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Food Safety Sheet Highlights:
- Over 220 at cheerleading competition fall ill with norovirus.
- The outbreak likely started when a participant showed up at the competition while ill.
- Health officials believe that the outbreak grew because affected individuals vomited in public.
- Chlorine bleach can inactivate norovirus; Quaternary ammonia (quats) are not recommended because the aren’t effective.
- A 5,000 ppm (25 tablespoons 5.25% bleach per gallon of water). bleach solution should be applied to soiled areas for at least 4 minutes.
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Food Safety Infosheet Highlights:
- At least 50 illnesses traced to community event
- Community events, such as wedding receptions, church picnics, and fundraisers are common sources of foodborne illness outbreaks.
- These events are often held at temporary sites and staffed by volunteers.
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Food Safety Infosheet Highlights:
- Testing revealed Staphylococcus aureus in Rolf’s Patisserie products.
- Bakery products such as cream-filled pastries like cream pies and chocolate eclairs are often implicated in Staphylococcus aureus outbreaks.
- Outbreaks at bakeries are often linked to poor personal hygiene, contaminated equipment and temperature abuse.
Food safety infosheets are created weekly and are posted in restaurants, retail stores, on farms and used in training throughout the world.
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Food Safety Infosheet Highlights:
- Source of outbreak is still unknown; hygiene, cross-contamination and food all potential factors
- 4-year-old Ronan Wilson’s symptoms included vomit and feces red with blood, lungs filling with liquid and brain swelling
- 13 cases of E. coli O157:H7 were confirmed with some individuals showing no symptoms
- Practice good hygiene, especially food handlers who also care for children (including handwashing after handling diapers).
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Food Safety Infosheet Highlights:
- In 2006, Britney Spears was spotted changing her baby atop a restaurant table in Los Angeles.
- Norovirus, Shigella, and Salmonella can be passed through poop to food and cause illnesses.
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Food Safety Infosheet Highlights:
-Holiday turkey meals have been linked to outbreaks of Salmonella and Campylobacter.
-Following steps to safely thaw, prepare, and cook your bird can reduce the risk of making people ill.
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Food Safety Infosheet Highlights:
-Public vomiting happens: over 550 ill in norovirus outbreaks at USC and Georgetown.
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Food Safety Infosheet Highlights:
-Dirty water bottles thought to be source of outbreak; five players sidelined from playing, or having any contact with teammates.
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Food Safety Infosheet Highlights:
-Butcher who sold meat contaminated with E. coli O157:H7 facing inquiry
-John Tudor and Son, meat supplier to schools in Wales, caused an E. coli O157:H7 outbreak beginning in Sept. 2005, which killed a five-
year-old child and sickened an 150 additional children in 44 schools in southern Wales.
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