The Cucumber Salmonella Major Outbreak | Episode 68

In this episode of Don’t Eat Poop!, our hosts Matt and Francine are, unfortunately, talking about a new multi-state outbreak, this time it’s cucumbers that are carrying salmonella and putting people in the hospital.

Prepare to learn all about this most recent outbreak, as well as how outbreaks like this happen and how multi-state outbreaks have been changing over the last few years.

Make sure to listen to the end so you don’t miss out on hotel bathroom jerky and all that’s not quite right with it.

In this episode:

💩 [00:54] Saldesia’s first Goddess of Food Safety Award

💩 [03:52] Let’s talk outbreaks

💩 [05:36] The cucumber salmonella outbreak

💩 [09:20] The changing dynamics of major outbreaks

💩 [12:01] How the outbreaks can happen in the field or facility

💩 [17:12] The issue with our sanitization methods

💩 [18:05] The resistance to change in the industry

💩 [21:11] When they just don’t care: fraud

💩 [26:05] The origin of the cucumber outbreak

💩 [27:49] Our dream podcast segment

💩 [33:05] barfly7777 is back: Hotel bathroom jerky

Disclaimer: Episode title and content do not constitute legal or health advice.

Resources from this episode
Check out the Goddess of Food Safety Award Francine received from Saldesia Corporation here.

For more on the outbreak, read the following Food Safety News articles on it:

Recalled cucumbers may be source of ongoing Salmonella outbreak

Second Salmonella outbreak reported; cucumbers are likely source

Watch barfly7777 make Hotel bathroom jerky here.

Noteworthy quotes from this episode
“I talk about food safety outbreaks being a series of events in a baseball game, you could be like super ahead in a baseball game up five runs and then one inning make a whole series of errors and lose the game. That's exactly how a packing house and a field could operate.” – Matthew Regusci

“Everybody seems to think that foodborne illnesses are like one and done. You get it, you get sick and life goes on. But a lot of times with the kidney issues and some of the other issues, their conditions, they don't go away. You live with these issues forever, in some cases.” – Francine L Shaw

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