A California company is recalling its pasta salad with chicken because it may be contaminated.
Trader Joe’s brand Spicy Thai Style Pasta Salad with chicken breast is the name brand for Garden Leaf Food’s product.
Each label bears the establishment number P-21252 inside the USDA mark of inspection and has a "sell-by" date of Jan.
Recall Release CLASS I RECALL
FSIS-RC-006-2007 HEALTH RISK: HIGH
Congressional and Public Affairs
(202) 720-9113
Amanda Eamich
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25, 2007 – Garden Leaf Foods, a Gardena, Calif., firm, is voluntarily recalling approximately 1,591 pounds of pasta salad with chicken that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and
MARION – The Ohio State University is seeking Marion County families to help with a food safety study that researchers hope will lead to revisions of the nation’s food safety guidelines.
Ohio State University Extension and the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center is studying the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes, which causes the food-borne illness listeriosis.
Listeria monocytogenes (Listeria) is a foodborne disease-causing bacteria; the disease is called listeriosis. Listeria can invade the body through a normal and intact gastrointestinal tract. Once in the body, Listeria can travel through the blood stream but the bacteria are often found inside cells. Listeria also produces toxins that damage cells. Listeria invades and grows
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For information contact: January 5, 2007 Arty Schronce, Yao Seidu or Jackie Sosby (404) 656-3689 Possible Listeria contamination Tommy Irvin Alerts Georgians About Recalled Frankfurters
Georgia Commissioner of Agriculture Tommy Irvin is alerting Georgians that some frankfurters sold in the state may possibly be contaminated with a species of bacteria that can
1. CDC – Disease Listing, Listeriosis, General Information. FAQ on Listeriosis, a serious infection caused by eating food contaminated with the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes.
www.cdc.gov/node.do/id/0900f3ec80006d40
2. US FDA/CFSAN – Bad Bug Book: Listeria monocytogenes
Features symptoms, cause, treatment, risk factors, associated foods, and prevention.
http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~mow/chap6.html
3. Listeria Bacteria Outbreaks, News, Resources and Legal Information
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The head cheese products were produced on December 27, 2006, and were distributed to retail establishments in Southeast Louisiana.
The problem was discovered through the FSIS routine microbiological testing. FSIS has received no reports of illnesses associated with consumption of this product.
Cochise County health officials are warning residents about risks associated with eating cheese made from milk that has not been pasteurized.
Queso fresco and other Mexican-style soft cheeses made from unpasteurized milk can contain listeria bacteria, the source of a dangerous and sometimes fatal food borne infection called listeriosis. The county Health Department is launching
Imagine going to your doctor with joint pain and leaving with a prescription for ginger.
Before the advent of synthetic drugs, that might have happened. Herbs and spices have a long history as folk medicine, and not without merit.
Today, researchers are working to quantify their health benefits.
"We don’t have enough evidence to say
