International Business News - Salmonella http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Federal investigators raised to 401 the number of cases of salmonella linked to the Banquet pot pies recalled last year by ConAgra Foods Inc. The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued its final report this week on the fall 2007 outbreak and recall. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081128/cdc-links-401-illnesses-to-2007-pot-pie-recall.htm Fri, 28 Nov 2008 11:03:19 EST The government is urging consumers to thoroughly cook frozen chicken dinners after 32 people in 12 states were sickened with salmonella poisoning. The health warning by the U.S. Department of Agriculture cited frozen dishes in which the chicken is raw, but breaded or pre-browned, giving the appearance of being cooked. They include "chicken cordon bleu," "chicken Kiev," or chicken breasts stuffed with cheese, vegetables or other items. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081005/salmonella-sickens-people-in-12-states.htm Sun, 05 Oct 2008 10:57:20 EDT At the end of a dirt road in northern Mexico, the conveyer belts processing hundreds of tons of vegetables a year for U.S. and Mexican markets are open to the elements, protected only by a corrugated metal roof. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/130299-mexico-salmonella.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080914/few-safeguards-for-mexican-produce-heading-north.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080914/few-safeguards-for-mexican-produce-heading-north.htm Sun, 14 Sep 2008 07:40:07 EDT At the end of a dirt road in northern Mexico, the conveyer belts processing hundreds of tons of vegetables a year for U.S. and Mexican markets are open to the elements, protected only by a corrugated metal roof. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080913/few-safeguards-for-mexican-produce-heading-north.htm Sat, 13 Sep 2008 09:28:27 EDT The government said Thursday that the salmonella outbreak that sickened at least 1,440 people appears to be over, but its ultimate source may never be known, partly because of shortcomings in the nation's food safety system. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080828/cdc-says-salmonella-outbreak-appears-to-be-over.htm Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:14:21 EDT Federal inspectors at U.S. border crossings repeatedly turned back filthy, disease-ridden shipments of peppers from Mexico in the months before a salmonella outbreak that sickened 1,400 people was finally traced to Mexican chilies. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080819/ap-mexican-peppers-posed-problem-before-outbreak.htm Tue, 19 Aug 2008 06:52:53 EDT Federal inspectors at U.S. border crossings repeatedly turned back filthy, disease-ridden shipments of peppers from Mexico in the months before a salmonella outbreak that sickened 1,400 people was finally traced to Mexican chilies. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080818/mexican-peppers-posed-problem-long-before-outbreak.htm Mon, 18 Aug 2008 21:08:58 EDT The nationwide salmonella outbreak is finally winding down but federal health officials can't yet say how the few tainted Mexican peppers they've found could explain such widespread illness. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080815/salmonella-outbreak-winds-down-questions-remain.htm Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:14:13 EDT Mexican agriculture officials said Thursday that U.S. colleagues hunting for the source of a salmonella outbreak are rushing to a conclusion about finding the strain at a Mexican pepper farm. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/101516-mexico-salmonella-peppers.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080731/mexico-criticizes-us-salmonella-findings.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080731/mexico-criticizes-us-salmonella-findings.htm Thu, 31 Jul 2008 19:14:19 EDT The government bungled the salmonella outbreak probe so badly, a House committee chairman said Thursday, that federal investigators reminded him of Keystone Kops. A colleague hoped the maligned tomato can get its good name back. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/101478-congress-salmonella.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080731/fda-finds-salmonella-strain-at-second-mexican-farm.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080731/fda-finds-salmonella-strain-at-second-mexican-farm.htm Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:55:57 EDT The salmonella strain linked to a nationwide outbreak has been found in irrigation water and in a sample from a batch of serrano peppers at a Mexican farm, federal health officials said Wednesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/101100-mexico-salmonella-peppers.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080730/fda-finds-salmonella-strain-at-second-mexican-farm.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080730/fda-finds-salmonella-strain-at-second-mexican-farm.htm Wed, 30 Jul 2008 22:14:35 EDT Only jalapeno peppers grown in Mexico are implicated in the nationwide salmonella outbreak, the government announced Friday in clearing the U.S. crop. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/98052-mexico-salmonella-peppers.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080726/fda-avoid-jalapenos-from-mexico-not-us.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080726/fda-avoid-jalapenos-from-mexico-not-us.htm Sat, 26 Jul 2008 03:41:39 EDT When there's an urgent need to trace fruits and vegetables in a crisis like the salmonella outbreak, a lot of the pieces for a rapid-response system already exist. But nobody has quite figured out how to put them together to operate seamlessly in the vast American marketplace. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/97913-salmonella-tracing.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080725/tracing-tomatoes-from-field-to-fork-_-a-new-system.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080725/tracing-tomatoes-from-field-to-fork-_-a-new-system.htm Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:57:18 EDT Only jalapeno peppers grown in Mexico are implicated in the nationwide salmonella outbreak, the government announced Friday in clearing the U.S. crop. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/97967-mexico-salmonella-tomatoes.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080725/fda-avoid-jalapenos-from-mexico-not-us.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080725/fda-avoid-jalapenos-from-mexico-not-us.htm Fri, 25 Jul 2008 22:58:59 EDT One of the worst outbreaks of foodborne illness in the U.S. is teaching the food industry the truth of the adage, "Be careful what you wish for because you might get it." http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/97614-salmonella-lobbying.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080725/food-industry-bitten-its-lobbying-success.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080725/food-industry-bitten-its-lobbying-success.htm Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:47:45 EDT It was a hot lead for detectives on a cold case. People suddenly were getting salmonella at a Minnesota restaurant more than 1,000 miles from the center of the nation's outbreak. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/97129-mexico-salmonella-tomatoes.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080724/a-hot-pepper-lead-in-hunt-for-salmonella-source.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080724/a-hot-pepper-lead-in-hunt-for-salmonella-source.htm Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:00:45 EDT Florida tomato growers want compensation from the federal government for millions of dollars lost because of an investigation that originally focused on raw tomatoes after a salmonella outbreak in parts of the country this spring. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080723/florida-growers-want-compensation-for-tomato-scare.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:22:46 EDT It was a hot lead for detectives on a cold case. People suddenly were getting salmonella at a Minnesota restaurant more than 1,000 miles from the center of the nation's outbreak. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/96550-mexico-salmonella-tomatoes.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080723/a-hot-pepper-lead-in-hunt-for-salmonella-source.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080723/a-hot-pepper-lead-in-hunt-for-salmonella-source.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:36:16 EDT State agriculture officials are trying to ease concerns about the safety of North Carolina peppers after federal health officials warned buyers to avoid fresh jalapenos. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080723/nc-agriculture-chief-seeks-calm-on-state-peppers.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:21:18 EDT Government inspectors finally have a big clue in the nationwide salmonella outbreak: They found the same bacteria strain on a single Mexican-grown jalapeno pepper handled in Texas--and issued a stronger warning for consumers to avoid fresh jalapenos. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/95450-mexico-salmonella-tomatoes.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080722/fda-finds-salmonella-strain-in-jalapeno-pepper.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080722/fda-finds-salmonella-strain-in-jalapeno-pepper.htm Tue, 22 Jul 2008 04:28:20 EDT