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Botulism outbreak in Joan of Arc bean salad
In a New Mexico country club. Traced to the canned three-bean salad served at the club. Of the 33 who became ill, two deaths resulted. Joan of Arc Company made the contaminated three-bean salad -
Listeria caused by Jalisco cheese
In Los Angeles and Orange counties, killing as many as 40 people. -
E. coli at Jack in the Box
Contaminated meat from Jack in the Box restaurants in Seattle, California, Idaho, Texas and Nevada, four children died and hundreds of other customers got sick. -
Hepatitis A in frozen strewberries
In Calhoun County, Michigan, cases of Hepatitis A in the frozen strewberries shipped from mexico to schools in the U.S. a total of 153 cases -
E. coli at Sizzler restaurant
Over 60 cases of E. coli were linked to Sizzler Restaurants in Wisconsin. The outbreak also claimed the life of a 3-year-old girl who died from a disease caused by the E. coli infection. Main cause of the outbreak was cross-contamination between the meat processing area and the ready-to-eat food preparation area -
Pilgrims Pride meat outbreak of listeria
widespread outbreak of Listeria in Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Michigan. Contaminated food with Listeria monocytogen in sliced turkey deli meat. Caused 7 deaths. -
Hepatitis A at Ch's Chi's restaurant
In Monaca, Pennsylvania caused the death of four people and sickened hundreds of other people who passed it on to others. The cause was hepatitis A-infected green onions that were imported from Mexico. According to the CDC, this was the largest outbreak in U.S. history of hepatitis A, a virus -
E. Coli contaminated lettuce
The first involved 71 Taco Bell customers across five states on the East Coast with people suffered kidney failure. The second outbreak involved the Taco John’s chain in Iowa and Minnesota, involving a total of 87 people. -
Uncooked Spinach had E. Coli
Outbreak swept over the U.S. twice in 2006. The first outbreak began in September when the FDA linked the hospitalizations to uncooked spinach in 26 states. Three people died, 31 suffered kidney failure, and 199 people got sick. Investigators believe it came from a cattle ranch that leased land to a spinach farmer. -
Cargill, Inc. salmonella inn ground turkey
Cargill, Inc.—the largest privately held corporation in the U.S.—recalled 36 million pounds of ground turkey after fears that it was contaminated with a strain of Salmonella resistant to antibiotics. It has been linked to at least one death and 79 illnesses across 26 states. That investigation is ongoing.
