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Food and Drug Administration (FDA) inspectors reported, following a two-week inspection of the Blakely, Georgia, plant in January 2009, that the company had information that its peanut-butter products were tainted with Salmonella, but shipped them anyway after "retesting" them. This occurred at least 12 times in 2007 and 2008.
Salmonellosis annually causes, per CDC estimation, about 1.2 million illnesses, 23,000 hospitalizations, and 450 deaths in the United States every year. [1]The shell of the egg may be contaminated with Salmonella by feces or environment, or its interior (yolk) may be contaminated by penetration of the bacteria through the porous shell or from a hen whose infected ovaries contaminate the egg ...
Salmonella: milk: Hillfarm Dairy: 5,295 [17] 9 [17] Largest foodborne Salmonella outbreak in milk. 2008: 2008 United States salmonellosis outbreak in peanuts: Salmonella: peanuts: Peanut Corporation of America >200: 9: Largest foodborne Salmonella outbreak in peanut butter. One of the largest food recalls in United States history. [18] 2002
What is salmonella? Salmonella, a type of bacteria, is a leading cause of foodborne illness, hospitalizations and deaths in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention .
On September 6, the FDA recalled o ver 345,000 dozen eggs across Wisconsin, Illinois, and Michigan, after linking them to a salmonella outbreak that has infected 65 people across nine states, with ...
2005 – Worcester sauce in the UK was found to contain the banned food colouring, Sudan I dye, that was traced to imported adulterated chilli powder. 576 food products were recalled. [ 53 ] [ 54 ] 2005 – Farmed salmon in British Columbia, Canada was found to contain the banned fungicide malachite green . 54 tonnes of fish was recalled.
The Food and Drug Administration has classified a recall of eggs sold at Costco caused by potential salmonella contamination as the highest risk level for infection.. The voluntary recall last ...
It has been estimated to have been manufacturing roughly 2.5% of processed peanuts in the U.S. at that time. PCA permanently halted its operations after it was found to be the source of a massive Salmonella outbreak in the U.S., during late 2008 and early 2009. The 2008 contamination followed a long history of food quality issues.