These long holiday weekends rarely pass without a recall of some sort of food product. This time it’s Home Market Foods, Inc., a Norwood, Mass., firm, which is recalling approximately 5,250 pounds of ready-to-eat frozen beef sandwich portions that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.
The recall involves: 3.5-ounce individually wrapped packages of "Blimpie FULLY
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The Okanagan region of southeast British Columbia is a long way from the Maple Leaf Foods ready-to-eat meat processing plant outside Toronto.
Nevertheless, an elderly Okanagan woman’s death in September was blamed on the national outbreak of listeria that was blamed on Maple Leaf. It was one of at least 20 deaths linked to the
The ZEIGLER WIENERS produced last Sept 22 and sold to food service institutions and retail establishments in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, and Tennessee were quickly recalled after listeria contamination was discovered and reported by the Georgia Department of Agriculture.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued the recall last Saturday for 28,610 pounds of hot dog products thought to be contaminated with Listeria. Georgia issued the first public warning on last Friday. The hotdog maker, the R. L. Zeigler Co., Inc., is based in Selma, AL.
The USDA press release can be found here. A complete product recall list follows.
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The Georgia Department of Agriculture is warning the public and advising the U.S. Department of Agriculture that some Zeigler Wieners are contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.
State food scientists found the listeria in a sample of the wieners.
The contamination was found in a 12-ounce package of Zeigler chicken and pork wieners marked CI USE BY
Who ever knew? Mississauga, Ontario is a rapidly growing, debt free suburb of Toronto with a 
population larger than Seattle. Its known for its architectural excellence (Civic Center is pictured here).
As of yesterday, however, its known for something else: Mariposa Meats. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) yesterday warned the public not to