Investigators from the FDA have discovered a new outbreak of infections from Salmonella Enteritidis. According to the Food and Drug Administration’s notice, the outbreak has already sickened 66 people. The agency has not reported the patients’ ages or locations.
FDA investigators have begun onsite inspections and sample testing, but the agency has not yet reported what locations are being inspected or what food is being tested. However, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that a Salmonella outbreak has been traced to eggs produced by Milo’s Poultry Farms and sold under the Milo’s brand and Tony’s Fresh Market brand. Milo’s has initiated a recall of all of its eggs .
Symptoms of Salmonella infection can include diarrhea, abdominal cramps, and fever within 12 to 72 hours after eating contaminated food. Otherwise, healthy adults are usually sick for four to seven days. In some cases, however, diarrhea may be so severe that patients require hospitalization.
In other outbreak news, the FDA continues to search for the cause of an E. coli O157:H7 outbreak that has sickened 26 people. The agency first reported the outbreak on Aug.
28. Traceback efforts have begun, but the FDA has not reported what foods are being traced. The FDA has begun sample collection for a Listeria outbreak that has sickened three people but has not yet reported what food is being sampled.
The agency first reported the outbreak on Aug. 21. In an outbreak of infections from the Cyc.
