Recalls & Alerts
By FDA
Jul 13, 2005
Contact:
Lappert’s Ice Cream
510-231-2340
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — Richmond, CA — July 13, 2005 — Lappert’s Ice Cream of Richmond California is recalling its Banana Caramel Chocolate Chip Ice Cream, because it has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes,
Listeria Monocytogenes can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and other with weakened immune systems. Although healthy individuals may suffer only short-term symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea, listeria infection can cause miscarriages, and stillbirths among pregnant women.Continue Reading Lappert’s Ice Cream Recalls Banana Ice Cream Because of Possible Health Risk

The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) has issued an order to Lapperts Ice Cream to withdraw Lapperts Banana Caramel Chocolate Chip Ice Cream distributed in one-pint containers to Whole Foods stores in Sacramento, San Francisco, Berkeley, Walnut Creek, San Ramon, San Mateo, San Rafael, Redwood City and Palo Alto, and to hold remaining…

By Dana Downie
Jul 12, 2005
USDA/ARS scientists in Peoria, IL have devised a new DNA-based test machine for identifying deadly bacteria that is faster, easier to use and more precise than some methods currently used by food and beverage processors, according to an ARS press release.
Scientists say they have developed a “flow cytometer” that can handle up to 100 samples at a time and accurately identify Listeria monocytogenes and Candida albicans bacteria within a day.
The new machine also targets variations of the bacteria, says Todd Ward, a microbiologist who helped develop the system. Such variations can help distinguish one strain of Listeria from another.Continue Reading New USDA machine can ID bacteria within a day

Start out with produce that’s not damaged; that’s where bacteria can thrive.
Wednesday, July 13, 2005
By Amber Smith
Staff writer
If you’re trying to stay safe from listeria, you can avoid unpasteurized dairy products, and you can cook meat to 160 degrees.
But keeping raw fruits and vegetables in your diet and free of the dangerous bacteria responsible for hospitalizing three Central New York women in the last two weeks requires some know-how.
Most of us don’t associate pathogens such as listeria monocytogenes with produce, but the threat is real, says Kathy Dischner, a registered dietitian and nutrition and food safety program leader from Cornell University Cooperative Extension.Continue Reading 12 ways to protect your family from listeria

Wednesday, July 13, 2005
Staff reports
The three Central New York women who were hospitalized with listeriosis in the previous two weeks didn’t get it from eating recalled tuna. In CNY Ways to protect produce / Page E-4
“That was a dead end,” Onondaga County Health Commissioner Dr. Cynthia Morrow said of the investigation into what contaminated food product is to blame for the sometimes-fatal bacterial infections. Morrow said she expects to learn later this week whether the three women are infected with the same strain of listeria.
People can become infected with the bacteria, Listeria monocytogenes, from eating contaminated foods such as meat, unpasteurized dairy products or raw produce.Continue Reading Tuna ruled out as source of listeria

By JANE LERNER
jlerner@thejournalnews.com
THE JOURNAL NEWS
Golden Taste of Spring Valley has issued several recalls of its products lately
Thursday: Baked salmon salad in 3.5-ounce, 7.5-ounce and 5-pound plastic containers. The salad had an expiration date of Aug. 11.
June 28: 3.5-ounce, 7.5-ounce and 5-pound plastic containers of tuna deluxe, with expiration dates of July 24 and Aug. 1; scallion tuna deluxe with expiration dates of July 5 and July 12; and whitefish salad with an expiration date of July 14.
June 10: Tuna deluxe in 3.5-ounce and 7.5-ounce clear plastic containers with expiration dates of July 3.Continue Reading Spring Valley food maker issues 3rd listeria recall

Contact:
Golden Taste, Inc.
845-356-4133
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — Spring Valley, NY — July 7, 2005 — Golden Taste, Inc., 45 S. Central Avenue, Spring Valley, New York 10977 is recalling its Golden Taste Baked Salmon Salad in 7.5 oz. and 3.5 oz. and 5 lb. plastic containers because they may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people and others with weakened immune systems. Although healthy persons may suffer only short-term symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea, listeria infection can cause miscarriages and stillbirths among pregnant women.Continue Reading Golden Taste, Inc. Recalls Golden Taste Baked Salmon Salad Due to Listeria Contamination

ONONDAGA COUNTY
7/8/2005
SYRACUSE (AP) – Three Syracuse-area residents have been diagnosed with listeriosis – a rare and potentially fatal bacterial disease caused by eating contaminated food.
Onondaga County health officials said the three women, ages 48, 70 and 77, have been hospitalized and one is “quite ill.” Officials have yet to determine the source…