Salmonella

Feb 4, 2010

(CIDRAP News) – Further testing in the investigation of a widespread Salmonella outbreak linked to sausage products strengthens the evidence that contaminated black pepper was the source of the problem, the Rhode Island Department of health said today.

Feb 2, 2010

(CIDRAP News) – Daniele Inc., the company whose sausage products have been linked to a widespread Salmonella outbreak, yesterday expanded its earlier product recall to include another 17,235 pounds of products that may be contaminated by black pepper.

(CIDRAP News) – When people think of food irradiation, they probably think about irradiation of ground beef to kill E coli. So when a company whose pepper-coated salami has been linked to a 40-state Salmonella outbreak pledged this week to use irradiated pepper from now on, it may have raised some eyebrows and sparked new interest.

(CIDRAP News) – A Rhode Island official said today the strain of Salmonella blamed for a multistate outbreak associated with salami products has been found in a container of ground pepper from the salami producer, linking the outbreak more strongly to contaminated black pepper.

(CIDRAP News) – Daniele Inc., the Rhode Island company whose salami products have been linked to a Salmonella outbreak that has grown to 40 states, has reported finding the pathogen in black pepper used in the products.

Jan 26, 2010

(CIDRAP News) – An epidemiologic investigation has implicated pepper-coated salami products from a Rhode Island company as the source of a multistate Salmonella outbreak that dates back to July, prompting a recall of 1.2 million pounds of sausage products.