Federal health officials say the outbreak of Salmonella Poona infections from imported cucumbers has reached Maryland. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a news release Tuesday that one person in Maryland has infected. That brings the total ...

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A federal jury convicted the owner of a peanut plant and two others Friday in a salmonella outbreak that prompted one of the largest U.S. food recalls ever, sickened hundreds across the country and was linked to several deaths.

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ATLANTA — A federal grand jury indicted four employees of a peanut company linked to a 2009 salmonella outbreak that killed nine people and sickened hundreds. The indictment was unsealed Wednesday in federal court in Georgia and charges four employees ...

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Maryland Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler said the Consumer Protection Division reached a settlement with San Francisco-based CleanWell Co., also called OhSoClean Inc., a manufacturer of hand sanitizer products, over allegedly deceptive marketing practices. The state alleged CleanWell made unsubstantiated ...

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ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Officials say a Maryland company distributed an ingredient that triggered a salmonella outbreak that’s made almost 60 Buncombe County residents sick. The Asheville Citizen-Times reported the state Department of Health and Human Services confirms that a culture ...

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ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Turkish pine nuts sold in bulk at Wegmans, an upscale grocery store chain, have been linked to a salmonella outbreak that sent two people to hospitals and sickened 40 others in five East Coast states and Arizona. ...

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WASHINGTON — As many as 14 people have died from possible listeria illnesses traced to Colorado cantaloupes, health officials say — a death toll that would make the food outbreak the deadliest in more than a decade. The Centers for ...

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Fruit purveyor Del Monte has sued the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to stop the agency’s halt on importing cantaloupe that the company says the government incorrectly believes is the source of a Salmonella outbreak. Del Monte Fresh Produce N.A. ...

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This week looks like it’s going to be Maryland’s coldest yet this fall. Stay warm and toasty by your computer reading these heartwarming law links. A look at Maryland medical malpractice insurance rates. Bud George recalls his first Baltimore County ...

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DES MOINES, Iowa — Thousands of people likely were sickened by salmonella-contaminated eggs from two Iowa companies last summer, but lawyers said far fewer have the proof needed for a successful lawsuit and most cases filed will be settled out ...

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