Post by pavel on Jan 23, 2016 3:02:44 GMT -6
Dole recalls salad after Listeria outbreak kills 1, sickens several in 6 states
ATLANTA, Jan. 22 (UPI) -- Federal health officials have traced an outbreak of Listerosis to a salad product packaged and distributed by Dole Fresh Vegetables, Inc., the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday.
The outbreak has so far sickened 12 people and killed a person in Michigan, the CDC said in an update to the case Friday.
The agency, which said the outbreak was traced to a Dole plant in Springfield, Ohio, has been working with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to identify the source of the Listeria monocytogenes bacteria since September.
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States affected by the recall:
Alabama, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Massachusetts, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Wisconsin
Canadian provinces affected by the recall:
Ontario, New Brunswick, Quebec
Read more: www.upi.com/Health_News/2016/01/22/Dole-recalls-salad-after-Listeria-outbreak-kills-1-sickens-several-in-6-states/3161453516771/?spt=hs&or=hn
ATLANTA, Jan. 22 (UPI) -- Federal health officials have traced an outbreak of Listerosis to a salad product packaged and distributed by Dole Fresh Vegetables, Inc., the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday.
The outbreak has so far sickened 12 people and killed a person in Michigan, the CDC said in an update to the case Friday.
The agency, which said the outbreak was traced to a Dole plant in Springfield, Ohio, has been working with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to identify the source of the Listeria monocytogenes bacteria since September.
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States affected by the recall:
Alabama, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Massachusetts, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Wisconsin
Canadian provinces affected by the recall:
Ontario, New Brunswick, Quebec
Read more: www.upi.com/Health_News/2016/01/22/Dole-recalls-salad-after-Listeria-outbreak-kills-1-sickens-several-in-6-states/3161453516771/?spt=hs&or=hn