February 2012

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has issued a warning to the public not to consume  refrigerated cold smoked sockeye salmon trim products sold at three different stores in Vancouver, B.C.  The warning was issued becyse the products may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.

The following products, sold refrigerated at various weights from February 16 to February 24 inclusively

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is warning the public not to consume the refrigerated cold smoked sockeye salmon trim products described below because the products may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.

The following products, sold refrigerated at various weights from February 16 to February 24 inclusively, are affected by this alert:

The affected products

cantaloupeStevens.jpgThe Listeria contamination traced to a Colorado cantaloupe farm was the worst foodborne illness outbreak in nearly a century, and yet the Food and Drug Administration is still struggling to get a handle on how to prevent another outbreak while Congress keeps cutting the agency’s funding.

The Listeria outbreak shows that government oversight of food

IP INTERNATIONAL GROUP LLC, 160 Raritan Center Parkway #6, Edison, NJ 08837 is expanding its recall of sliced herring fillet (forelka) 330 gram and 600 gram in plastic packaging due to Listeria contamination. Listeria monocytogenes is an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others

chicken salad sandwich.pngEarlier this week, the Grand Strand Sandwich Co. recalled approximately 2,800 chicken salad sandwiches due to “concerns about possible listeria contamination” according to the Washington Post.

The company is based in Longs, South Carolina.  The sandwiches were distributed in the company’s home state as well as North Carolina and Virginia. The involved products were: Grand Strand