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agency 6165 main st stouffville southeast corner of main albert sts just west of the train station 6424540 fax 6424537 email stouffvillemoneycptscom contamination caused outbreaks for last four years from page 1 back row paul bailey sandy parsons maryanne mcmanus deborah macdonald pat irwin stephanie curtis doug hinton front row signy lawson carol clements fresh guatemalan raspberries from march to august and is now asking only those from lowrisk farms be allowed in the country during the fall season from august to march the health department is also asking for an independent audit of individual farms to determine if they are complying with a model plan of excellence a plan designed to control the most likely sources of contamination cyclospora is a foodborne parasite of the human small intestine and can cause diarrhea and cramping if untreated the illness may last for a few days to a month in the last few years there have been four annual outbreaks of cyclospora in ontario where fresh guatemalan raspberries or blackberries have been implicated in 1997 guatemalan blackberries were served at an event that resulted in 31 cases of cyclosporiasis york region was involved in three of those outbreaks in 1997 guatemalan blackberries were served at an event that resulted in 31 cases of cyclosporiasis however the source of the outbreak could not be determined cyclospora was also identified in 329 cases in southern ontario during 1998 with 60 cases reported in york region fresh raspberries from guatemala were the only food item common to all of the events the investigation indicated that berries from mediumrisk farms continued to be sent to ontario and an importation restriction was placed on all fresh guatemalan raspberries for the following spring season last june york region health services received a report of a suspected food poisoning related to a private event held may 29 at a banquet facility in the region a concerned doctor reported the incident after examining two patients who had been ill with gastroenteritis for two weeks following the event the patients indicated that at least eight others who were at the same function had also been ill more than 400 people attended the function and 104 peo ple were deemed to have suffered from cyclospora represent ing a 41percent attack rate of 91 menu items analysed only seven were identified as being likely to cause illness the items were ingredients on a crepe dessert platter on which the ice cream crepe was gar nished with fresh strawberries from california frozen raspber ries from chile and fresh blackberries from guatemala health investigators found that people who ate the black berries were more than four times more likely to become ill than those not eating the blackberries while it was possible that any one of the three berries caused the outbreak the investigation determined that the blackberries were the most likely to cause the illness californian strawberries had not been implicated in previous cyclospora outbreaks and chilean raspberries served at the event were quick frozen which is thought to kill cyclospora the banquet hall was never named and herrick said it wont be because it is not an important factor in the case what was key was determining the culprit ingredient the detail that needs to be focused on is that the berries are the contaminating factor it isnt the banquet hall that is at fault it could have been any banquet hall and there could have been some at a grocery store herrick said york region residents werent the only ones affected by cyclospora last year although the greatest number of cases were reported in the region at 40 with 35 in peel 25 in toronto and three in hamiltonwentworth country music jubilee a country music jubilee including round and square danc ing takes place sunday from 1 to 5 pm at the sutton legion performers include the country rhythmaires marlene munro len murphy tom and vicki slade and cactus jack tickets are 6 and can be ordered by 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