Mann Packing Co., Inc. announced today the voluntary recall of a series of vegetable products sold to select retailers in the United States and Canada. The voluntary recall is a response to a notification by the Food and Drug Administration and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency of a potential contamination with Listeria monocytogenes. To
I knew I Hated Kale
An Eat Smart salad, Sweet Kale, has been recalled from stores because of a possible listeria monocytogenes contamination.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency announced Tuesday consumers should not eat the product, advising it either be thrown out or returned.
Those who do eat the salad are recommended to call a doctor if they feel sick.
Listeria monocytogenes – Tainted Salad Dressing Prompts Taylor Farms Recall
Taylor Farms, a Jessup, Md. establishment, is recalling approximately 5,084 pounds of broccoli salad kit products. The kits contain salad dressing in packets that are the subject of a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recall due to concerns about possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced
Sunflower Seeds Recalled Due to Listeria
A Michigan company is recalling its sunflower seeds and snack mixes made with the seeds because these products have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria.
Lipari Foods of Warren, MI — located north of Detroit — issued a voluntary recall of its Raw Sunflower Seeds, Roasted Sunflower Seeds and Snack Mixes Wednesday after sampling
Imported Cheese Kills Four in US
On September 14, 2012, Forever Cheese, Inc. issued an expanded recall of all lots and production codes of Frescolina Marte brand ricotta salata cheese and issued a market withdrawal of all cheeses they received that were produced by the Italian cheese exporter.
Frescolina Marte brand ricotta salata cheese may also have been referred to as
Colorado Cantaloupe Growers Try to Regroup
It pales in comparison to the overwhelming human costs of the last summers cantaloupe listeria outbreak, but of course, it’s bad for business too. Andy Nelson at The Grower wrote of the efforts of Colorado cantaloupe growers to rebound from the 2011 disaster. Nelson reported on the thoughts of Colorado Agriculture commissioner John Salazar:
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Eating Healthy While Pregnant – Avoiding Listeria
There was an informative article today written by Grace Derocha on healthy eating for pregnant women. It included some information on avoiding listeria:
Listeria — and any foodborne illness for that matter — is very dangerous for you and the baby when pregnant. The immune system of is different for pregnant women than it
Food Safety Advice on Cantaloupe and Listeria
The frightening news about the outbreak of listeria tied to cantaloupe from Jensen Farms and Frontera Produce continues to pour forth. The latest count has 133 ill and 28 dead with one miscarriage.
In light of this, some food-safety tips directly on point from Dr. David Golden, Ph.D. of Food Microbiology at University of Tennessee is welcome. Some
Jensen Farms Frontera Listeria Cantaloupe Sickens 109 with 21 Deaths
Ongoing collaborative investigations by local, state, and federal public health and regulatory agencies indicate that the source of the outbreak is whole cantaloupe grown at Jensen Farms’ production fields in Granada, Colorado. Among the 84 ill persons with available information on what they ate, 78 (93%) reported consuming cantaloupes in the month before illness onset.
Marler Clark Clients Call for Listeria Cantaloupe Hearings
Dear Chairman Upton and Chairman Stearns:
We are the husbands, wives, mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, and children of some of the 109 people from 24 states whose lives have ended, or been permanently and grievously transformed, because they ate contaminated cantaloupes grown and sold by Jensen Farms. We write to you today to echo Representative