iFSN: Cantaloupes and Salmonella: epidemiology is the proof? - (International Food Safety Network)
April 1, 2008 – 8:32 pmhttp://barfblog.foodsafety.ksu.edu/2008/04/articles/salmonella/cantaloupes-and-salmonella-epidemiology-is-the-proof/index.html
On June 12, 1996, Ontario, Canada’s chief medical officer, Dr. Richard Schabas, issued a public health advisory on the presumed link between consumption of California strawberries and an outbreak of diarrheal illness among some 40 people in the Metro Toronto area. The announcement followed a similar statement from the Department of Health and Human Services in Houston, Texas, which was investigating a cluster of 18 cases of cyclospora illness among oil executives.
Turns out it was Guatemalan raspberries, and no one was happy.
Last month, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency warned consumers to stay away from Honduran cantaloupes because of a salmonella outbreak that has sickened at least 50 Americans and nine Canadians.
The president of Honduras is furious. So is the agriculture minister who is demanding millions in reparations, saying the U.S. has not scientifically proven the fruit was infected in Honduras.
But proof is rare.
The […]
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