UPDATED: Raw veggie infection spreads

[DrLeftover]

July 17, 2013 9:40 PM
FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) - The number of North Texans sick with cyclospora, a rare infection spread through raw fruits and vegetables, is growing.

As of Wednesday afternoon, Tarrant County had seen the most cases with 10 people sick. There were nine cases in Dallas County. Six people had been infected in Collin County and Denton County reported five cases.

The infection leaves victims with serious gastrointestinal discomfort, which can last for weeks.

The parasite cyclospora leaves its waste on the leaves and skin of vegetables and fruit.

http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2013/07/17/more-north-texans-sick-with-cyclospora-infection/

 

[DrLeftover]

RE: Raw veggie infection spreads

31 June 2013

Health officials in Iowa and Nebraska on Tuesday tagged prepackaged salad mix as the source for an outbreak of parasite-borne food poisoning in those states even as federal officials worked to see if the conclusion applies elsewhere as well.

Iowa's top food inspector, Steven Mandernach, said that bagged salad was behind the cyclospora outbreak that has sickened at least 143 people in that state and another 78 in Nebraska. Overall, at least 372 people in 15 states have been sickened by the rare parasite since June.

"The evidence points to a salad mix containing iceberg and romaine lettuce, as well as carrots and red cabbage as the source of the outbreak reported in Iowa and Nebraska," said Mandernach, chief of the Food and Consumer Safety Bureau of the Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals. "Iowans should continue eating salads as the implicated prepackaged mix is no longer in the state's food supply chain."

http://www.nbcnews.com/health/bagged-salad-caused-parasite-outbreak-iowa-officials-say-6C10798947

 

[Jazzy]

Wonder how many of these people who got sick took the time to WASH the food first before eating it.

 

[DrLeftover]

Nobody.

I mean, it's not like it says that on the bag or something.....

Oh, it does, damn.