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Miami restaurant serves up (Salmonella) sushi, sashimi on naked models

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Fresh off a Salmonella outbreak that sickened at least 425, Kung Fu Kitchen & Sushi figured they’d dip into the lucrative food porn pool and start offering sushi served on naked men and women to the tune of $500 per “human platter” last month.

They discovered that if you put wasabi on your nipples, they’ll burn for a week.

“There’s a lot of things you don’t think about when it comes to naked sushi,” restaurant owner Nathan Lieberman told ABCNews.com. “Now, we put plastic over the nipples, like Saran, and then we cover the nipples in wasabi.”

Lieberman said naked sushi was the brainchild of Chef Glenn Lopez, who works in the kitchen. Lieberman figured the Japanese have been dining off naked bodies for “thousands of years” and wanted to give his patrons “the royal treatment” for Miami Spice, the city’s restaurant month, he said.

Initially, Lieberman said he was going to hire models from a modeling agency, but his servers begged him for the job.

Kung Fu’s most recent restaurant inspection occurred in May and included seven critical violations – one of them being a lack of soap for handwashing.

Sushi eaters beware; 425 sick with Salmonella

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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control reports a total of 425 persons infected with the outbreak strains of Salmonella Bareilly (410 persons) or Salmonella Nchanga (15 persons) have been reported from 28 states and the District of Columbia, up from 390 a month ago. Of those sickened, 55 persons were hospitalized, and no deaths were reported.

Collaborative investigation efforts of state, local, and federal public health agencies linked this outbreak to a frozen raw yellowfin tuna product, known as Nakaochi Scrape, from Moon Marine USA Corporation.

On May 10, 2012, Moon Fishery (India) Pvt. Ltd., the manufacturer of the frozen yellowfin tuna Nakaochi Scrape, expanded the voluntary recall to include its 22-pound boxes of “Tuna Strips”, Product of India, marked as “AA” or “AAA Grade” because the product has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella.

This was the first documented outbreak of human salmonellosis linked to raw, scraped tuna product in the United States. This was also the first foodborne outbreak of Salmonella Nchanga reported in the United States. Consumers should not eat the recalled frozen raw yellowfin tuna product, known as Nakaochi Scrape, from Moon Marine USA Corporation, and retailers and food service establishments should not serve it.

Raw scraped ground tuna product, some call it sushi, sickens 390 with Salmonella

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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control reports a total of 390 persons infected with the outbreak strains of Salmonella Bareilly (376 persons) or Salmonella Nchanga (14 persons) have been reported from 27 states and the District of Columbia. 47 ill persons have been hospitalized, and no deaths have been reported, up from 316 a month ago.

Collaborative investigation efforts of state, local, and federal public health agencies indicate that a frozen raw yellowfin tuna product, known as Nakaochi Scrape, from Moon Marine USA Corporation is the likely source of this outbreak. Consumers should not eat the recalled product, and retailers should not serve the recalled raw Nakaochi Scrape tuna product from Moon Marine USA Corporation.

Laboratory testing conducted by state public health laboratories in Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Wisconsin has isolated Salmonella from 53 (96%) of 55 samples taken from intact packages of frozen yellow fin tuna scrape from Moon Marine USA Corporation or from sushi prepared with the implicated scrape tuna product.

The numbers of new cases have declined substantially since the peak in April 2012. The outbreak may continue at a low level for the next several months since some food establishments may be unaware that they received recalled product and continue to serve this frozen raw yellowfin tuna product, which has a long shelf-life.

CDC and state and local public health partners are continuing surveillance to identify new cases.

Sushi eaters in Gold Coast also at risk; restaurant fined $15K

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Following an investigation into food safety risks at Tampa-area sushi bars, a Gold Coast sushi bar (that’s in Australia), has been fined $15,000 for letting room-temperature sushi ride the train for hours.

Eddie’s Crazy Fish Sushi Bar on Ferry Road at Southport was caught out by Gold Coast City Council health inspectors and charged with failing to properly store and serve sushi.

Inspectors warned restaurant owner Eddie Murillo twice in early 2011 to abide by Food Safety Act regulations but an impromptu inspection in August 2011 found numerous breaches.

Today the Southport Magistrates Court heard the business did not keep track of how long prepared sushi had been left sitting out on work benches and the sushi train itself before it was discarded.

Inspectors also found the sushi bar had dirty storage containers, utensils and work areas and did not provide handwashing soap for employees.

A follow up visit in April this year revealed the only action taken since August was to clean a dirty dishrack.

Gold Coast City Council lawyer Nick Hatcher said there were no allegations of food poisoning and health officers had only tested the food for temperatures, not bacteria.

Sushi safety questioned in Tampa

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Restaurant violations are nothing new. The shocking bits of this story is that there are 100 sushi restaurants in the Tampa area alone; and that sushi is considered “healthy and nutritious.”

The I-Team at ABC Action News reviewed the inspection reports of 100 sushi restaurants in the bay area over the last year and found serious critical violations that could make you or your family sick.

That includes raw tuna at 61 degrees, raw shrimp and fish over cooked tempura, which is a cross contamination issue and restaurants that had to throw out food because they were at hazardous temperatures. We also look at one sushi restaurant that tops the list in critical violations.

Raw is risky; 316 sushi eaters now sick with Salmonella

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A total of 316 persons infected with the outbreak strains of Salmonella Bareilly (304 persons) or Salmonella Nchanga (12 persons) have been reported from 26 states and the District of Columbia, up from 258 earlier this month.

Is raw really better?

I don’t know too many microbiologists who go in for the raw sushi, or raw anything.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control reports that of those sickened by sushi eating, 37 have been hospitalized, and no deaths have been reported.

Collaborative investigation efforts of state, local, and federal public health agencies indicate that a frozen raw yellowfin tuna product, known as Nakaochi Scrape, from Moon Marine USA Corporation is the likely source of this outbreak.

Consumers should not eat the recalled product, and retailers should not serve the recalled raw Nakaochi Scrape tuna product from Moon Marine USA Corporation.

Laboratory testing conducted by state public health laboratories in Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Wisconsin has isolated Salmonella from 53 (96%) of 55 samples taken from intact packages of frozen yellow fin tuna scrape from Moon Marine USA Corporation or from sushi prepared with the implicated scrape tuna product.

On April 24, 2012, FDA issued a document that lists observations made by the FDA Representative(s) during the inspection of a Moon Fishery (India) Pvt. Ltd facility conducted as part of this ongoing outbreak investigation.

This investigation is ongoing. CDC and state and local public health partners are continuing surveillance to identify new cases.

What would Keef think? Heavy metal singer slammed by Salmonella sushi

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A music basic: to reach a broad audience, the rhythm section has to be tight and actually produce a rhythm.

Hard rockers AC/DC figured this out. So did punk rockers Nirvana. So did rappers Beastie Boys (below). The Stones did decades ago.

The new metal bands, while a welcome progression from the hair bands of the 1980s, have little rhythm. But many do feature a singer screaming in a satanic-Linda-Blair-in-the-Exorcist-my-head-is-turning-all-the-way-around voice.

Chris Fronzak, the 22-year-old frontman for the band Attila (right, exactly as shown), is part of the Salmonella-in-sushi outbreak and is suing.

JoNel Aleccia of msnbc reports that Fronzak is among at least 258 people sickened by an outbreak of two rare strains of salmonella linked to sushi and other foods made from contaminated tuna.

Seattle law firm Marler Clark filed a lawsuit on Fronzak’s behalf Thursday in U.S. district court in Portland, Ore., where the singer lives.

He’s among the first people to sue Moon Marine USA Corp. of Cupertino, Calif., the firm that last month recalled 58,828 pounds of frozen Nakaochi Scrape, tuna bits gleaned from the backbones of the fish.

“Before I knew I had salmonella, I honestly thought I had stomach ulcers or liver failure from alcohol,” he Tweeted from his account @Fronz1lla on April 29.

Fronzak said he decided to sue because he has a family — including a 7-month-old son, Blaise – and no health insurance. He doesn’t think he should be stuck with all the bills, like the $9,872 tab from the hospital in Missouri. He posted that on Twitter, too, with an unprintable hashtag.

“I’m not at fault for any of that,” Fronzak said. “I feel like I’ve been done wrong and I deserve compensation.”

RIP, Adam Yauch.

258 sushi eaters now sick with Salmonella

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A total of 258 persons infected with the outbreak strains of Salmonella Bareilly (247 persons) or Salmonella Nchanga (11 persons) linked to tuna scrape have been reported to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control from 24 states and the District of Columbia.

Of those, 32 ill persons have been hospitalized, and no deaths have been reported.

Collaborative investigation efforts of state, local, and federal public health agencies indicate that a frozen raw yellowfin tuna product, known as Nakaochi Scrape, from Moon Marine USA Corporation is the likely source of this outbreak.

Consumers should not eat the recalled product, and retailers should not serve the recalled raw Nakaochi Scrape tuna product from Moon Marine USA Corporation.

State public health officials are interviewing ill persons to obtain information regarding foods they might have eaten and other exposures in the week prior to illness. On initial interviews, many of the ill persons reported consuming sushi, sashimi, or similar foods in a variety of locations in the week before becoming ill. Among 51 ill persons for whom information is available, 35 (69%) reported consuming sushi, sashimi, or similar foods in the week before illness onset. This percentage is higher than expected compared with results from a survey of healthy persons in which 5% of persons reported consuming sushi, sashimi, or ceviche made with raw fish or shellfish in the 7 days before they were interviewed. The investigation into specific types of sushi is ongoing.

The investigation has not conclusively identified a food source. Investigation is ongoing into individual food items and their sources. CDC, FDA, and state and local public health partners are continuing surveillance to identify and interview other ill persons about the foods they ate. CDC will update the public on the progress of this investigation as information becomes available.

Seek and ye shall find: second Salmonella strain in sushi slime, 200 sick

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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control reports that based on an epidemiological link and results of laboratory testing, CDC has combined the Salmonella Bareilly investigation with an ongoing multistate outbreak investigation of Salmonella serotype Nchanga infections. The two associated PFGE patterns have been grouped together as the outbreak strains.

A total of 200 persons infected with the outbreak strains of Salmonella Bareilly or Salmonella Nchanga have been reported from 21 states and the District of Columbia.

 

190 persons infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella  Bareilly have been reported from 21 states and the District of Columbia.

 

10 persons infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Nchanga have been reported from 5 states.

 

28 ill persons have been hospitalized, and no deaths have been reported.

 

Collaborative investigation efforts of state, local, and federal public health agencies indicate that a frozen raw yellowfin tuna product, known as Nakaochi Scrape, from Moon Marine USA Corporation is the likely source of this outbreak.

 

Testing conducted by the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture Trade and Consumer Protection laboratory isolated the outbreak strain of Salmonella Bareilly from one sample of recalled tuna and one sample of a spicy tuna roll made with recalled tuna.

Sushi eaters rejoice; slime from India; 141 sick

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The sushi slime, or tuna backmeat that has now been linked to 141 confirmed Salmonella illnesses, up from 116, originated at a tuna processing facility in India.

Sushi eaters, you thought you were eating what? The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has conducted a traceback of tuna from four of the outbreak clusters, in Connecticut, Rhode Island, Texas, and Wisconsin, and found that all four received the same imported frozen raw Nakaochi Scrape tuna product from a single tuna processing facility in India.

Chapman and I chatted today – with his kids, extended family, burgeoning home canning career – he had to escape the Food Safety Summit in D.C. to catch up. He told me one of the industry types said everyone uses this stuff, which has helped propel the popularity of sushi eating.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control reported today the number of confirmed Salmonella Bareilly linked to this outbreak has increased to 141 from 20 states and the District of Columbia.

The number of ill persons identified in each state is as follows: Alabama (2), Arkansas (1), Connecticut (6), District of Columbia (2), Florida (1), Georgia (6), Illinois (13), Louisiana (3), Maryland (14), Massachusetts (9), Mississippi (2), Missouri (4), New Jersey (8), New York (28), North Carolina (2), Pennsylvania (6), Rhode Island (5), South Carolina (3), Texas (4), Virginia (8), and Wisconsin (14). 21 ill persons have been hospitalized, and no deaths have been reported.