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Paramount & Raw Almonds

Outbreak: Paramount & Raw Almonds
Product: Paramount & Raw AlmondsInvestigation Start Date: 02/23/2004
Location: Multi-state outbreakEtiology: Salmonella Enteritidis
Earliest known case onset date: 02/01/2004Latest case onset date: 04/17/04
Confirmed / Presumptive Case Counts: 7 / 0Positive Samples (Food / Environmental / Water): 1 / Lots / 0
Hospitalizations: 7Deaths: 0
OUTBREAK SUMMARY:

This investigation was rapidly solved by the use of Oregon's "Shotgun" hypothesis-generating questionnaire, a detailed food history interview tool that asks about over 400 different foods and places to eat. A single interviewer at the Oregon state health department used this standardized questionnaire to interview all 5 … Continue Reading ››