October 31st, 2007 amy
State consumer safety officials announced Tuesday that even more Topps Meat, recalled a month ago, has been found in seven northern New Jersey stores. In the past week, inspectors have seized 138 boxes of frozen hamburgers made by Topps Meat Co. which may be contaminated with E. coli, a potentially fatal bacteria.
Of the seven stores, […]
October 30th, 2007 amy
Over 500 pounds of Kroger-brand smoked salmon dip, manufactured by House of Thaller Inc. of Knoxville, is being recalled after Georgia inspectors reported finding Listeria in one package.
Although no illnesses have yet been reported from the recalled Kroger dips, Listeria can cause fatal infections. Annually, the bacteria sickens 2,500 Americans, 500 of whom die. […]
October 26th, 2007 laurie
The Topps Ground Beef Recall was announced nearly a month ago, but apparently not all grocery stores that stocked the E. coli tainted meat have gotten the message. Yesterday, New Jersey health officials said that they recently purchased recalled Topps frozen ground beef products in at least one store. Now the state […]
October 25th, 2007 laurie
Popcorn Workers Lung, aka bronchiolitis obliterans, might finally get some attention from US regulatory agencies. Though its been known for years that the often fatal disorder is linked to diacetyl exposure in snack food factories, no federal agency has stepped up to do anything about it. Well, now the House of Representatives has […]
October 23rd, 2007 laurie
Here’s something unbelievable — in the months before the Topps ground beef recall, the Topps Meat Company drastically reduced the amount of bacterial testing done on meat processed at its Elizabeth, New Jersey factory. Instead of testing meat for E. coli bacteria at least once a month, Topps was only doing so about 3 […]
October 22nd, 2007 laurie
ConAgra Foods held a big party Friday at the factory that produced Salmonella-tainted Peter Pan and Great Value peanut butters earlier this year. In February, those contaminated peanut butters were recalled after they had sickened more than 600 people in 47 states. The party at the Sylvester, Georgia plant was held to celebrate the factory’s […]
October 20th, 2007 laurie
The Topps Meat Company ground beef E. coli outbreak has become pretty extensive. According to the Centers for Disease Control, it now spans eight states, and at least 40 people have become sick from the tainted beef. The numbers break down like this: Connecticut (2), Florida (1), Indiana (1), Maine (1), New Jersey (9), New […]
October 19th, 2007 laurie
Yet another outbreak of Salmonella poisoning. This time, it’s linked to a Quiznos Restaurant in Rochester, Minnesota. At least 10 people, including 3 Quiznos employees are sick. Health officials in that state are trying to determine if the Salmonella originated with contaminated food, or if a Quiznos employee brought the […]
October 18th, 2007 laurie
Here’s a scary number. More than 29 million pounds of ground beef have been recalled because of E. coli contamination this year. That’s a record. No one knows exactly how many people ended up with E. coli poisoning because of tainted meat, but the number must be staggering. Several dozen people got sick from the […]
October 17th, 2007 laurie
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) is still taking heat for its slow response to the Topps Meat Company E. coli outbreak last month. In late September, the USDA issued a recall notice for 21.7 million pounds of frozen hamburger patties made by Topps Meats Co., of Elizabeth, N.J. At least 38 […]
