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It is being called an 'outbreak' and so far 388 people in the US have been diagnosed with Salmonella typhimurium. This is a different strain of Salmonella than found in peppers in 2007. This strain is most commonly found in poultry, cheese and eggs. For a story about the 'outbreak' see this Reuters article. Remember to cook your poultry and eggs, eat pasteurized cheese and use good food handling procedures in your kitchen!
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Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled salmonellaCourtesy lucianvenutianBut did anybody listen?
According to a Star and Tribune article MN’s own “Team Diarrhea” figured out jalapeño peppers were to blame for the MN Salmonella cases and told the FDA and CDC to look at jalapeño peppers as the culprit for cases nationwide instead of tomatoes. The DNA of the strains in MN matched the cases elsewhere. To learn more about this story check out a previous Buzz Blog.
I’m happy to report that these super sleuths were advisors and content experts in the development of Disease Detectives which is currently in the Science Museum of Minnesota’s Human Body Gallery. You can learn more about some of these disease detectives here.
So check out today’s Star and Tribune article and give thanks to Kirk Smith and the rest of his team at the Minnesota Department of Health for doing their best to keep us safe!
In other ominous food safety news, a study just published in Pediatrics shows that just being near meat or poultry in the grocery store is a risk factor for Salmonella infections in infants. (And by now you probably know about the E. coli infections related to spinach and lettuce...)
