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SALMONELLOSIS, SEROTYPE TYPHIMURIUM, RAW MILK - USA (02): (PENNSYLVANIA), CDC REPORT (ProMED Mail/ 11/08)

SALMONELLOSIS, FROZEN POULTRY PIE - USA (MULTISTATE) (08) (ProMED Mail/ 10/30)

FOODBORNE ILLNESS, HUMMUS - JORDAN: (JERASH)(ProMED Mail/ 10/29)

Florida Food Safety 101: How to produce safer veggies (University of Florida/IFAS/ 10/11)

Oxoids culture method to counter Salmonella faster (Food Production Daily/ 10/05)

Kraft recalls white chocolate (CNN Money/ 10/04)

News briefs: Salmonella in eggs; additive reduction (Food Production Daily/ 9/14)

SALMONELLOSIS, (SCHWARZENGRUND), PET OWNERS - USA (MULTISTATE) (ProMED Mail/ 8/29)

SALMONELLOSIS, SUMMER CAMP - ROMANIA (CONSTANTA) (03):E. COLI CO-ETIOLOGY (ProMEDMail/ 8/22)

Almonds must be pasteurized as of September, says USDA (Food Production Daily/ 8/21)

Salmonellosis outbreak in connection with the Formula One race, August 2007 in Hungary (Eurosurveillance/ 8/16)

Salmonella detected in shark cartilage capsules from the United States (Food Standards Agency/ 8/09)

UK outlines salmonella reduction programme (Food Production Daily/ 7/27)

Salmonella Kottbus outbreak in infants in Gran Canaria (Spain), caused by bottled water, August – November 2006 (Eurosurveillance/ 7/12)

FDA Warns Consumers Not to Eat Veggie Booty Snack Food (FDA/ 6/28)

Enteric Routine Data Reports (Health Protection Agency/ 6/08)

SALMONELLA SENFTENBERG, BASIL - EUROPE ex ISRAEL: ALERT (ProMED Mail/6/05)

SALMONELLOSIS, FOODBORNE - RUSSIA (STAVROPOL) (ProMED Mail/6/04)

Russian Competition Office Restricts Meat Imports From Europe (The Poultry Site/ 5/30)

Agency issues warning on salmonella contamination in basil (Food Standards Agency/ 5/25)

Probiotics Help Produce Safer, Healthier Chickens, Researchers Discover (The Poultry Site/ 5/21)

German salmonella outbreak kills two (Reuters Health/ 5/21)

Enteric Routine Data Reports (Health Protection Reports/ 5/11)

New Test May Allow for Rapid Detection of Salmonella in Meat (American Society for Microbiology/Applied and Environmental Microbiology, May 2007)

Morrisons recalls leaf salad (Food Standards Agency/ 4/27)

Oral Vaccine Containing Salmonella May Protect Against Aerosolized Anthrax (American Society for Microbiology/ 4/27)

SALMONELLOSIS, HOSPITAL - UNITED KINGDOM (SCOTLAND) (02): SEROTYPE HADAR (ProMED Mail/ 4/23)

Cadbury faces salmonella action (BBC News/ 4/23)

Study into Salmonella in pigs (MeatNews.com/ 4/23)

Zoonoses legislation… Use eggs for confirmation, says BEIC (The Poultry Site/ 4/20)

Lambs lettuce recalled (Food Standards Agency/ 4/20)

SALMONELLOSIS, FATAL, NURSING HOME - AUSTRALIA (VICTORIA) (ProMED Mail/ 4/17)

Food contamination: time for action (Food Production Daily/ 4/16)

Rattlesnake meat capsule can cause salmonella (Reuters Health/ 4/16)

New food safety standards at ConAgra (MeatNews.com/ 4/16)

Enteric Routine Data Reports (Health Protection Reports/ 4/ 13)

New Report Highlights Growing Foodborne Illness Challenges E. coli O157, Salmonella and Vibrio among Notable Concerns (CDC/MMWR/ 4/12)

New CDC Data Show Increases in E.coli, Salmonella and Vibrio (Center for Science in the Public Interest/ 4/12)

Ireland's egg industry declared Salmonella free (Food Production Daily/ 4/12)

USDA allows Salmonella treatment (MeatNews.com/ 4/11)

Russia blocks meat imports (MeatNews.com/ 4/10)

SALMONELLOSIS, HUMAN, FATAL, PET TURTLES - USA (FLORIDA): FDA WARNING (ProMED Mail/ 4/09)

UK Salmonella control measures ‘OK’ (MeatNews.com/ 4/09)

Easter food safety risks (Food Safety Network/KSU/ pdf/ 4/04)

Good news for eggs (safefood/Ireland/ 4/04)

Salmonella infects one in four chickens for meat (Food Production Daily/ 4/04)

Move to cut Salmonella in chicken (MeatNews.com/4/04)

EFSA survey supports UK salmonella control measures (Food Standards Agency/ 4/03)

Ark.company develops food safety test (USA Today/ 4/02)

Three Outbreaks of Salmonellosis Associated with Baby Poultry from Three Hatcheries --- United States, 2006 (CDC/MMWR/ 3/30)

Easter worry: CDC cites salmonella threat from chicks (CNN Health/ 3/29)

SALMONELLOSIS, NURSERY - UK (ENGLAND) (ProMED Mail/ 3/29)

SALMONELLOSIS, SEROTYPE NEWPORT, MEXICAN-STYLE CHEESE - USA (ILLINOIS) (02) (ProMED Mail/ 3/29)

Humidity during heat processing reduces salmonella (Food Production Daily/ 3/29)

SALMONELLOSIS, MEAT ROLLS - AUSTRALIA (NEW SOUTH WALES, TASMANIA (ProMED Mail/ 3/28)

Health Officials Warn of Risk of Salmonella from Easter Pets (Oklahoma State Department of Health/3/27)

Steam cleaning cuts salmonella in meat, says study (Food Production Daily/ 3/27)

Petrapport Issues Recall of Pig Ear Dog Treats (American Veterinary Medical Association/ 3/26)

SALMONELLOSIS, SEROTYPE TENNESSEE, PEANUT BUTTER - USA (14) (ProMED Mail/ 3/26)

UBC researchers find new superbug weapon for near-empty antibiotics arsenal (EurekAlert!/ 3/25)

14 Salmonella cases linked to dirty iced tea machine in Arizona (Food Safety Network/KSU/ 3/24)

Health hazard alert (MeatNews.com/ 3/20)

Probiotics may protect against food poisoning (Food Production Daily/ 3/20)

U.S. food imports outrun FDA resources (USA Today/3/18)

An outbreak of Salmonella Schwarzengrund in England and Wales November 2006 to February 2007 (U.K./ Health Protection Agency/ 3/16)

Outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium infection traced to imported cured sausage using MLVA-subtyping (Eurosurveillance/ 3/15)

Salmonella control in turkey chillers (MeatNews.com/ 3/15)

F.D.A. Offers Guidelines to Fresh-Food Industry (The New York Times/ 3/13)

More Illness Linked to Recalled Peanut Butter (Oklahoma State Department of Health/ 3/12)

Voluntary rules ask growers to combat food poisoning (CNN Health/ 3/12)

FDA Update on Peanut Butter Recall (FDA /3/09)

Health hazard alert (MeatNews.com /3/09)

Poultry plants testing food-safety technology (MeatNews / 3/08)

SALMONELLOSIS, BANQUET - RUSSIA (KRASNOYARSK) (ProMED Mail 3/06)

CDC CONFIRMS DELAWARE'S FIRST CASE OF SALMONELLA TENNESSEE (Delaware Health and Social Services 3/05)

FDA Update on Peanut Butter Recall (FDA / 3/01)

More Peanut Butter Products Included in Salmonella Outbreak (Vermont Department of Health / 2/27)

SseL, a Salmonella deubiquitinase required for macrophage killing and virulence (U.K., Institute of Food Research / 2/26)

Tests Find Salmonella in Peanut Butter (U.S. News and World Report/ 2/23)

Salmonella levels in laying hen flock holdings across the European Union: final report published (U.K. / Health Protection Agency/ 2/23)

Salmonella outbreak widens to 41 states (Reuters Health / 2/23)

SALMONELLOSIS, SEROTYPE TENNESSEE, PEANUT BUTTER - USA (06) (ProMED- Mail / 2/22)

Salmonellosis - Outbreak Investigation, February 2007 (Centers for Disease Control / 2/21)

5 Illinoisans have peanut butter-linked salmonella (Chicago Sun Times/ 2/16)

Salmonella outbreak tracked back to Georgia plant (University of Georgia /2/15)

FSAI Product Recall: Two Marks & Spencer Houmous Products (Ireland/FSAI/ 2/15)

Peanut Butter Recalled Over Salmonella (US News/ 2/15)

Cadbury faces prosecution over salmonella, newspaper reports (Food Production Daily/ 2/13

FDA Warns Consumers Not to Use Wild Kitty Cat Food Due to Salmonella Contamination (FDA/ 2/13)

Salmonella shock for German flock (MeatNews/ 2/09)

Sweden culls poultry due to Salmonella infection (Food Production Daily/ 2/08)

Detection of Salmonella in 24 hours (EurekAlert/Basque Research/ 2/08)

SALMONELLOSIS, MEAT SLICER - USA (GEORGIA)(02): 2006 (ProMED Mail/ 1/17)

FSAI Product Recall: Florette Watercress and Florette Spinach, Watercress and Rocket (Food Safety Authority of Ireland / 1/11)

Salmonella contamination in non-UK produced shell eggs on retail sale in some regions of England (Eurosurveillance Weekly / 11/23)

CDC probing Salmonella outbreak in 18 states (CNN.com / 10/31)

An outbreak of Salmonella Enteritidis infections linked to a restaurant in Riga, August 2006 (Eurosurveillance Weekly / 10/26)

Sensitive salmonella detection (FoodProductionDaily.com / 8/17)

Update on Salmonella Enteritidis phage type 13a associated with attendees of a charity event (CDR Weekly / 8/17)

Reducing salmonella in European egg-laying hens: EU targets now set (Eurosurveillance Weekly / 8/10)

Salmonellosis in Japan as of June 2006 (Japan Infectious Surveillance Report / 8/9)

Commission sets targets to reduce Salmonella in poultry (FoodProductionDaily.com / 8/2)

Farmers face stricter EU rules on salmonella (Reuters Health / 8/1)

Salmonella Enteritidis phage type 13a associated with attendees of a charity event (CDR Weekly / 7/27)

Cadbury apologises for Salmonella outbreak (Food ProductionDaily.com / 7/25)

Salmonella Scheduling Criteria Released (MeatAMI.com / 7/18)

National increase in Salmonella Ajiobo infection. England & Wales, June 2006: update (CDR Weekly / 7/12)

Human salmonellosis in travellers is highly correlated to the prevalence of salmonella in laying hen flocks (Eurosurveillance Weekly / 7/6)

AP: Salmonella Settlement Deadline Extended (New York Times from AP / 6/30)

Human Salmonellosis Associated with Animal-Derived Pet Treats --- United States and Canada, 2005 (CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report / 6/30)

National increase in human Salmonella Montevideo infections in England and Wales: March to June 2006 (Eurosurveillance Weekly / 6/29)

SLIGHT DROP IN SALMONELLA FINDS: FSIS (MeatNews.com / 6/28)

Cadbury recall after health fears (BBC News / 6/23)

National increase in human Salmonella Montevideo infections in England and Wales: March to June 2006 (CDR Weekly / 6/22)

SALMONELLOSIS, STUDENTS - USA (MASSACHUSETTS) (ProMed Mail / 6/21)

Study finds Salmonella in one-third of the EU's egg producers (FoodProductionDaily.com / 6/16)

UK egg producers want import ban to block salmonella (Reuters Health / 6/16)

An outbreak of Salmonella Enteritidis PT4 in a boarding school in south east England (CDR Weekly 6/8)

Phages Eyed as New Way to Control Salmonella (USDA ARS / 4/28)

Fish Tank Can Be a Haven for Salmonella (New York Times / 4/18)

Salmonella kit delivers results in under a day, company claims (FoodProductionDaily.com / 3/31)

Texas Firm Recalls Dried Beef for Possible Listeria monocytogenes and/or Salmonella Contamination (FSIS / 3/23)

Rapid Salmonella Test May Reduce Meat and Produce Recalls (USDA ARS / 3/17)

Government Testing of Chicken Shows Dramatic Jump in Salmonella in 2005 (Center for Science in the Public Interest / 2/23)

FSIS Announces Initiative to Reduce Salmonella in Meat and Poultry (USDA / 2/23)

Investigation of a multi-state outbreak of Salmonella Hvittingfoss using a web-based case reporting form (Australia Communicable Disease Intelligence Report / 2/23)

SALMONELLOSIS, SPROUTS - AUSTRALIA (WESTERN AUSTRALIA): RECALL (ProMed Mail / 2/22)

Increase in Salmonella Paratyphi A phage type 1 and Salmonella Typhi Vi-phage type E1 in England and Wales (CDR Weekly / 2/16)

Tiny Animals Aid Salmonella (USDA-ARS / 2/16)

A chronology of some recent cross-border salmonellosis outbreaks (ProMed Mail / 2/13)

SALMONELLA CONTAMINATION, SESAME - BURKINA FASO (ProMed Mail / 2/13)

Advances in Post-Harvest Reduction of Salmonella in Poultry (USDA / 2/7)

International outbreak of Salmonella Goldcoast infection in tourists returning from Majorca, September-October 2005: final summary (Eurosurveillance Weekly / 12/8)

Salmonella Outbreaks Linked to Produce on the Rise (Center for Science in the Public Interest / 11/21)

Successful reduction of human Salmonella Enteritidis infection in England and Wales (Eurosurveillance Weekly / 11/17)

Outbreak update: Salmonella Goldcoast infections in tourists returning from Majorca (Eurosurveillance Weekly / 11/3)

NETHERLANDS: The number of cases of salmonellosis is falling significantly, according to official figures. (MeatNews.com / 11/1)