FOOD SCIENCE PROJECT

  • Jewel Food Stores

    Jewel Food Stores
    -started in Melrose Park, IL
    -salmonella caused by mislabeling of expiration dates
    -2,000 people sick primarily
  • Jalisco Cheese

    Jalisco Cheese
    -Los Angeles
    -28 people died, plus 20 miscarriages
    -the use of unpastuerized cheese caused listeriosis
    -142 people infected
  • Jack in the Box

    Jack in the Box
    -Washington State, Idaho, and Nevada
    -E. coli O157:H7 caused by not fully cooked contaminated hamburger meat
    -400 people infected
    -three children died
  • Frozen Strawberry Scare

    Frozen Strawberry Scare
    -Calhoun City, Michigan
    -Contaminated strawberries that laced with Hepatitis A was shipped to schools in Arizona, Southern California, Iowa, Tennessee, and Georgia
    -infected 260 students and falculty
  • Sizzlers

    Sizzlers
    -Layton, Winsconsin and Mayfair, Winsconsin
    -E. coli 0157:H7 was found in the taco meat and sirloin which was cross-contaminated from fresh watermelon and raw meat.
    -64 cases, 551 probable cases, 122 possible cases
  • Pilgrim's Pride Food

    Pilgrim's Pride Food
    -New York, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey
    -Listeria found in lunch meat and sausage
    -8 deaths, 3 stillbirths
  • Chi Chi's

    Chi Chi's
    -Beaver County, Pennsylvania
    -Hepatitis A was spread from the ingestion of raw or undercooked green onions
    -500 people infected
  • Dole baby spinach

    Dole baby spinach
    -San Jaun Bautista, California
    -E. coli O157:H7 and baby spinach was packaged in the same bags and was shipped to 26 other states
    -105 illnesses, 104 hospitalizations, and 4 deaths
  • Taco Bell

    Taco Bell
    -New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, South Carolina
    -E. coli O157:H7 was found in the lettuce, cheddar cheese, and ground beef, and later on yellow onions
    -52 of the 71 ill were confirmed to be infected with E. coli O157:H7
  • Cargill Meat Solutions

    Cargill Meat Solutions
    -Wyalusing, PA
    -packages of ground beef were shipped to 7 states, that were infected with salmonella
    -33 people infected, 5 hospitalized