January 2012

Sysco Quality Assurance sent notification marked: Urgent – Immediate Action Necessary – Internal Correspondence – Do Not Forward – to selective retailers following Sysco’s notification that Michael Foods was conducting a voluntary product recall of hard-cook egg product.

According to Sysco, the reason for the recall was due to a presumptive positive for Listeria monocytogenes

The FDA has ordered Mill Stream Co. to destroy cold smoked salmon product from its facility in Hancock, Maine.   The order came in response to a finding of listeria monocytogenes in the facility and equipment.

According to the FDA:

FDA investigators ordered an administrative detention of the firm’s cold-smoked salmon product, a ready-to-eat food, during

listeria cheese.jpgAlpine Slicing anc Cheese Conversion of Monroe, Wisconsin has announced that it is voluntarily recalling multiple types of cheese due to possible listeria contamination, according to a report.  The report states: 

The company says testing by an independent laboratory confirmed that some products processed on the shred line contained potentially fatal listeria. Symptoms of listeria include fever,