An examination of a Salmonella Heidelberg outbreak linked to ground turkey illustrates that health authorities must be more aggressive in their efforts to detect and respond to foodborne illnesses.
The original AOAC-RI approval from June 2012 covered the use of the ANSR system to detect Salmonella in food matrices that included raw ground beef, raw ground turkey, chicken carcass rinse, hot dogs and more.
These products were produced between Dec. 4, 2012, and Dec. 9, 2012, and distributed to a restaurant in Macomb County, Mich., and sold directly to consumers at Jouni Meats Inc. and Gab Halal Foods.
Stallings Head Cheese Co., Inc., a Houston, Texas establishment, is recalling 4,700 pounds of hog head cheese that may be contaminated with Salmonella.
Neogen Corp. has significantly improved its Reveal rapid lateral flow test for Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis, and has launched the improved test as Reveal 2.0 for Salmonella enteritidis.
