Posted on 01/07/2009 6:13:36 PM PST by TornadoAlley3
ATLANTA (AP) — Health officials are investigating a salmonella outbreak that has reportedly sickened nearly 400 people in 42 states, but they don't know how the bacteria are spreading.
(Excerpt) Read more at google.com ...
ping
Mexico?...China?
ping
Mexico AND China?
There has to be some commonality. Or a trail.
Salmonella Outbreak Hits 42 States:
(web MD)
388 Sick, No Deaths So Far; Source Unknown
By Daniel J. DeNoon
WebMD Health News
Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD
Jan. 7, 2009 — An ongoing salmonella outbreak has sickened 388 people in 42 states, the CDC said today.
At least 67 people have been hospitalized; no deaths have been reported. Victims of the outbreak range in age from less than 1 year to 103.
“We are collaborating with public health officials in 42 states, the FDA, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture to investigate an ongoing multistate outbreak of human infection with Salmonella typhimurium,” CDC spokesperson Lola Russell tells WebMD.
The CDC has not released the names of the states involved. However, the Ohio Department of Health says in a news release that there have been 50 cases among residents of that state, making Ohio the state with the second most cases.
An FDA spokesperson says the agency is working closely with the CDC to identify the cause of the outbreak. If the CDC determines that the illnesses were caused by an FDA-regulated product, the spokesperson says, the FDA will perform a “traceback” investigation to determine the specific product linked to the outbreak and how that product became contaminated.
The salmonella strain is a common one. Salmonellatyphimurium is the same type of salmonella that in 2007 sickened 401 people in 41 states, Russell says. A CDC investigation traced the 2007 outbreak to undercooked not-ready-to-eat Banquet brand frozen pot pies.
The recent salmonella outbreak traced to peppers (and possibly tomatoes) was the saintpaul strain, a different type of salmonella.
Previous outbreaks of Salmonella typhimurium have been traced to poultry, raw milk and cheese, and pet turtles.
“We are reminding people that it is often difficult to trace the source or sources of salmonella outbreaks,” Russell says. “We don’t have a potential source at this point.”
Localized salmonella outbreaks are not uncommon. Every year, the CDC receives reports of some 40,000 salmonella cases, with about 400 deaths. Because less serious cases are not reported, the actual case number is estimated to be 30-fold higher.
Kids under age 5 are five times more likely to get salmonellosis than others.
Here’s the CDC’s advice on how to prevent salmonella infection:
Cook poultry, ground beef, and eggs thoroughly. Do not eat or drink foods containing raw eggs or raw (unpasteurized) milk.
If you are served undercooked meat, poultry, or eggs in a restaurant, don’t hesitate to send it back to the kitchen for further cooking.
Wash hands, kitchen work surfaces, and utensils with soap and water immediately after they have been in contact with raw meat or poultry.
Be particularly careful with foods prepared for infants, the elderly, and the immunocompromised.
Wash hands with soap after handling reptiles, birds, or baby chicks, and after contact with pet feces.
Avoid direct or even indirect contact between reptiles (turtles, iguanas, other lizards, snakes) and infants or immunocompromised people.
Don’t work with raw poultry or meat, and an infant (e.g., feed, change diaper) at the same time.
Mother’s milk is the safest food for young infants. Breastfeeding prevents salmonellosis and many other health problems.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has not named all the states.
That sort of funny. Do they think if they released the states we would be able to figure it out?
“Don’t work with raw poultry or meat, and an infant (e.g., feed, change diaper) at the same time.”
Well that connects the dots to Mexico!
And, it is in 57 states.
Mexico, China, and Muslim terrorists. That should cover it. And Democrats.
I don’t get this. If you cook everything at home, why worry? OK, I don’t cook peanut butter, but it is made in the USA!
So that's why they cover themselves with the statement that you should not use a microwave of less the 1100 watts power -- not just the usual "microwaves vary, adjust cooking time."
Just went to Healthmap.org and they are not showing a salmonella outbreak. So much for the all seeing eye.
Working with a really decrepit/aged/faulty memory, here, but wasn’t salmonella the ‘weapon of choice’ in an eco-nazi-domestic-terrorism attack (failed) in California some years back??
..anyway, it just appealed to him and the name probably helped...'Treasures of the Sea'....
...If you look quickly at the bag, your eyes see Spokane, Washington...(& you think, USA)
..but if you look more closely, but not even small print, it says...
product of China!!
My husband hates to waste anything, but when I saw 'product of China' the whole bag got pitched.
A friend of mine bought a bag of talapia at Aldi's....'product of Viet Nam'....hers got pitched too.
I go around the supermarket carefully reading the small print before I buy anything !!
Of course this started after I discovered ...'Product of US, Canada & Mexico'... on the beef packages at my local supermarket (the one I frequent almost daily)...(they just started stamping this fairly recently)
So I started an amateur search on the Internet and almost gagged when I became more aware of the junk our nation has engaged in.... concerning our foods....
I'm just surprised MORE people aren't sick!
Since 2002!!!!!!!...our farmers and ranchers have tried to get our products labeled so Americans can see where their produce & beef, etc are originating!
Guess what, folks have lobbied to suppress this information-(Mexico being one!)- and year after year after year have succeeded in stalling the bill that was suppose to pass.
It would appear it finally passed about October of this year....the Country of Origin .
And many times your well known company--household names.... who has outsourced ..'just about EVERYTHING'.. to China, Mexico, etc....are very clever at hiding this fact.
Even with the 'country of origin' supposedly in effect, you still have to dig to find if the product is US MADE (not just distributed) or China made or Mexico made!
Dear goodness, what has happened to our nation.
That's an obscure reference that will probably go over most folks heads.
Wasn't that outbreak linked to a leaky roof?
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.