1,000 sickened in salmonella outbreak

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1,000 sickened in salmonella outbreak

By Stephen J. Hedges | Washington Bureau

9:13 PM CDT, July 9, 2008

WASHINGTON - Salmonella poisoning has sickened more than 1,000 people in 41 states, the District of Columbia and Canada, and federal health officials have now linked jalapeno and serrano peppers to the outbreak.

Illinois has reported 100 salmonella-related illnesses, the second highest total among affected states, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and 26 state residents have been hospitalized. Texas and New Mexico, where the outbreak was first detected, have 384 and 98 cases respectively.

As of Wednesday, 1,017 cases in all had been confirmed, with 203 hospitalizations. The death of a Texas man in his 80s has been linked to the outbreak, the Washington Post reported.

Officials from the CDC and the Food and Drug Administration said the outbreak is one of the largest in recent memory, and also one of the most complex.

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[Food Network Fan]

It just keeps going up.

Seems like there could be more to this than what they are telling us. I don't think there have been any cases in my state. I guess there is some advantage to having less available to you when it's salmonella.

[Food Network Fan]

I spoke too soon. It says we have one now. Cases infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Saintpaul, United States, by state, as of July 8, 2008 9pm EDT | Salmonella CDC

[Sukie]

posted same message from MSN on ink under 'banned food from Mexico' or something like that. searched salmonella and posted it there.
Scary.