Dole Fresh Vegetables, a unit of Dole Food Co. Inc. (DFC), said it is voluntarily recalling 2,598 cases of bagged salad due to a possible health risk from Listeria monocytogenes.
The precautionary recall notification is being issued due to an isolated instance in which a sample of Dole Hearts of Romaine salad yielded a positive
A Washington state cheese processor and distributor has agreed to keep its products off the market until they are proven safe for consumption as part of a consent decree of permanent injunction with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Del Bueno, of Grandview, Wash., which processes a variety of cheeses and distributes them to specialty
The New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services issued a warning today against consuming cheese products manufactured by El Ranchero Del Sur, LLC, of South River, New Jersey. The warning comes following the confirmed diagnosis of Listeria monocytogenes in a 38-week pregnant woman who was treated at a New Brunswick hospital. Her infection was
The 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
Saying a New York cheese maker failed to correct repeated violations, despite multiple federal and state warnings, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has gone to court to close down the plant until it complies with food safety regulations.
Mexicali Cheese of Woodhaven, NY produced cheese under persistent unsanitary conditions that contributed to Listeria monocytogenes
The recent outbreak of listeria caused by Jensen Farms/Frontera cantaloupes was the most recent reminder that Listeria poses the greatest risk to certain groups of people. The most deadly foodborne illness outbreak in U.S. history sickened 146 and has now killed 31 people. According to the CDC, the average age of vicitms was 77 years. The average age
The FDA announced today that the Chicago-area based company Triple A Services Inc. has agreed to stop making its ready-to-eat sandwiches and produce after “FDA investigators repeatedly found unsanitary conditions and bacterial contamination in the facility.”
The company and FDA filed what is called a “consent decree” in the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of
The Schwarz’s family is mourning the loss of a 92-year-old local man affected by cantaloupe tainted with listeria. Paul Schwarz’s family said he passed away over the weekend.
He was very active until the cantaloupe recall when he suffered brain trauma from the bacteria. The strain killed more than two dozen people and sickened more
I posted this over at Marler Blog:
Michael Booth and the Denver Post should get the Pulitzer for their extensive coverage of the Colorado homegrown Listeria outbreak that is now the most deadly in U.S. recent history. But, they more deserve our thanks for telling the story of an amazing family – that is too