Surveillance & Analysis on Campylobacter News & Outbreaks
Residents of Cayuga County and surrounding counties are being warned not to drink or use unpasteurized raw milk sold from a Genoa farm because of possible bacteria contamination, according the state Department of Agriculture and Markets.
Raw milk sold by the Phil Stauderman Farm, 3128 Blakely Road, Genoa, may be contaminated with Campylobacter, a bacteria…
What is Food Poisoning?
Food poisoning results when you eat food contaminated with bacteria or other pathogens such as parasites or viruses. Your symptoms may range from upset stomach to diarrhea, fever, vomiting, abdominal cramps and dehydration. Most such infections go undiagnosed and unreported.
But the Center for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that each…
The CDC today released its preliminary 2006 food-borne illness data from 10 states: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Maryland, Minnesota, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, and Tennessee. A total of 17,252 confirmed cases (actual cases may be anywhere between 20 and 30 times the confirmed cases) of food-borne illness were reported in those states in 2006,…
Many people have spent a tropical vacation with a bad stomach bug. They might have had dysentery, a painful intestinal infection that is usually caused by bacteria and rarely by parasites. Dysentery is defined as diarrhea in which there is blood and pus.
There are two main types of dysentery. The first type, amoebic dysentery…
A York County dairy has suspended its raw milk sales for the second time in a month under the advice of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, which warned that the milk might be linked to a case of gastrointestinal illness.
The state is advising people not to drink raw milk purchased from Stump Acres Dairy…
Here is a safety alert about chicken. Our partners at Consumer Reports ran extensive tests for bacteria and found 83 percent of the chicken tested harbored the kinds of bacteria that are the leading causes of food poisoning.
Leighton Kunkle has nerve damage in his hands and feet from Guillain-Barré syndrome, a side effect of…
SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Department of Agriculture and Food said Monday bacteria that cause campylobacter were not found in milk samples tested last week.
Utah County health officials issued a warning against raw milk consumption last week after several cases of a severe food-borne illness were linked to products from the same dairy…
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) – Utah County health officials issued a warning against raw milk consumption.
Seven cases of a severe food-borne illness have been linked to products from the same dairy.
Utah’s Department of Agriculture and Food has issued a notice of investigation to Woolsey’s Dairy in Payson, where the sick consumers say they…
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The owner of a Utah County dairy that’s being inspected by health officials says he doesn’t know if raw milk from his dairy is what made seven people sick.
Lars Woolsey of Woolsey’s Dairy in Payson says he does not think the milk is what caused the food-borne illness. Woolsey…
PAYSON — Utah County health officials issued a warning Wednesday about the outbreak of a food-borne illness that appears to be linked to a Payson dairy farm.
So far 15 people have tested positive for campylobacteriosis, an infectious disease caused by ingesting bacteria. Officials also say several others have reported symptoms similar to those caused…
