salmonella enteritidis

Badia Spices, Inc, is recalling approximately 3,800 lbs. of Pinenuts because they may be contaminated with Salmonella Enteritidis, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems.

Healthy persons infected with Salmonella often experience fever, diarrhea (which may be bloody), nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain.

The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) and the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) are investigating illnesses in at least six people in Minnesota that are connected with a recall of organic shell eggs due to contamination with Salmonella Enteritidis.

The contaminated eggs were traced back by the MDA to Larry Schultz Organic Farm of Owatonna, where environmental testing confirmed the presence of Salmonella Enteritidis.

(MedPage Today) -- Congress has joined the FDA and the CDC in taking a hard look at Iowa-based companies that sent eggs contaminated with Salmonella enteritidis to at least 17 states, sickening hundreds of people.

WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- The FDA announced a new regulation on egg production, storage and transportation yesterday as a preventative measure against the Salmonella enteritidis bacterium.