Food Poisoning Blog

At least 20 people have developed food poisoning symptoms during a shopping trip in New York state recently.

According to a local report, a caravan of 10 tour buses departing from New York City’s Chinatown district en route for the Woodbury Common outlet shopping center in Orange County. The shopping area is a haven for those in search of discounts but by the time at least 20 of the people aboard those buses arrived, they were greeted by emergency medical personnel and local police, all riders complaining and suffering from food poisoning symptoms.

Several of those suffering from food poisoning symptoms were taken to area hospitals for further treatment.

The tour bus reportedly stopped at an undisclosed location in Putnam County, N.Y., before arriving at the shopping center. The shopping center’s management were quick to offer their sympathy to the victims but even quicker at deflecting blame for infecting the shoppers through food served anywhere at Woodbury Common.

A total of 16 people from 9 states and one Canadian province are now confirmed as victims of an ongoing Salmonella poisoning outbreak linked to contaminated dry dog food.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have added two new cases to a previously reported total. Among the 16 people confirmed in the outbreak, a total of 5 have required hospitalization for their symptoms. …

The company which manufactures the Nakaochi scrape tuna product that’s been implicated in a nationwide outbreak of Salmonella poisoning mostly linked to sushi and sashimi has issued another recall on potentially dangerous food.

According to Moon Fishery Ltd., a company based in India, it has recalled 22 pound cases of “Tuna Strips” Product of India AA or AAA GRADE because it also may be contaminated with Salmonella bacteria. The recall was ordered after Food and Drug Administration testing on a Lot not in public distribution was found to have contained the pathogen. The company then agreed to issue a recall on products currently available on the U.S. market to avoid any potential escalation of the outbreak. …

A new study furthers evidence showing that reusable grocery bags are a breeding ground for dangerous and potentially life-threatening food-borne bacteria.

According to a Boston Globe report, a study published in Journal of Infectious Diseases provides evidence but no solid proof that the increasingly popular reusable grocery bag is spreading infectious diseases, including a recent outbreak of Norovirus among a traveling Oregon girls’ soccer team. …

A Cleveland company has been forced to issue a recall on its Alfalfa Sprouts because they may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes bacteria.

According to a release from Cleveland Beansprouts Co., the company is recall all Lots of its Alfalfa Sprouts because testing by federal and state health and food officials discovered the presence of Listeria bacteria. …

A California company has issued a recall on 6-ounce bags of its FunFresh Foods™ World Berries™ Organic “Cacao Nibs” because they may be contaminated with E. coli bacteria.

No illnesses have been associated with this recall but E. coli poisoning can be life-threatening to certain victims and may require hospitalization for treatment.

According to a release from FunFresh Foods Inc., of San Clemente, Calif., the recall includes about 500 six-ounce packages of its FunFresh Foods™ World Berries™ Organic “Cacao Nibs”. They were distributed between April 12-17. At least 263 of the 500 packages included in the recall have been retrieved from retailers. …