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Listeria outbreak: As deaths rise, repeated health violations linked to Boar's Head facility

FOIA request tallies 69 'noncompliance' records flagged by USDA at Boar's Head facility in Virginia.

By Chris Benson


The listerosis outbreak is growing in infections and deaths, officials report. In response, the CDC recommends heating deli meats sliced at any deli counter to an internal temperature of 165 degrees or until the meat is steaming hot. 

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Aug. 28 (UPI) -- A recent U.S. Department of Agriculture investigation found scores of health violations by meat company Boar's Head at its Virginia facility that now is at the center of a nationwide deli meat recall linked to multiple deaths across more than a dozen states, according to records.

At least eight deaths have now been reported, adding Florida, Tennessee, New Mexico and South Carolina to the roster of 17 states with known listeria cases tied directly to the Boar's Head outbreak, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed Wednesday in an update

Listeriosis is America's third-leading cause of death due to food-borne illnesses. "This is the largest listeriosis outbreak since the 2011 outbreak linked to cantaloupe," according to the CDC.

The outbreak has grown to 57 hospitalizations in now 17 states linked to recalled meat products from Boar's Head's Jarratt, Va., plant. And all 57 had at one point been hospitalized since buying the tainted meat products.

USDA investigators say in a report that along with paperwork errors and leftover meat on equipment, the dozens of violations included mold, mildew and insects repeatedly discovered during inspections.

Records released by the USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service to CBS News via a Freedom of Information Act request revealed no less than 69 records of "noncompliances" flagged by USDA over the past year at Boar's Head's Virginia facility.

It's not clear if the well-known supplier of pre-packaged deli meats will face any legal penalties.

Unopened Boar's Head products genetically tested in multiple states were found contaminated with the bacteria known as Listeria monocytogenes.

Meanwhile, all operations at Boar's Head's Jarrat, Va., plant have been suspended. Company officials are working to disinfect the facility and retrain its current employees, and no meat products will be sent out "until it meets the highest quality and safety standards," according to a company spokesperson.

"As a USDA-inspected food producer, the agency has inspectors in our Jarratt, Virginia plant every day and if at any time inspectors identify something that needs to be addressed, our team does so immediately, as was the case with each and every issue raised by USDA in this report," Boar's Head company spokesperson Elizabeth Ward said.

Initially, a limited recall was issued last month for Boar's Head deli meats that days later expanded to include in the recall all Boar's Head products made in the facility.

The CDC has once more advised U.S. consumers to check for any at all remaining recalled Boar's Head products. Some should carry an October sell-by date labeled with "EST. 12612" or "P-12612" inside the USDA mark of inspection on the product labels.

A spokesperson for the South Carolina Department of Public Health says it's likely consumers who were unaware of the recall may have eaten recalled products currently experiencing a prolonged course of illness consistent with how the virus works.

"Unfortunately, an outbreak of Listeria has reached our state, and is potentially the cause of two deaths here," Dr. Linda Bell, the state's epidemiologist, wrote Wednesday in a news release. "We want to ensure South Carolinians are aware of this outbreak and that everyone takes necessary steps to avoid consuming products that could be the source of infection."

It was first reported on July 20 by the CDC that a listeria outbreak tied to sliced deli meats had killed two and hospitalized at least 28 other people across 12 states from roughly May 20 to July 5, with only one reported death at the time in New Jersey and Illinois hundreds of miles away out west.

In its most recent Aug. 8 update, the CDC said 9 new listeria cases by then had been reported with three people dead since the update prior, then bringing the total to 43 cases nationwide but limited at the time to 13 states.

Canada also is grappling with its own listeria outbreak.

Commonly referred to as listeria, it is a serious infection that primarily affects pregnant women, people age 65 or older or who those with a weakened immune systems. People classified in high-risk categories who show symptoms, it is suggested, should seek immediate medical care.

At first, CDC investigators at the time of the breakout found that shoppers afflicted with listeria had all eaten Boar's Head turkey or liverwurst products while some said they ate ham.

At first the CDC did not issue a recall on any of the deli meat, chalking it up to contaminated deli equipment as the likely root of the outbreak.

But days later on July 26, Boar's Head then issued a recall of all liverwurst products made between June 11 and July 17 due to the likelihood of listeria contamination, which expanded a few days later on July 30 to include all other deli meat products produced alongside the liverwurst like ham, bologna and salami.

The first reported cases had seven from New York, six in Maryland and two cases in Georgia, Massachusetts, Missouri, New Jersey and Virginia, with one reported in Illinois, Minnesota, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

Symptoms typically show within two weeks of eating listeria-contaminated food, but may occur as early as a day or be delayed for as long as 10 weeks, according to the CDC.

Symptoms include fever, muscle aches, headache, stiff neck, confusion, loss of balance, convulsions and diarrhea or other gastrointestinal issues. An infection can cause pregnancy complications, including miscarriages, stillbirths and premature delivery.

The CDC recommends heating deli meats sliced at any deli counter to an internal temperature of 165 degrees or until the meat is steaming hot.

Consumers also can protect against listeria by cleaning their refrigerators and any containers or surfaces that might have contacted sliced deli meats.

In February during another unrelated listeria outbreak linked to cheese and yogurt products which killed 2, hospitalized 23, the FDA said that particular outbreak was part of an ongoing outbreak that dated back a decade

"CDC investigated this outbreak in 2017 and 2021," the FDA then noted, but at that time "there was not enough information to identify a specific brand."

Some people with schizophrenia fight stigma on social media

By Susan Kreimer

 Kody Green, 29, of Onalaska, Wis., creates content about schizophrenia on Instagram, Tik Tok, YouTube, Threads, LinkedIn and Facebook. 

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NEW YORK, Aug. 29 (UPI) -- People with schizophrenia have been challenging the ongoing stigma tied to their mental disorder by posting on social media, trying to dispel the myth that they're prone to injuring themselves or others.

The social networks are a tool to promote mental health care for people with this chronic disorder, while disseminating information that helps reduce negative perceptions.

"People will treat me like I am dangerous just because of my illness, even though I have never been violent," said Kody Green, 29, of Onalaska, Wis., who creates content about schizophrenia on Instagram, Tik Tok, YouTube, Threads, LinkedIn and Facebook.

Yet, "studies show that people with schizophrenia are more likely to be victims of violent crime than the perpetrators," Green said.

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In 2019, he began posting about his diagnosis and experiences, amassing more than 1.5 million followers.

"This has allowed me to become a full-time schizophrenia and mental health advocate and reach millions of people to help them better understand what schizophrenia really looks like, and not how it is portrayed in movies and the media," Green said.

He first experienced hallucinations at age 19 and was diagnosed with schizophrenia two years later.

Hallucinations -- a hallmark of schizophrenia -- are his main symptom. They're false perceptions of objects or events that involve a person's sight, sound, smell, touch and taste, according to the Cleveland Clinic. In short, hallucinations appear real, but are figments of the imagination.

While schizophrenia causes severe symptoms, it's not a death sentence. A person can maintain a full life with early intervention and appropriate treatment, Green said.

Michelle Hammer, 36, of Astoria, N.Y., said she finds it therapeutic to post on Instagram, Tik Tok and YouTube when she's experiencing auditory hallucinations due to schizophrenia, diagnosed at age 22. They have plagued her since high school, when an internal voice told her she was dumb.

"It was telling me I was a bad person," said Hammer, who owns a mental health clothing and lifestyle brand called Schizophrenic.NYC and is a member of Fountain House, a New York City-based national mental health nonprofit.

For a few years, the mental health advocate has shared videos, sitting on her living room couch and talking to herself. The posts caused a stir on social media, Hammer said, explaining, "I get all kinds of responses -- everything you could possibly imagine."

While some people thanked Hammer for being open about her illness, others suggested that she seek God's help in delivering her from bondage.

"People, for some reason, think schizophrenia is extremely dangerous. What I try to do is change that perception," she said, adding, "I'm not hurting anyone at all. It's not what you think. There's no violence involved."

Clinicians have become more conscientious in recognizing symptoms earlier in the course of schizophrenia, said Dr. Richard Miller, a staff psychiatrist at Elwyn Adult Behavioral Health in Cranston, R.I.

"However, many cases still go undiagnosed, misdiagnosed or untreated for a variety of reasons, including stigma around the disease that can prevent people from asking for help, and psychosocial and economic factors that can prevent access to care," Miller said.

Connecting with others who experience psychosis can help people with schizophrenia feel less lonely by boosting their support system, which enables them to better manage their illness, said Craig Jones, a psychotherapist and program manager of the Odyssey Clinic, which provides outpatient specialty care at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock.

Also, "social media can be a powerful tool for increasing awareness of psychosis as long as the information is accurate," Jones said.

"Personal testimonials about living with schizophrenia help others see that people with these experiences want the same things that everyone wants -- to be able to pursue their special relationships and projects as burden-free as possible."

The World Health Organization reports that schizophrenia affects roughly 24 million people globally, or 1 in 300 individuals.

In addition to hallucinations, sufferers can exhibit delusions, disorganized speech, difficulty thinking and lack of motivation, according to the American Psychiatric Association.

The intricate nature of schizophrenia may be at the heart of why people often harbor misconceptions, assuming that it leads to homelessness or living in hospitals, the association notes. In fact, most people with the illness reside with family, in group settings or alone.

Despite the origin of the word "schizophrenia," which means "split mind" in Latin, it doesn't imply split or multiple personality.

Commonly appearing in late adolescence or early adulthood, schizophrenia is slightly more prevalent in males, who tend to display symptoms toward their late teens. Diagnosis in females is likely to peak in the early to mid-20s, said Dr. Katherine Johnson, chair of psychiatry at Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine in Maywood, Ill.

"Schizophrenia is a complex illness that affects the way people perceive reality and can influence how they think, feel and act," Johnson said.

She added that the variety of reality disturbances may include auditory or visual hallucinations. Strong internal voices could compel someone to do something, or they may be less obvious, prompting someone to envision shadows that aren't there.

Other misperceptions of reality, such as paranoia, are also common, perhaps persuading someone to feel that another person can read their thoughts, Johnson said.

"Many factors come together to create these symptoms, and it is likely a combination of genetics, biological abnormalities -- specifically around chemical messengers in the brain -- and environmental influences," she said.

However, she noted that hallucinations also can stem from severe depression, bipolar disorder, trauma, substance use, dementia, Parkinson's disease, brain injury or seizures. They're relatively common in children, particularly after traumatic events, and don't automatically signal schizophrenia or another psychotic illness.

With an early and accurate diagnosis, people with schizophrenia can get well on antipsychotic medications, available as pills or long-acting injectables that work steadily over weeks or months and lessen the likelihood of a missed dose, Miller said.

Jones added that stress management techniques, along with individual and group therapy, are also important in managing schizophrenia.

Biden administration announces plans to speed up energy projects

President Joe Biden speaks during the fourth virtual leader-level meeting of the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate at the White House on April 20, 2023. The Biden administration announced steps to step up clean energy projects on Thursday.

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Aug. 29 (UPI) -- The Biden administration on Thursday announced new efforts to speed up government infrastructure projects delivering more clean power and jobs.

The Bureau of Land Management said it will roll out a plan to support the expansion of solar energy production by streamlining permitting on public land.

"This action will help expedite reviews of solar projects by steering them to areas with high solar potential and low wildlife and land conflicts," the White House said in a statement. "The Bureau of Land Management will make over 31 million acres of public lands across eleven western states available for solar development, helping to deliver clean power to millions of homes."

The Environmental Protection Agency said it will conditionally approve a new rule allowing for new offsets to create clean air credits in Maricopa County, Ariz., the site of an upcoming semiconductor manufacturing center.

Companies there with diesel-burning vehicles can earn credits by replacing them with electric vehicles to balance out future emissions.

"This will allow the county, which is now a center of semiconductor manufacturing in the U.S., to continue to building semiconductor fabs essential to our nation's future and ensure that residents continue to have clean air," the White House said.

The Department of Energy said that environmental review timelines have been cut in half compared to the previous administration and has completed 15% more environmental reviews.

SPACE

FAA grounds SpaceX Falcon 9 after first-stage booster incident

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket returns to Landing Zone 1 after launching the Northrop Grumman Cygnus spacecraft for NASA at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida on Sunday, August 4, 2024. The FAA on Wednesday grounded the Falcon 9 rockets after a stage 1 booster crashed into a barge while returning to Earth. 

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Aug. 29 (UPI) -- The Federal Aviation Administration grounded SpaceX's workhorse Falcon 9 rockets as it investigates why one of its first-stage boosters crashed onto a landing barge in the Atlantic Ocean, bringing a screeching halt to the company's robust launch schedule.

The difficult return of the first-stage booster safely to Earth, which SpaceX had made almost routine over the years, went awry Wednesday morning after separating from the second stage early Wednesday before dawn.

A second SpaceX flight scheduled to liftoff from California was paused after the incident. So was the expected launching of the all-civilian Polaris Dawn. The delay postponed what was expected to be the first civilian spacewalk.

"A return to flight of the Falcon 9 booster rocket is based on the FAA determining that any system, process or procedure related to the anomaly does not affect public safety," the FAA said.

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"In addition, SpaceX may need to request and receive approval from the FAA to modify its license that incorporates any corrective actions and meet all other licensing requirements."

No one was hurt in the incident and the second stage of the Falcon 9 rocket delivered the satellites into orbit as expected. According to the FAA, SpaceX could be cleared to fly again with an ongoing investigation under certain conditions.

"We are working as hard as we can to thoroughly understand [the] root cause and get corrective actions in place ASAP," SpaceX's Vice President of Falcon Launch Vehicles Jon Edwards, said.

"One thing we do know though is this was purely a recovery issue and posed no threat to the primary mission or public safety."

BIDENOMICS

U.S. second quarter GDP revised up to a 3% annual rate

The Bureau of Economic Analysis reported Thursday that U.S. second-quarter GDP was revised upward to an annual rate of 3%. The U.S. economy grew more in the second quarter than the originally estimated 2.8%.

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Aug. 29 (UPI) -- The Bureau of Economic Analysis Thursday revised second quarter U.S. real gross domestic product, increasing it from 2.8% to a 3% annual rate.

"The GDP estimate released today is based on more complete source data than were available for the 'advance' estimate issued last month," the BEA said in a statement. "In the advance estimate, the increase in real GDP was 2.8%. The update primarily reflected an upward revision to consumer spending."

The advance estimate reported in July was already higher than the 2.1% expected by Dow Jones economists.

GDP was 1.4% in the first quarter.

"Compared to the first quarter, the acceleration in real GDP in the second quarter primarily reflected an upturn in private inventory investment and an acceleration in consumer spending," the BEA statement added. "These movements were partly offset by a downturn in residential fixed investment."

Current-dollar GDP in the second quarter was up 5.5% at an annual rate.

The price index for gross domestic purchases was up 2.4% for the second quarter, an upward revision of 0.1%.

Current-dollar personal income was also revised. It increased $233.6 billion, a drop of $4 billion from the previous estimate.

Real gross domestic income was up 1.3% in the second quarter, matching first-quarter results. Disposable personal income was up $183 billion, or 3.6%, That's $4 billion less than the previous estimate.

Personal saving was $686.4 billion, a downward revision of $34.1 billion compared with the previous estimate.

Corporate profits increased $46.4 billion compared with $65 billion in the first quarter.

First time unemployment filings fall by 2,000


A "now hiring" sign is displayed in the window of a restaurant in Washington D.C. on August 12, 2010. First-time unemployment benefit filers decreased by 2,000 last year, the Labor Department said. 

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Aug. 29 (UPI) -- First-time unemployment filings declined last week but Department of Labor daata released Thursday showed they remain at an elevated level.

Initial claims for unemployment benefits for the week ending Aug. 24 reached a seasonally adjusted 231,000, down 2,000 from the revised total last week.

The weekly snapshot of those filing for jobless benefits, which gives a glimpse of the workforce stability, is one of the key indicators the Federal Reserve watches in judging the health of the U.S. economy.

The total for first-time unemployment applications for the week before was revised up 1,000 to 233,000, according to the Labor Department. The latest total is 19,000 off the 2024 high of 250,000 filings during the week ending July 27.

The 231,000 filing for unemployment insurance last week still remains well above the 194,000 who filed back in January.

The four-week moving average for first-time applications was 231,500, a fall of 4,750 from the previous week's revised total of 236,250.

The overall number of people filing for unemployment benefits for the week ending Aug. 17 was 1.868 million, according to the Labor Department. That is an increase of 13,000 from the previous week's revised total, which was revised down by 8,000.

The four-week moving average of overall unemployment insurance filings was 1,863,250, a decrease of 250 from the previous week's revised total.

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Climate change linked to increased risk of salmonella

By Dennis Thompson, HealthDay News


Climate change will increase people's risk of salmonella poisoning from contaminated food, a new study warns. Photo by Adobe Stock/HealthDay News

Climate change will increase people's risk of salmonella poisoning from contaminated food, a new study warns.

Increased humidity will make it more likely that leafy greens like lettuce will suffer from bacterial diseases, such as leaf spot, researchers reported Thursday in the journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

In turn, those bacterial diseases can help salmonella survive in leafy greens, increasing the risk of food-borne illness in humans, they said.

"The impact of increased humidity on healthy plants also supported salmonella's survival on plants, which would make climate change a food safety issue," said researcher Jeri Barak, a professor of plant pathology with the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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"Controlling plant disease such as bacterial leaf spot of lettuce is also important for food safety," Barak said in a journal news release. "Climate change will increase the risk of foodborne illness from consumption of raw produce."

Salmonella sickens 1.2 million people in the United States every year, researchers said in background notes. Fresh produce is the most common route of infection, as salmonella survives on many crops and persists in soil for extended periods of time.

In lab experiments, researchers varied when leafy greens were exposed to a bacteria that causes leaf spot or the salmonella bacteria.

High humidity enhanced the ability of salmonella to rapidly grow in lettuce, researchers found.

Humidity also promoted leaf spot, which further enhanced salmonella's ability to survive and spread in romaine lettuce, results show.

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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has more on salmonella.

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French museum invites naturism exhibit visitors to disrobe

The Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilizations, or Mucem, in Marseille, France, is inviting members of the public to visit its Naturist Paradises exhibit in the nude on pre-scheduled dates held once a month. 

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Aug. 29 (UPI) -- A French museum announced members of the public are being invited to view its exhibit on naturism while wearing nothing but a pair of shoes.

Marseille's Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilizations, or Mucem, said nude patrons are being welcomed to peruse the Naturist Paradises exhibit in the nude on designated dates once a month, during a time the facility would normally be closed.
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The nude museum visits are being organized in partnership with the French Naturist Federation, or FFN.

Naturist Paradises features hundreds of pieces of art from naturist communities, including paintings, sculptures, photographs and films.

"It was only natural for the Mucem, a social museum based in Marseilles, a Mediterranean city around which several major naturist centers have sprung up, to explore this singular and unifying social phenomenon that is naturism, (or rather naturisms, because there are different types)," the museum's website states.

FFN official Eric Stefanut said the museum's nude visitors will still be required to wear shoes inside the exhibit.

"It's to avoid getting splinters," he told The Guardian.

The Naturist Paradises exhibit at the museum runs through Dec. 9. The next nude tour is scheduled for Sept. 3.

4 days after Arizona bank worker died, her body discovered in work cubicle

" It's really heartbreaking and I'm thinking, 'What if I were just sitting there? No one would check on me?"

Aug. 29 (UPI) -- Arizona bank employee Denise Prudhomme, 60, died at work and her body wasn't discovered in her work cubicle until four days later.

Police in Tempe, Ariz., said Thursday there was no evidence of foul play.

Police said she scanned into work for her Wells Fargo job on Aug.16. Security at the building found her dead Aug. 20.

Wells Fargo said in a statement, "We are deeply saddened by the tragic loss of our colleague at our Tempe office. Our thoughts and prayers are with their family and loved ones during this difficult time. Counselors, through our Employee Assistance Consulting service, are available to support our employees. We are fully cooperating with the Tempe Police Department in their investigation and will direct all further questions to them."

The investigation into circumstances of her death is ongoing, but it is not yet clear how she could have gone unnoticed for days.

NBC News reported that an anonymous Wells Fargo employee told KPNX that a co-worker found Prudhomme dead at her desk while walking around the building.

Several workers in the building had smelled a foul odor but thought it was bad plumbing.

A worker quoted anonymously told Tempe's 12 News, " It's really heartbreaking and I'm thinking, 'What if I were just sitting there? No one would check on me?"

Wells Fargo workers said the building has around-the-clock security and Prudhomme should have been found sooner.

"That's the scary part," a Wells Fargo employee told 12 News That's the uneasy part. It's negligence in some part."

MARX'S THEORY OF ALIENATION 

Israeli archeologists unearth rare, 2,700-year-old stone seal near Temple Mount

Archeologist Rom Navot of the Israel Antiquities Authority holds a rare black stone seal, approximately 2,700 years old, from the Kingdom of Judah in the First Temple Period, discovered during excavations near the Temple Mount in Jerusalem on Thursday. 

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Aug. 29 (UPI) -- Israeli antiquities researchers announced Thursday they have unearthed a rare and significant stone seal from the First Temple Period of about 2,700 years ago.

The seal, which bears a name inscribed in paleo-Hebrew script and a winged demon, or "genie" figure, was discovered in the Davidson Archaeological Garden near the Southern Wall of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, the Israel Antiquities Authority said in a statement obtained by UPI.

"The seal, made of black stone, is one of the most beautiful ever discovered in excavations in ancient Jerusalem, and is executed at the highest artistic level," said excavation directors Dr. Yuval Baruch and Navot Rom.

The name inscribed on the stone is Hoshʼayahu, thought to be a senior administrator in the Kingdom of Judah, who likely wore the stone as an amulet around his neck and used it to sign official documents and proclamations.

The figure of the winged man demonstrates the ascendency of the Assyrian Empire over Middle East in the 9th-7th Centuries BCE while conferring onto its bearer the authority of the office, the researchers said.

"It seems that the object was made by a local craftsman -- a Judahite, who produced the amulet at the owner's request," said Israel Antiquities Authority Archaeologist and Assyriologist Filip Vukosavović. "It was prepared at a very high artistic level."

The find is "an extremely rare and unusual discovery," he added. "This is the first time that a winged 'genie' -- a protective magical figure -- has been found in Israeli and regional archaeology."

The figure of a winged man in a distinct Neo-Assyrian style is unique and very rare in the glyphic styles of the late First Temple period, scholars say.

Israeli Minister of Heritage Amichai Eliyahu also hailed the discovery, calling it "spectacular" and noting it demonstrates how even 2,700 years ago Jerusalem had emerged as an international hub for commerce.

"It is impossible not to be moved by such an unmediated and direct encounter with a chapter of our past, a time in which the First Temple stood in all its glory," he said.

Orange lobster returned to the wild after arrival at Long Island store

An ultra-rare orange lobster that arrived in a shipment at a store on New York's Long Island was released back into the Long Island Sound. Photo courtesy of Humane Long Island/Facebook

Aug. 29 (UPI) -- An extremely rare orange lobster that arrived in a shipment at a New York store was released back into the wild by an animal advocacy group.

Humane Long Island said on social media that workers at Southampton Stop & Shop found the orange lobster among the standard brown lobsters that arrived in a recent shipment.

The store offered the crustacean to the Long Island Aquarium, but the facility declined.

The Southampton Animal Shelter Foundation learned about Pinky's situation and contacted Humane Long Island, which reached out to management at Stop & Shop.

The lobster, now named Clementine, underwent rehabilitation under the supervision of a veterinarian before being released back into the Long Island Sound.

Orange coloration is believed to occur in only one out of every 30 million lobsters. Peaches, an orange lobster being studied by researchers at the University of New England, recently hatched a clutch of 100 eggs, and some of the babies share their mother's unusual pigment.