Conditions at multiple firms included human feces and
toilet paper found in growing fields and around facilities.
CDC reported more than 350 people in 26 states sickened
by Cyclospora cayetanensis. The agency said 358
people are ill with most (199; 56%)
reporting onset of illness on or after May 1, and no international travel.
Clusters of illness linked to restaurants or events have been reported in
Texas, Wisconsin, and Georgia. Investigations in Wisconsin and Texas have
preliminarily identified cilantro as a suspect vehicle. Previous outbreaks of cyclosporiasis were
linked to imported fresh produce, including cilantro from the Puebla region of
Mexico.
Annually recurring outbreaks (in 2013 and 2014) have
been associated with fresh cilantro from the state of Puebla. Fresh cilantro
checked at border by FDA issued an import alert to detain samples of fresh
cilantro from Puebla from 1 April to 31 August. It comes after the FDA, the
government of Mexico’s National AgroAlimentary Health, Safety and Quality
Service (SENASICA) and Federal Commission for the Protection from Sanitary
Risks (COFEPRIS), investigated farms and packinghouses. These agencies
inspected 11 farms and packing houses that produce cilantro in Puebla from 2013
to 2015, five linked to past C.
cayetanensis illnesses, and found objectionable conditions at eight of
them, including all five linked through traceback to the illnesses.
Conditions at multiple firms included human feces and
toilet paper found in growing fields and around facilities; inadequately
maintained and supplied toilet and hand washing facilities or lack of them and
water used for washing cilantro vulnerable to contamination from sewage/septic
systems.
Shipments of fresh cilantro from other states in
Mexico are accepted if they were harvested and packed outside of Puebla. Public
Health England (PHE) has also warned of an outbreak linked to contaminated food
in Mexico. 24 cases were reported in England and Scotland in June and July, of
which 21 were associated with travel to Mexico, it said. Salmonella investigations.
Meanwhile, the outbreak of Salmonella linked to pork products has grown to 90 cases in Washington
State. Health officials have asked the CDC to send a special team to help with
the investigation. The US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and
Inspection Service (USDA-FSIS) issued a public health alert due to concerns
about illnesses caused by Salmonella
associated with pork products, specifically whole pigs used for pig roasts.
FSIS was told of Salmonella I 4, [5],12:iillness
clusters on July 15 and suspects there is a link between the illnesses
associated with whole pigs used for pig roasts and eight illness clusters based
on information gathered with the Washington State Department of Health and the
CDC.
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