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salmonella

[sal-muh-nel-uh] / ˌsæl məˈnɛl ə /
NOUN
food poisoning
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While salmonella cases can happen any time, this outbreak involves a specific, identical strain.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

On the same day the FDA belatedly disclosed the jalapeño salmonella outbreak, Turning Point USA spokesperson Andrew Kolvet posted on social media that a college student complained to him that “a burrito shouldn’t cost $20.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

More recently, a salmonella outbreak has been linked to jalapenos.

From MarketWatch Aug. 11, 2026

Food and Drug Administration as the likely source of a salmonella outbreak that affected at least 345 people last week across 27 states, including California.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 11, 2026

They used HeLa to test the effects of steroids, chemotherapy drugs, hormones, vitamins, and environmental stress; they infected them with tuberculosis, salmonella, and the bacterium that causes vaginitis.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot

We now see that other salmonellae can produce the same long-term problems.

From Scientific American Jul. 27, 2012




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