Latest Salmonella Stories

SAN DIEGO, Oct. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- As salmonella infections linked to turtles continue to be reported across the United States, Petco(TM) has responded with their Turtle Relinquishment Program in joint partnership with Concordia Turtle Farm. The Center for Disease Control (CDC) is encouraging anyone who has an aquatic turtle under the federally mandated four-inch carapace length to relinquish them in hopes of preventing further spread of the disease. However, Petco stores will...

HealthyAnswers.com is a publisher and a leader in providing current natural health information on their website. Along with thousands of archived articles on health related issues, they also offer a complimentary health newsletter, quality nutritional solutions, and self improvement books. Delray Beach, FL (PRWEB) October 18, 2012 Citing a USA News Today report [Peanut Butter Plant Tests Positive for Salmonella, October 5], HealthyAnswers.com alerted their readers to the current...

Lawrence LeBlond for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Retail outlets across the country had removed Sunland nutty spreads from their store shelves following a recall of the company’s peanut butter and other nut butters last month. The recall came after 35 people were sickened in 19 states from salmonella-contaminated peanut butter manufactured by the New Mexico-based peanut processor. The recall, which was first announced late last month in peanut butter sold at Trader Joe‘s...

QUINCY, Mass. and PURCHASE, N.Y., Oct. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Stop & Shop Supermarket Company LLC, following a recall by Justin's, announced it removed from sale Justin's Organic Peanut Butter Cups due to possible salmonella contamination in the peanut butter. The following products are included in this recall: Justin's Organic Milk Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups, UPC 89445500024, 1.4 oz., with best by dates of 11/11/11 through 3/23/13 Justin's Organic Dark Chocolate...

Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online MIT researchers have developed circuit components that can produce the most complex synthetic circuit ever built. The circuit, which was reported in the journal Nature, integrates four sensors for different molecules, and can be used in cells to precisely monitor their environment and respond appropriately. The team had previously designed bacteria that could respond to light and capture photographic images, and others that can...

A lawsuit alleging a 4-year-old Massachusetts boy became ill with a Salmonella infection after eating peanut butter was filed Thursday against Sunland and Trader Joe's, Worcester, Massachusetts (PRWEB) October 05, 2012 A lawsuit was filed today against Sunland, Inc. and Trader Joe’s, the manufacturer and retailer who sold Salmonella-contaminated peanut butter products that state and federal public health officials identified as the source of a multi-state Salmonella Bredeney...

Connie K. Ho for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Pickled herring on a platter. Open faced herring sandwiches. Seafood is a delicacy cherished by the Dutch, as the ocean borders the country. However, the Dutch are cautious on eating seafood these days as there was a recent a recall of salmon. In particular, health authorities in the Netherlands recently discovered that hundreds of people became sick after eating smoked salmon that had contained a strain of bacteria related to...

Filing of Clinical Trial Application (CTA) in Prostate Cancer Expected in Q4 2012 QUEBEC CITY, Oct. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - Aeterna Zentaris Inc. (NASDAQ: AEZS) (TSX: AEZ) (the "Company") today announced that preclinical data on its oral prostate cancer vaccine candidate, AEZS-120, were presented over the weekend at the 32(nd) Congress of the Société Internationale d'Urologie, which is being held in Fukuoka, Japan. The presentation underlined the feasibility of an oral...

Researchers track the spread of human invasive non-Typhoidal Salmonella in sub-Saharan Africa A new study out today (Sunday 30 September) reveals that the emergence and spread of a rapidly evolving invasive intestinal disease, that has a significant mortality rate (up to 45%) in infected people in sub-Saharan Africa, seems to have been potentiated by the HIV epidemic in Africa. The team found that invasive non-Typhoidal Salmonella (iNTS) disease is caused by a new form of the bacteria...

WARREN, N.J., Sept. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Roka Bioscience is proud to announce that its Atlas Salmonella Detection Assay has received AOAC Performance Tested Methods(SM) Certification (PTM #031201) from the AOAC Research Institute (AOAC-RI) for 10 additional food matrices. These matrices include frozen raw ground beef (375 g), raw ground turkey, cooked deli chicken (325 g), romaine lettuce (375 g), tomatoes, black pepper, dry pasta, dry pet food, soy flour, and shell eggs (100...