Federal public health staff are investigating a new outbreak of Salmonella illnesses. As yet the Food and Drug Administration has not identified a source of the pathogen. The FDA reports that 100 patients have been identified in the outbreak of Salmonella Africana infections.
However, the agency has not reported where the patients live or how old they are. Investigation efforts of the outbreak include traceback, but the FDA has not reported what food or foods it is tracing. Other outbreak news Ongoing work to identify the source of E.
coli O157:H7 contamination of organic walnuts has expanded. The FDA is now conducting onsite inspections and sample analysis, but the agency is not reporting the specific location of the inspections or sampling. In its previous update on the walnut outbreak, the FDA reported that of 10 patients interviewed, all 10 reported eating walnuts, and almost all reported buying organic walnuts from bulk bins in food co-ops or natural food stores.
As of April 30 there were 12 confirmed patients in the outbreak. Seven of the patients were so sick that they had to be admitted to hospitals. E.
coli O157:H7 is a particularly dangerous strain of the pathogen and often results in serious illness, sometimes leading to kidney failure or brain damage. On April 27, Gibson Farms Inc. initiated a voluntary recall and contacted their distributing customers.
Distributors and retailers that may have received recalled bulk organic walnuts. The organic walnuts were distri.
