June 2008

If you buy Burrata cheese from retail outlets or at restaurants in Southern California or in the San Francisco Bay area, this recall is for you!

Fresca Italia of Brisbane, CA is expanding its May 30th recall of Burrata, a type of cheese, because it has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an

Captains Select Seafood of Twin Cities in Minnesota has published both a letter to its "friends and customers" and an affidavit from safety consultant William (Bill) Spinali of Gloucester, MA.  Both are response to the enforcement action the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) is taking against Captains Select Seafood in federal court in Minnesota.  

There’s a very small recall –130 pounds of various ready-to-eat chicken products–underway at Gourmet Foods, Inc.,  of Rancho Dominquez, CA.   The chicken may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, according to the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service.

The following products are subject to the recall:

* 17-ounce packages of "Famima!! CHICKEN TERIYAKI BOWL WITH SAUCE

The violations of the federal Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) regulations documented by the FDA pose a public health hazard because, without adequate controls, products made by Captain’s Select Seafood could harbor pathogenic bacteria, such as Staphylococcus aureus and Listeria monocytogenes. Food products with these kinds of pathogens can cause serious illnesses in people