Federal officials are investigating two new foodborne illness outbreaks, one involves Listeria infections and the other Cyslospora infections.
The Food and Drug Administration has not yet identified a source of the pathogen in either of the outbreaks.
The Listeria outbreak has sickened eight people, but the FDA is not reporting the patients’ ages or where they live. The agency has begun traceback efforts but it is not reporting what food is being traced. Similarly the FDA has begun onsite inspections but is not reporting what location is being inspected.
For the Cyclospora outbreak, seven patients have been identified, but the FDA is not reporting their ages or where they live. The agency reports that it has begun traceback efforts, but it is now reporting what food it is tracing.
In other outbreak news, the FDA is continuing to investigate three Salmonella outbreaks linked to moringa supplement capsules.
A new outbreak of Salmonella illnesses traced to moringa leaf powder is under investigation, marking the third such outbreak. This time MOGO brand capsules are implicated.
The new outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium has sickened 18 people across 14 states. Seven people have required hospitalization, but no deaths have been reported, according to the Food and Drug Administration.
This outbreak is separate from two previous outbreaks traced to other moringa leaf powders. The current outbreak has been traced to MOGO brand moringa powder capsules distributed by MOGO Moringa LLC of St. Louis, MO.
Illnesses started on dates ranging from Feb. 3 to April 7 this year. Of seven people interviewed, five, or 71 percent, reported eating moringa powder capsules, including four who reported MOGO-brand moringa powder capsules.
On May 25, MOGO Moringa LLC recalled lot #15525AA EXP 6/2027 and lot #00926AA EXP 1/2028 of MOGO-brand Pure Moringa Oleifera capsules.
Patients in the current outbreak live in California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee and Washington.
There are likely many more patients in the outbreak who are not included in the official count. This is because some people do not seek medical attention and others are not specifically tested for Salmonella infection. Th