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By Janet Fletcher
San Francisco Chronicle
May 26, 2005
If you’re a fan of French cheese, you’re in for some unwelcome surprises at the cheese counter. Some favorite cheeses have vanished and others don’t taste like they used to.
Reblochon, Bleu de Gex and Vacherin Mont d’Or are among the missing, while the Loire Valley’s famed goat cheeses — Valengay, Sainte-Maure de Touraine and Pouligny-Saint-Pierre, among others — have lost flavor, retailers say, as producers switch to pasteurized milk for the cheeses they export to the United States.Continue Reading French cheeses fall victim to import rules

May 26, 2005
(1010 WINS) FRANKLIN SQUARE, Long Island Sausage sold by a Long Island deli is being recalled after routine tests discovered listeria in them. T-and-F Italian Deli and Pork Store on Hemptead Turnpike in Franklin Square announced today that the bacteria was found in their hot sopressata. The recall affects sopressata sold between…

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Matt Baun (202) 720-9113
WASHINGTON, May 19, 2005 — “Keep it cool” – check your refrigerator temperature to keep bacteria away – that’s the message USDA is broadcasting as part of its national campaign to spread the word about ways to reduce cases of foodborne illness.
“Educating consumers about safe refrigerator temperatures will help continue the decline we have witnessed in illnesses caused by Listeria, and better protect public health,” said USDA Acting Under Secretary for Food Safety Dr. Merle Pierson.Continue Reading Get the Lowdown on Chill for Food Safety:

By FDA
May 16, 2005, 13:47
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — Lewisville, TX — May 13, 2005 — Prime Deli Corporation of Lewisville, Texas is recalling 63,476 units of 7 Eleven Grilled Sandwich and 7 Eleven Big Eats brand sandwiches because they have the potential to 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 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 Prime Deli Recalls Sandwiches for Possible Listeria Contamination

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Recalls & Alerts
By FSNET
May 11, 2005
Accordingt to meatingplace.com, Quik’n Tasty Foods of Belton, Mo., is recalling Po Boy (Lunchmeat, Ham and Cheese) sandwiches ink stamp-dated 101 N6 because they may be contaminated with listeria monocytogenes, the Food and Drug Administration announced.
The sandwiches were distributed through Quicktrip convenience stores in…

May 7, 2005
A food distributor for QuikTrip convenience stores is recalling Po Boy sandwiches that were sold last month in Arizona and three other states.
Quik’n Tasty Foods Inc., a subsidiary of QuikTrip Corp., said Friday that the Po Boy sandwiches could be contaminated with the bacteria Listeria monocytogenes. The recall affects sandwiches with…

May. 06, 2005
Associated Press
BELTON, Mo. – A food distributor for QuickTrip convenience stores is recalling Po Boy sandwiches that were sold last month at locations in four states.
Belton-based Quick’n Tasty Foods Inc., a subsidiary of QuickTrip Corp., said Friday that the Po Boy sandwiches could be contaminated with the bacteria Listeria monocytogenes.…

With media attention on product recalls due to potential contamination with such bacteria and viruses as E. coli O157:H7, Salmonella, and hepatitis A and outbreaks of illnesses caused by these pathogens comes consumers’ need to know about foodborne pathogens. Marler Clark, the Seattle law firm that has represented thousands of victims of foodborne illness outbreaks across the country, re-launched its Web site about foodborne illness, www.foodborneillness.com, in mid-April.
(PRWEB) May 3, 2005 — Foodborne illnesses, such as E. coli, Salmonella, Listeria, and Hepatitis A, have been the topic of news reports across the nation in recent months. With media attention on product recalls and outbreaks comes consumers’ need to know about foodborne pathogens. Marler Clark, the Seattle law firm that has represented thousands of victims of foodborne illness outbreaks across the country, re-launched its Web site about foodborne illness, www.foodborneillness.com, in mid-April.Continue Reading Foodborne Illness Web Site Offers Resources on Common Causes of Food Poisoning

Recalls & Alerts
By USDA
Apr 28, 2005
Recall Release CLASS I RECALL
FSIS-RC-023-2005 HEALTH RISK: HIGH
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Steven Cohen
WASHINGTON, April 28, 2005 – Forest and Brook Food Corp., a Hauppauge, New York, establishment, is voluntarily recalling approximately 385 pounds of chicken breast wrap sandwiches that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.
Products subject to recall include:Continue Reading New York Firm Recalls Chicken Wraps For Possible Listeria Contamination

Thu, Apr. 28, 2005
By Barry Shlachter
Star-Telegram Staff Writer
A Lewisville-made meat wrap is being voluntarily recalled more than five days after it was removed from sale at 7-Eleven stores because a sample was found to be contaminated by the pathogen listeria, the federal Food Safety and Inspection Service confirmed Wednesday.
The Big Eats Deluxe Turkey & Cooked Ham Capicolla Club Wrap has not been sold since Friday, but a recall was announced Tuesday in case anyone still has one in a refrigerator at home, said Matt Baun, a spokesman for the inspection service.
“None of those wraps would still be in the stores and, fortunately, a week has passed with no reports of anyone getting ill,” said Kevin Gardner, a 7-Eleven spokesman.Continue Reading 7-Eleven meat wrap is recalled