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Thursday, August 21, 2008 10:08 AM

Salmonella Saintpaul....almost over?...

The Centers for Disease Control released its latest update on the food poisoning outbreak due to Salmonella Saintpaul. Cases are still coming forward but for the most part the worst is over. Map from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Since...
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Monday, July 21, 2008 2:53 PM

Jalapenos recalled....

As the Salmonella Saintpaul food borne illness outbreak appears to be winding down, the FDA announced today that a jalapeno pepper sample was positive for the same genetic finger print of Salmonella saintpaul that has been causing the current outbreak...
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Thursday, July 17, 2008 10:33 AM

FDA Lifts Tomato Advisory

CNN , Associated Press , and USA Today are all reporting that the FDA has lifted the tomato advisory. The Salmonella saintpaul outbreak that has now sickened 1196 persons, in 42 states, DC and Canada, according to the Centers for Disease Control (as of...
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Wednesday, July 09, 2008 11:49 AM

Statistically speaking....jalapenos and serranos may have been the source of Salmonella saintpaul....but still not sure...

The outbreak of Salmonella saintpaul in our food continues. The map above is from the July 9, 2008 update from the Centers for Disease Control and illustrates the cases of confirmed Salmonella saintpaul across the country. Since I first reported the outbreak...
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Thursday, July 03, 2008 12:23 PM

Salmonella saintpaul on tomatoes...er, fresh salsa...er, we're not exactly sure yet.

Following up of previous reports - Are local tomatoes safe? and Tomato Update , the current outbreak of Salmonella saintpaul is continuing. Since April, 922 persons have been sickened by Salmonella saintpaul . The likely source are red raw tomatoes, red...
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Friday, June 27, 2008 3:09 PM

Salmonella Outbreak Continues - maybe tomatoes, maybe not tomatoes

The latest news regarding the Salmonella outbreak in tomatoes is not optimistic. New cases continue to be reported. The most recent case of Salmonellosis with the saintpaul serotype was report on June 15, 2008 and so far and since April, 810 cases have...
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Tuesday, June 24, 2008 7:26 AM

Tomato Update

From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention June 23, 2008 update on the Salmonella saintpaul contamination of red raw tomatoes. To date, 613 cases of illness caused by Salmonella saintpaul with a common genetic fingerprint. The cases have occurred...
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Thursday, June 12, 2008 12:20 PM

Are local tomatoes safe? Are tomatoes from the farmer's market safe?

“Buy Fresh Buy Local” but is it safer? Are local tomatoes safer? As a consumer of red, raw tomatoes, these are questions on my mind. As of June 12, 2008, the AP is now reporting that the FDA is saying that the outbreak of illness from eating Salmonella...
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Tuesday, October 09, 2007 7:46 PM

Do you know where your food comes from??

Grist , the Environmental News and Commentary web site has launched a new series articles about food, farming and agriculture. Sow What? is your opportunity to think about where your food comes from, how it got there and what were the environmental consequences...
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Thursday, August 23, 2007 4:24 PM

Food safety and produce

Is produce the safest fresh food group? That's the question posed by the Barfblog today. The Ontario (Canada) Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, estimates that 41% of foodborne illness in Ontario can be attributed to produce. A 2005...
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Tuesday, August 14, 2007 2:26 PM

Eating Local and Food Safety Issues

I think we were all disappointed when we opened up the Tuesday, August 10, 2007 Honolulu Advertiser when Jan TenBruggencate article about the E. coli outbreak traced to lettuce on Kauai. It seems that 8 people were sickened due to E. coli contamination...
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