As 2025 begins, the Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention continue to investigate outbreaks of foodborne illnesses that started in 2024. Overall, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention posted information in 2024 on 13 multi-state outbreaks of infections caused by E. coli, Listeria and Salmonella.
In addition, the CDC typically coordinates between 17 and 36 investigations of foodborne illnesses each week, according to the agency. One of the outbreaks not yet declared over has been traced to Yu Shang Food Inc. ready-to-eat meat and poultry products.
The CDC has reported that 19 patients have now been identified, and two babies in California and one in Tennessee have died. However, one of the babies in California — a pair of twins whose mother was also sick — did not test positive for the outbreak strain of Listeria and is therefore not included in the patient total. The patients are spread across eight states.
Of 17 patients with complete information available, all 17 have required hospitalization. An E. coli O157:H7 outbreak not yet declared over has been traced to romaine lettuce.
The patient count stands at 88. The sick people are spread across 12 states, but the Food and Drug Administration is not yet reporting which states are involved. Illnesses began in mid-November, and the FDA first reported the outbreak on Dec.
4. The FDA is not naming the lettuce supplier, even though the agency has identified it and is conducting ons.
