Doug Powell

70 sick: Salmonella in cantaloupe 5/14/26 Food Poisoning Bulletin fda.gov/food/outbreaks… “The Ayco Farms cantaloupe Salmonella outbreak has ended with 70 sick in 25 states, according to a notice posted in the FDA’s CORE Outbreak Investigation Table."

150 sick pobably noro: 1700 passengers confined on British cruise ship in France 5/14/26 AP Thomas Adamson thenightly.com.au/world/the-ambi… “More than 1700 passengers and crew on a British cruise ship have been ordered to remain on board after an outbreak of gastrointestinal illness."

Sprouts again: 50 sick across EU 4/29/26 The Sun (UK) thesun.co.uk/health/3896110… “A Salmonella outbreak linked to contaminated salad has sickened 50 people – including a dozen Brits. The source suspected to be sprout seeds imported from Italy.

Over 300 sick: Norovirus in Sweden 5/8/26 Sweden Herakd Göteborgs-Posten swedenherald.com/article/why-hu… I don’t like sushi and I never eat anything raw, especially from the human toilet known as the ocean. “Noriark sushi rolls linked to raw sprouts sickened over 300 people in Sweden."

3 sick: Illinois headcheese may be contaminated with Listeria 5/9/26 USDA FSIS announcement fsis.usda.gov/recalls-alerts… “U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing a public health alert for headcheese that may be contaminated with Listeria"

5 sick: New Salmonella outbreak linked to pet chameleons 5/7/26 CDC Media Relations cdc.gov/media/releases… CDC reports "five children across four states have gotten sick from the same strain of Salmonella that has now been linked to pet veiled chameleons. All are 2 or younger."

Norovirus sickens 115 on cruise ship 5/8/26 N.Y. Times John S.W. MacDonald nytimes.com/2026/05/08/wor… “More than 100 people have been sickened in a norovirus outbreak on a cruise ship operated by Princess Cruises."

Ants in this Canadian hospital. Again. 5/8/26 N.Y. Times nytimes.com/2026/05/08/wor… The “appearance of ants within the operating room at a Canadian hospital for the third time since 2022 has forced officials to indefinitely suspend some surgeries there."

Hantavirus on cruise ship, inspectors laid off 5/7/26 People Natalia Senanayake people.com/cdc-full-time-… “The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Vessel Sanitation Program experienced significant layoffs almost exactly one year ago despite record outbreaks at the time."

Handwashng: Action saves lives 5/5/26 European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) #msdynmkt_trackingcontext=da65114f-88b0-4296-a6e7-4f53833e0100" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">ecdc.europa.eu/en/news-events… “On World Hand Hygiene Day (WHHD), 5 May, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) introduces hyFive."

Sixteen people ill after visiting petting farm in Edinburgh 5/6/26 BBC bbc.com/news/articles/… “Sixteen people have become unwell with cryptosporidiosis after visiting a petting farm, Craigies Farm in South Queensferry."

The most polarized input to agriculture, Glyphosate, has delivered net environmental benefits. It displaced more toxic herbicides. It made no-till farming possible. And it led to declines in erosion, fuel use, and even emissions. breakthroughjournal.org/p/glyphosates-…

Listeria annual report 2023–2025 Denmark 5/5/26 Statens Serum Institut en.ssi.dk/surveillance-a… “From 2023–2025, a total of 199 cases of invasive infection with L. monocytogenes were recorded. There were on average 66 cases per year [range 54–84]."

Trends, antimicrobial resistance, and source attribution of Campylobacter jejuni and C. coli in Beijing May 2026 Journal of Infection journalofinfection.com/article/S0163-… •cgMLST-based XGBoost model identified chicken as the major source for C. coli infections, accounting for 75.76% cases.

Indiana jail inmates barfing from Salmonella 5/4/26 MSN msn.com/en-us/health/o… “Staff at the St. Joseph County Jail in South Bend, Indiana, along with health types are looking into the cause of a salmonella outbreak that made 23 inmates sick last week."

Health Inspector #Toronto closed Hot Dog Cart (Yonge St/Finch) due to 10 infractions (4 Crucial, 5 Significant & 1 Minor) 📕 #foodsafety #handwashing #sanitation #healthhazard. Report via @TOPublicHealth #DineSafe #establishment/001Vo00001XqZ7pIAF" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">toronto.ca/community-peop…

9 sick: E. coli O157:H7 in raw milk cheddar investigation closed 4/30/26 CDC fda.gov/food/outbreaks… “As of April 30, 2026, CDC announced that the outbreak is over. CDC reports a total of nine illnesses in three states."

Hepatitis A found concha negra (black shell) shell meat from Ecuador 4/30/26 FDA fda.gov/food/alerts-ad… “FDA is advising resturants and food retailers not to serve or sell, consumers not to eat La Serranita brand concha negra (black shell) fresh frozen shell meat from Ecuador."

Crypto from Bali 4/28/26 Emerging Infectious Disease 32(5) 10.3201/eid3205.260128 “We report a case of Cryptosporidium spp. OTUi identified in a tourist from Denmark who recently traveled to Indonesia.

UV, Nisin in minimally processed vegetable salad 4/27/26 Journal of Food Safety 46(3) e70072 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jf… "The application of a low nisin dose (125 IU/g) followed by UV-C (0.3 kJ/m2) showed a bacteriostatic effect over 6 days under high-contamination scenarios.”