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North Carolina has been the site of many Salmonella illnesses inrecent months. As has been diligently reported at Marlerblog, a salmonella outbreak linked to tempeh sold by an Asheville, N.C.,company called Smiling Hara Tempeh Company has sickened --- people, and a recall of the contaminated producthas been issued by the Rockville, Maryland company that soldSmiling Hara the bad tempeh. The strain of salmonella involved inthe tempeh outbreak is Paratyphi B, and the tempeh outbreak has sickened at least 88 people . Then of course there's the 10 North Carolina residents sickened inthe Salmonella linked to frozen raw yellowfin tuna product, knownas Nakaochi Scrape, from Moon Marine USA Corporation. According tothe CDC, information indicates that the Salmonella-contaminatedyellowfin tuna product came from a single tuna processing facilityin India. This outbreak has sickened at least 316 people nationally . And even though this is a North Carolina Salmonella-focusedarticle, we would be remiss to fail to point out that, according tothe state health department, at least 11 people became ill in an E. coli O157:H7 outbreak linked to a Mexican restaurant called El Mexicano in Spartanburg, SouthCarolina. Two of the victims have developed hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), which can cause kidney failure. But back to North Carolina and its Salmonella problems. Thisoutbreak flew below the radar to some extent, but made a lot ofpeople sick nonetheless, including Carrie and Charlie Nivens, whoselawsuit we will be filing against Lancaster BBQ restaurant locatedin Iredell County. Here is a description of the outbreak: On January 10, 2012 Iredell County Health Department (ICHD) learnedof 5 patients diagnosed with Salmonella who had experienced symptomonset around January 1. Patient isolates were at the North CarolinaState Public Health Laboratory (NC PHL) for serotyping andmolecular analysis. That same day ICHD received foodborne illnesscomplaints from two patrons of Lancaster"s BBQ, a restaurantlocated in Mooresville. ICHD notified the North Carolina Divisionof Public Health that a foodborne illness outbreak might beunderway. It was not until January 23 that local and state publichealth investigators felt there was sufficient evidence to launchan outbreak investigation. On that date the NC PHL had confirmed anindistinguishable strain of Salmonella Enteriditis in 6 patients.Investigators conducted patient interviews and discovered that all6 individuals had eaten at the Lancaster BBQ Restaurant on one oftwo consecutive days, December 31, 2011 or January 1, 2012. Twoother restaurant patrons were symptomatic but were not laboratoryconfirmed with Salmonella. In an attempt to identify a contaminated food item prepared atLancaster BBQ, public health investigators conducted a case controlstudy. Controls (non-ill persons) were selected from credit cardreceipts provided by Lancaster BBQ. In total 12 ill persons (cases)and 24 controls were interviewed. Study results implicated saladsas the source of the outbreak. ICHD and staff from the NorthCarolina Division of Environmental Health conducted on-siteenvironmental investigations at the Lancaster BBQ, focusing onsalad preparation. The team inspected the Lancaster BBQ on January 11, 2012 and foundno critical food safety violations. A second visit was made onFebruary 2, 2012. During this inspection multiple opportunities forcross contamination were observed including liquid from thawedpoultry dripping on the floor of the walk-in cooler which was beingtracked throughout the restaurant by employees. A single employeewas responsible for grilling meats and for salad preparation. Thisemployee was observed handling salad ingredients without wearinggloves, providing another opportunity for cross contamination. Local and state public health investigators concluded that betweenChristmas 2011 and New Year"s Day 2012, an outbreak ofSalmonella Enteriditis occurred among Lancaster BBQ customers. Illpatrons were much more likely to report eating salad and BBQ PorkSalad. Environmental investigations suggested that crosscontamination was the likely cause of the outbreak. The e-commerce company in China offers quality products such as Wifi Enabled Phone , Wifi Enabled Phone, and more. For more , please visit China Wifi Enabled Phone today!
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