listeria outbreak

The estate of an Illinois woman who died earlier this year from a listeria infection filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday against Sarasota-based Big Olaf Creamery, which health officials have connected to a multistate outbreak.

The CDC said it has not identified a food that might be spreading the deadly bacteria, but the majority of people who have fallen ill live in or traveled to Florida about a month before they got sick

Federal officials have declared that a deadly outbreak of listeria linked to Dole packaged salads has ended. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Monday that the outbreak that left three people dead and at least 18 others sick across 13 states “is over.” However, the CDC noted the number of sick people reported does not necessarily represent the…

U.S. health officials are warning the public not to eat certain brands of packaged salads, which they say are linked to two small, long-running listeria outbreaks in which three people died

The Food and Drug Administration, along with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, announced a joint investigation into a multistate outbreak of listeria infections that may be linked to Fresh Express packaged salads, which were recalled earlier this week.

In an expansion of an existing notice, the Connecticut Department of Public Health is warning consumers not to eat any El Abuelito Cheese Company soft cheese products after the items were tied to a multistate Listeria outbreak. The FDA recall now includes all fresh cheese products with expiration dates through March 28, 2021. The items were distributed under the El…

The U.S. Food and Drug Association (FDA) is recalling El Abuelito Queso Fresco, which is sold in Connecticut, after confirming that it carries Listeria monocytogenes. The Connecticut Department of Public Health (DPH) is warning consumers, restaurants and retailers not to eat, serve or sell the cheese due to lab findings that confirm the product is the source of a...

The Connecticut Department of Public Health is warning the public not to eat, serve or sell El Abuelito Queso Fresco cheese after laboratory testing found Listeria monocytogenes in a sample collected from a Connecticut store last week. The product that tested positive came from El Abuelito, a manufacturer based in Paterson, New Jersey. It was sold as a 10-oz plastic…

A Listeria outbreak that is potentially linked to fresh and soft cheeses has sent seven people to the hospital, including one person in Connecticut. Now, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and state and local partners are investigating the multi-state outbreak. “Although the investigation is ongoing, CDC’s analysis of epidemiologic information indicates...