Coral Beach

3 days ago | foodsafetynews.com | Coral Beach

Officials with the Food and Drug Administration are continuing to investigate several foodborne illness outbreaks. For an outbreak of E. coli O145:H28 infections, the FDA has begun sample testing, but has not reported what it is testing. The agency had already begun traceback efforts and an onsite inspection, but has not reported what is being traced or what location is being inspected. The outbreak has sickened 11 people but the agency has not reported the patients’ ages or where they live.

4 days ago | foodsafetynews.com | Coral Beach

California is one step closer to becoming the first state in the nation to ban ultra-processed foods in public school lunches with bipartisan legislation approved by the state Assembly. The bill, AB 1264, introduced by Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel, would direct the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment to define ultra-processed foods and identify particularly harmful ones to be phased out of school meals by 2032.

6 days ago | foodsafetynews.com | Coral Beach

An outbreak of Salmonella infections traced to cucumbers from Florida is growing. As of May 30, 45 people across 18 states had been infected. Sixteen people have been hospitalized, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The patients range in age from 2 to 84 years old. Cucumbers from Bedner Growers Inc. of Boynton Beach, FL, have been determined to be the source of the outbreak. Whole fresh cucumbers from the farm were distributed by Fresh Start Produce Inc.

2 weeks ago | foodsafetynews.com | Coral Beach

The patient count in an outbreak of Salmonella Enteritidis infections has jumped to 103, with no source yet identified as the route of the pathogen. A week ago there were 78 confirmed patients, according to the Food and Drug Administration. The agency has not reported how old the patients are or where they live. It also has not reported whether any patients have required hospitalization. The FDA has begun traceback efforts but has not reported what food it is tracing.

2 weeks ago | foodsafetynews.com | Coral Beach

Research published this week shows that animal feeding operations continue to be a problem in terms of E. coli outbreaks linked to leafy greens. As evidenced by outbreaks from Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) from 2009 to 2021, leafy greens growing fields can be contaminated in a variety of ways related to animal operations such as feedlots and grazing pastures, according to a study published in the Journal of Food Protection.