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In the past few years, every summer sickness due to Cyclospora happens. Food poisoning bulletin reports that The Cooper’s Hawk of Jacksonville, Florida, Cyclospora outbreak has sickened 80 to 100 people. A specific food or beverage that caused the outbreak has not yet been identified. There is a current multistate Cyclospora linked to basil imported from Mexico. There are at least 132 people sick in 11 states in that outbreak. And there is another outbreak in Minnesota, with at least 35 people sick, that is associated with three restaurants in that state. In three months, 580 people in the United States have been sickened with Cyclosporiasis, according to the CDC. @ https://foodpoisoningbulletin.com/2019/coopers-hawk-cyclospora-outbreak-sickens-80-100/

On August 03, 2019 Texas Tripe Inc. of Detroit TX recalled, Texas Tripe brand name products: Ground Turkey Necks, Chicken Tripe complete, Ground chicken W/bone, Shepherd blend, Chicken Pork Salmon W/egg, Chicken Blend Green Tripe, Phat Katz, Senior Pro, All-Star Bully Blend, Beef Blend, Duck-Rabbit, Goat Tripe Complete, Boneless Chicken Blend, Turkey Pork Blend, Beef Tripe& Ground Rabbit, and Wolf Run, due to potential contamination with Listeria monocytogenes. The products were distributed in Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, Louisiana, Kansas, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Indiana, California, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Florida, Virginia, S. Carolina, Nevada, New Mexico, Arizona, Idaho, Wisconsin, N Carolina, Nebraska, Wyoming, Montana, Utah, Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee, Ohio, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, and Kentucky, directly to the end-user, via either FedEx or Delivery Truck.
No illnesses have been reported to date. The potential contamination was found after a routine investigation performed by the state of Texas. Texas Tripe claims that it had found a possible source of contamination and has since made the corrective action. @ https://www.pr.com/press-release/791340

The CDC reported in its July 23 report that the number of cases of domestically acquired Cyclosporiasis has increased from the previous month and remains elevated in the US on May 1, 2019. As of July 23, 2019, 580 laboratory-confirmed cases of Cyclosporiasis were reported to CDC by 32 states (see ma), in people who became ill since May 1, 2019, and who had no history of international travel during the 14 days before illness onset. At least 38 people were hospitalized; no deaths were reported. At this time, multiple clusters of cases associated with different restaurants or events are being investigated.  One outbreak is linked to basil imported from Mexico. The CDC could not link many cases to an outbreak, in part because of the lack of validated molecular typing tools for C. cayetanensis. @ https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/cyclosporiasis/outbreaks/2019/a-050119/index.html

The FSIS announced that Conagra Brands, Inc., of Milton, PA, is recalling approximately 32,400 pounds of canned beef products due to a potential processing defect, resulting in the potential survival of bacterial pathogens in the products.  The canned beef items were produced on July 18, 2019, and include 15-oz. The recall consists of 15-ounce cans Kaskey’s beefy mac pasta in tomato and meat sauce produced on July 18 and with a best by date of July 7, 2021. These items were shipped to distribution centers and retail locations in Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, and Texas. The problem was discovered by the establishment on July 27, 2019, during routine activities. There have been no reports of adverse reactions due to the consumption of these products.  @ https://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/topics/recalls-and-public-health-alerts/recall-case-archive/archive/2019/recall-081-2019-release