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Monthly Archives: November 2009
154 Salmonella Claims Filed Against PCA
A bankruptcy trustee says claims have been filed for 154 people who say they were sickened by a salmonella outbreak traced to a Virginia peanut company. Peanut Corp of America filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy amid fallout from the outbreak, …
Eggo Waffles Shortage May be Linked to Listeria
Kellogg’s had blamed the shortage of its popular breakfast foods on flooding and equipment changes and repairs at the company’s bakery in Atlanta, Georgia. However, the Georgia Department of Agriculture in September found Listeria monocytogenes in a sample of Eggo …
E. coli Testing Legislation Introduced
New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand has introduced legislation that would require companies to test for a deadly E. coli strain. The senator cites public concern that meat companies and federal regulators are not doing enough to make ground beef safe. …
Alamosa Salmonella Outbreak Due to Unrepaired Water Tank
A state report shows the city of Alamosa, Colorado ignored a recommendation to have a deteriorating drinking water tank inspected years before a 2008 Salmonella outbreak that sickened hundreds. The report found animal waste likely contaminated an in-ground storage tank …
Nebraska company recalls ground beef due to E. coli contamination
A Nebraska company has become the latest to recall ground beef because it returned a positive E. coli contamination test. According to a release from the Dept. of Agriculture, Fairbury Steaks Inc. is recalling 90 pounds of fresh ground beef …
Kentucky man blames class pet for family’s sickness
A Kentucky father is blaming two family pets for infecting he and his three children with Salmonella poisoning. According to a WLKY-TV report, Jerry Curtsinger blames two lizards one of his sons brought home after they had been his class …
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