped spur US cases to some of their highest levels in recent years, according to data from the Ohio Department of Health (ODH) and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

  • Ohio, US measles cases
  • H5N1 serology results
  • Hazards of raw milk

News Scan for May 08, 2014

Two more Ebola deaths reported in Guinea

Guinea's health ministry has reported two more deaths in the country's Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak, raising the fatality number to 157, according to an update today from the World Health Organization (WHO). No other probable or suspected cases have been reported, and the overall EVD illness count is 235.

  • Two more Ebola deaths
  • Neglected parasitic infections
  • Salmonella from live poultry

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