Jalapeno peppers added to the list: New iFSN Infosheet

USA Today and AP are reporting that Jalapeno peppers have been added to tomatoes a likely source of over 1000 Salmonella Saintpaul illnesses across the U.S. (and four Canadians as well).   The list may not be complete as fresh cilantro and fresh serrano peppers are still being investigated in some illnesses.  The outbreak is considered ongoing with 20 or 30 more illnesses being reported each day. 

Here’s today’s iFSN infosheet, dedicated to the addition of jalapenos.

Click here to download it as a pdf.

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Dr. Ben Chapman is a professor and food safety extension specialist at North Carolina State University. As a teenager, a Saturday afternoon viewing of the classic cable movie, Outbreak, sparked his interest in pathogens and public health. With the goal of less foodborne illness, his group designs, implements, and evaluates food safety strategies, messages, and media from farm-to-fork. Through reality-based research, Chapman investigates behaviors and creates interventions aimed at amateur and professional food handlers, managers, and organizational decision-makers; the gate keepers of safe food. Ben co-hosts a biweekly podcast called Food Safety Talk and tries to further engage folks online through Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and, maybe not surprisingly, Pinterest. Follow on Twitter @benjaminchapman.