Outbreak: Lian How White Pepper | |
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Product: White Pepper | Investigation Start Date: 03/02/2009 |
Location: Multi-state outbreak–OR, CA, NV, WA | Etiology: Salmonella Rissen |
Earliest known case onset date: 11/01/2008 | Latest case onset date: 05/27/2009 |
Confirmed / Presumptive Case Counts: 87 / 0 | Positive Samples (Food): 33 |
Hospitalizations: 8 | Deaths: 0 |
OUTBREAK SUMMARY:
Salmonella Rissen is a very rare serotype in the US. When Oregon, California, and Nevada all reported it within days of each other, it began a coordinated investigation between those states (later to be joined by Washington and Idaho). This outbreak focused FDA attention on the role spices may … Continue Reading ››