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Lian How White Pepper

Outbreak: Lian How White Pepper
Product: White PepperInvestigation Start Date: 03/02/2009
Location: Multi-state outbreak–OR, CA, NV, WAEtiology: Salmonella Rissen
Earliest known case onset date: 11/01/2008Latest case onset date: 05/27/2009
Confirmed / Presumptive Case Counts: 87 / 0Positive Samples (Food): 33
Hospitalizations: 8Deaths: 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 ››