Monthly Archives: March 2008

Alamosa Colorado Salmonella Outbreak Update – Some Residents May Take Brief Showers

After days of chlorine being pumped through the salmonella-contaminated Alamosa Colorado water supply, some residents are finally being allowed to take brief showers. Thus far, 315 people have become ill, with 85 confirmed cases, and 12 people hospitalized. The source …

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Frozen Chicken Dinners Blamed for Minnesota Salmonella

Minnesota public health officials are linking a most recent salmonella outbreak to raw, frozen, breaded and pre-browned, stuffed chicken entrees. Milford Valley Farms Chicken Cordon Bleu is the product in question after two more cases of salmonellosis were recently identified. …

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Simply Fresh Fruit Recalls Fresh Cut Fruit Products

Another distributor of fresh cantaloupe is recalling product after two other companies did so when it found salmonella contaminating the melon. Simply Fresh Fruit of Los Angeles is recalling fresh cut fruit products may contain tainted cantaloupe. Simply Fresh Fruit …

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More Cantaloupes Recalled for Salmonella

As part of the bigger salmonella cantaloupe recall, T.M. Kovacevich International and Chiquita Brands International are both recalling whole cantaloupes purchased from Agropecuaria Montelibano, a Honduran grower and packer responsible for a salmonella outbreak across North America. T.M. Kovacevich International’s …

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Salmonella Cantaloupes Recalled by Tropifresh

Tropifresh Inc. is recalling whole cantaloupes sold under the brand name of Agrolibano’s Produce, marked with a “Mike’s Melons” sticker, due to the FDA warning of salmonella risk associated with cantaloupes from Honduran grower and packer Agropecuaria Montelibano. Thus far, …

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Alamosa Residents Left High and Dry, As City Tries to Flush Salmonella from Water System

Flushing of the Alamosa, Colo., public water supply has commenced, and residents of city can only flush their toilets. Nearly every aspect of normal life has been interrupted because of a salmonella outbreak in the public water supply. At least …

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