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The FDA is continuing to investigate several foodborne illness outbreaks and has added a new one to its list.
As of Oct. 26, there had been 10 patients confirmed in the new outbreak of infections from E. coli O157:H7. The Food and Drug Administration has initiated traceback but has not reported what food or foods are being traced.
In other outbreak news, the FDA has issued an outbreak advisory for an outbreak of infections from Salmonella Litchfield in seafood. As of this past week, there were 33 confirmed patients in the outbreak. The FDA has been investigating the outbreak since late September and has traced the implicated fish to Mariscos Bahia Inc.
For two multistate outbreaks from the Cyclospora cayetanensis parasite, one with 84 patients and the other with 43, the FDA is reporting that sick people said they ate a variety of leafy greens before becoming ill. The FDA has closed both investigations.
“For both investigations, CDC, FDA, and state and local partners conducted epidemiologic and traceback investigations and collected and analyzed the product and environmental samples. All samples collected were reported as negative for Cyclospora. Due to the lack of additional detail in the epidemiological data and the absence of supporting evidence collected from traceback and sample collection, FDA could not identify a specific product as the source of either outbreak,” according to an FDA updat on the two outbreaks.
The FDA has closed investigations on two other outbreaks.
One of the outbreaks, from Salmonella Senftenberg, sickened 36 people. The FDA did not identify a source for Salmonella and the outbreak is considered over.
The other outbreak investigation has closely involved frozen crumbles sold under the Daily Harvest brand. The leek and lentil crumbles were associated with 393 consumer complaints of various illnesses including liver, bile duct, and gallbladder issues. At least 133 people were hospitalized and at least 25 patients reported they had to have their gallbladders removed. One possible source of the illnesses was tara flour used in the crumbles, but the FDA did not find a definitive link. The most recent person to become sick had symptoms begin on Sept. 4.
ongoing outbreak investigations
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