Quesos Mi Pueblito, LLC of Passaic, NJ is greatly expanding its previous recall (see below) with the following cheese products with Sell by Date from February 2, 2009 to present:
LA FE OAXACA STRING CHEESE
EL VIEJITO OAXACA CHEESE
MI PUEBLITO COTIJA/AñEJO
MI PUEBLITO CUAJADA FRESCA
MI PUEBLITO QUESO COLOMBIANO DE ARRIERO
MI PUEBLITO QUESO
Passaic, NJ-based Puebla Foods Inc. said it is recalling its Mi Pueblito Queso Fresco soft Mexican cheese because of possible listeria contamination.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said the recalled cheese, sold in a clear plastic 14-ounce packages with a "Sell by Date" of "09/08/09" may be contaminated with listeria monocytogenes, a bacterium
Virgin Blue is shaking up the airline business in Australia. It made a big mistake, however, when it chose Wollongong’s GMI Food Wholesalers Pty. Ltd., trading as Australian Poultry and Food Wholesalers, as its poultry supplier.
The airline used the poultry in “chicken wraps” fed to passengers, but that’s where things really went badly. Two of
Los Angeles County’s public health officials are joining some of their counterparts in Utah by warning consumers NOT to purchase Latin American-style soft cheeses from unlicensed manufacturers or vendors because they may be unsafe to eat.
The dairy products that most concern LA County health officials are Queso Fresco, Panela, Queso Seco, Asadero, Queso Oaxaca
Frozen Culinary Circle™ Gourmet Macaroni and Cheese products are being recalled because they may have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.
The products are found in the frozen foods section in a 38 oz. package and were sold at SUPERVALU-owned stores including Acme®, Albertsons®, bigg’s®, Cub Foods®, Farm Fresh®, Hornbacher’s®, Jewel-Osco®, Lucky®, Shaw’s/Star
We previously reported on Brooklyn’s Peregrina Cheese Inc. and the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York entering into a 16-page Consent Degree with many requirements—including the recall of all food products the company has distributed since March 17, 2009.
The Food & Drug Administration (FDA) today posted the company’s press release with
What follows is a company press release:
This is a precautionary measure only. The Company is 100% in compliance with the Government of Canada’s new Listeria policy. The Public Health Agency of Canada has confirmed that there have been no reported illnesses related to these products. Cooking hotdogs to steaming hot also kills any potential foodborne bacteria, such as Listeria.
"After last August’s tragedy, Maple Leaf is being ultra-cautious about Listeria," said Dr. Randall Huffman, Chief Food Safety Officer for Maple Leaf Foods. "The Hamilton plant has a very strong food safety testing and sanitation program, and the Listeria monocytogenes found in random product samples is at very low levels. Listeria exists in all food plants and many consumer fridges. It is commonly found in the environment and one in 200 packages of all meat and poultry products in the marketplace will likely contain Listeria monocytogenes, even higher in other ready to eat foods. We take whatever steps we can to be cautious when we know specific lots that may be exposed, as a precautionary step. Listeria can never be eliminated but it can be effectively controlled. Maple Leaf is doing more aggressive and frequent Listeria testing at our plants than regulations require, and that means we’re finding it more and acting whenever there is a potential and even remote food safety risk."
Maple Leaf has built a safety net of hold and test quarantine procedures; however, the effectiveness of product quarantine depends on rapid testing methods which the government have not yet approved. The product in question was produced during a period when test results were not yet available due to the excessively long lead time of currently government approved testing methods. We urge the Canadian government to approve commercially proven in-plant rapid testing methods which are now widely in use in the United States and Europe and Maple Leaf will immediately implement this technology at all our prepared meat plants to improve the effectiveness of our quarantine procedures.Continue Reading MAPLE LEAF INITIATES PRECAUTIONARY RECALL OF NINE WIENER PRODUCTS