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Supermercado Rivera Carnitas Cause Salmonella Food Poisoning Outbreak
March 7, 2019
Six people who ate carnitas from Supermercado Rivera last month have gotten Salmonella food poisoning. Supermercado Rivera is located at 4334 W. 51st St. in Chicago’s Archer Heights neighborhood. All six people ate food from Supermercado Rivera’s kitchen counter on… read more
CDC Ends its Investigation into Salmonella Chicken Outbreak
February 26, 2019
CDC has ended its investigation on an ongoing Salmonella chicken outbreak that has affected 32 states and caused 129 illnesses. In the announcement, CDC also informed that the strain found in the outbreak is widespread in the chicken industry, and… read more
February 12, 2019
I pride myself in being the opposite of a picky eater. In my life, I have been willing to try anything at least once and try not to judge other’s food choices. There are a lot of wonderful foods out… read more
No Kisses for Hedgehogs – Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Hedgehogs
February 6, 2019
In the midst of a government shutdown, the CDC was still conducing investigations to determine the sources of outbreaks. And for this multi-state outbreak of salmonella poisoning, the leading suspect is downright adorable. Who would accuse an adorable little hedgehog,… read more
January 23, 2019
Salmonella is one of the leading causes of food poisoning in the United States. This is, in part, because of its ubiquity. The microbe can slip past your immune defenses by piggybacking on or in all sorts of foods. Some… read more
Avoiding Salmonella with a Special Focus on Children and the Elderly
January 7, 2019
Salmonella seems to be the bacteria we can’t get away from. Just recently, ninety-two people across twenty-nine states have fallen ill with an infection due to an antibiotic resistant bacteria. What kind of bacteria is it? You guessed it! Salmonella…. read more
It’s Everywhere!! A Spotlight on the 2018 Salmonella Outbreaks
December 15, 2018
What Salmonellosis? That is a funny sounding word to describe a pretty nasty illness caused by a really bad germ. Whether obvious or not, you have certainly come in contact with that big bad germ at some point. Salmonella is in… read more
December 4, 2018
Cracker Barrel is in the news again. This time it has nothing to do with #justiceforBradsWife, though we are pretty sure she never got her job back. No. This news comes out of Kalamazoo, Michigan, not Corydon, Indiana. This news is… read more
How Does Salmonella Beef Contamination Happen?
November 29, 2018
Month have passed since since the initial reports on Cargill Meat resulted in a recall of 132,000 pounds of deadly ground beef thoroughly contaminated with E. coli bacteria, but while we might have hoped to be safe from similar food… read more
November 28, 2018
It seems like every time you open the Internet there is another recall or outbreak. Beef, turkey, romaine lettuce. Now Tahini. The latest reports from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) from November 28, 2018 indicate that 5… read more