An outbreak of salmonella infections in the Chicago area has been linked to ground beef, the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPHj) said on June 7. So far, health officials have identified 26 confirmed cases in Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will counties, the department said. Those people fell ill between April 25 and…

Investigators for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that Gold Medal Flour, manufactured by General Mills, was the source of a recent salmonella outbreak in several U.S. states. The salmonella outbreak infected at least 13 people in 12 states between Dec. 6, 2022, and March 1, 2023, the CDC announced on May…

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.—General Mills has issued a nationwide recall of its bleached and unbleached flour after discovering salmonella during a sampling of a 5-pound (2.3-kilogram) bag. The company is recalling 2-, 5-, and 10-pound (0.9-, 2.3-, and 4.5-kilogram) bags of its Gold Medal Unbleached and Bleached All Purpose Flour with a “better if used by” date…

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has proposed new rules banning certain poultry products from being contaminated by salmonella bacteria, a move the industry argues would only cost workers their jobs and take convenient products off shelves. The proposal, released on Tuesday by the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), targets breaded, stuffed raw…

Salmonella is perhaps the most common cause of food poisoning. It has the advantage of being able to infect a wide range of hosts and survive in habitats ranging from animal fur to lettuce leaves. However, a rising trend of drug-resistant Salmonella cases (pdf), as indicated in a review published in the journal Foods, points…

Federal investigators have identified flour as the source of a salmonella outbreak that caused a dozen people to fall ill over the past four months. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Thursday that a collaborative investigation has confirmed that the salmonella outbreak was linked…

Wegmans Food Markets is issuing a voluntary recall of products containing micro greens, sweet pea leaves, and cat grass because of potential salmonella contamination. In a news release, Wegmans said the recall was being done because “some of the soil the products were grown in, supplied to Wegmans Organic Farm by bio365 of Ithaca, New York, tested…

Wegmans Food Markets is issuing a voluntary recall of products containing micro greens, sweet pea leaves, and cat grass because of potential salmonella contamination. In a news release, Wegmans said the recall was being done because “some of the soil the products were grown in, supplied to Wegmans Organic Farm by bio365 of Ithaca, New York, tested…

DES MOINES, Iowa—The federal government on Monday announced proposed new regulations that would force food processors to reduce the amount of salmonella bacteria found in some raw chicken products or risk being shut down. The proposed U.S. Department of Agriculture rules would declare salmonella an adulterant—a contaminant that can cause food-borne illness—in breaded and stuffed…

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warned on July 21 that the latest salmonella outbreak across the United States is linked to turtles. “Many people in this outbreak purchased small turtles online before getting sick,” the CDC said in an announcement on its website. “Do not buy small turtles with shells less than 4…