September 2009

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) Tuesday published a list of retailers that might have received one of the 126 cases of Listeria- tainted burritos.

Riverside, CA-based Windsor Foods recalled the 2,268 pounds of “Butcher Boy Red Beef & Bean Burritos” Sept. 11th.

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 Riverside, CA-based Windsor Foods has recalled approximately 2,268 pounds of beef and bean burrito products that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS).

Subject to recall are 18-pound bulk cases containing individually wrapped "BUTCHER BOY RED CHILE BEEF & BEAN BURRITOS."

Each case

Canada’s conservative government says it will implement all 57 recommendations from an independent investigator it asked to look into the 2008 listeria outbreak that was blamed on ready cut meats from the Maple Leaf Foods Toronto plant.

The recommendations from food safety expert Sheila Weatherill will cost about $75 million to implement. The listeria outbreak

For its year-after editorial about the Maple Leaf listeria outbreak that killed 22 mostly elderly Canadians living in provincial long-term care facilities or hospitals, the Vancouver Sun sought out some experts.

The newspaper waned to know if Canada’s food was safer after all those who died after consuming deli meats contaminated with listeria produced at