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Food Poisoning News A History of Jalapeños: Foodborne Illness Outbreaks Linked to the Spicy Delicacy Few ingredients occupy as much American refrigerator space with as little ceremony as the jalapeño. It rides along in salsa, gets sliced onto nachos, disappears into pico de gallo, and shows up pickled on sandwiches that have nothing to do with Mexican cooking. It is, in the most literal sense, a…
Food Poisoning News Man Eats at Taco Bell, then Loses Job after Falling Ill from Cyclosporiasis By Michael Puente Aug 5, 2026, 7:41pm CDT It had been years since Edgar Mercado had eaten at a Taco Bell restaurant. But early last month, his 14-year-old son wanted some, so he took him to the one near Belmont and Milwaukee avenues.…
Food Poisoning News The Largest Recorded Cyclosporiasis Outbreak in U.S. History: Why the CDC Expanded the Investigation to Fifteen States One of the most misunderstood aspects of foodborne outbreak investigations is what it means when the CDC announces that an outbreak has expanded. Many consumers assume that adding additional states means contaminated food is continuing to spread throughout the…
Food Poisoning News Here’s a quick review of what’s new in the August 5, 2026 FDA update (changes since the July 24 update): Scope of the case definition changed New Case counts (Last count was 1,947 cases / 9 states on July 24) Distribution details Investigation Worth noting for context: the one positive border sample reported July 18 was later re-reviewed and determined to be a false positive,…
Food Poisoning News Salmonella Javiana – Jalapeno’s at Chipotle Among the more than 2,600 serotypes of Salmonella enterica, a handful account for the great majority of human illness. Salmonella Javiana is one of them, consistently ranked fourth or fifth nationally in the United States, responsible for roughly 5–6% of laboratory-confirmed salmonellosis, and disproportionately concentrated in the…
Food Poisoning News Largest U.S. Cyclospora Outbreak Expands to 15 States as Case Count Tops 21,000 Federal and state health authorities are continuing to investigate the largest known outbreak of cyclosporiasis in U.S. history, which has now expanded to 15 states and involves more than 22,000 confirmed and suspected cases. The outbreak, linked to contaminated iceberg lettuce sourced from central…
Food Poisoning News Chipotle Pulls Jalapeños From Minnesota Restaurants as Salmonella Outbreak Grows to 110 Aug. 4, 2026: Chipotle Mexican Grill has pulled jalapeño peppers from Minnesota restaurants after state health investigators identified the ingredient as a possible source of a salmonella outbreak that has now sickened at least 110 people, Bloomberg News reported Tuesday. The chain removed…
Food Poisoning News The Ins and Outs of a Food Poisoning Wrongful Death Lawsuit: Getting Justice When a Loved One Is Killed by Contaminated Food Most foodborne illness is miserable and survivable. A few days of cramping and dehydration, a week of feeling hollowed out, and then it passes. That is the version most people have experienced, and it is the version that shapes public assumptions about…
Food Poisoning News Two Deaths Reported in Historic Cyclosporiasis Outbreak; Ron Simon & Associates Represents Hundreds of Victims Nationwide August 3, 2026 – The ongoing nationwide cyclosporiasis outbreak has reached another tragic milestone, with Michigan health officials confirming two deaths associated with the outbreak. The parasitic illness has now resulted, as of July 30, 2026, in 193…
Food Poisoning News Salmonella Javiana Outbreak Doubles to 212 Cases as FDA Traceback Continues — Still No Named Food – Now One Death from Salmonella Javiana Reported A national Salmonella Javiana outbreak that federal regulators first disclosed in late July 2026 has doubled in a single week, climbing from 106 laboratory-confirmed cases to 212, and investigators still have not publicly identified…
