July 30th, 2008 amy
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today warned consumers to avoid eating tomalley in American Lobster (Maine Lobster), regardless of where the lobster was harvested, because of potential contamination with dangerous levels of the toxins that cause Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning (PSP).
American lobster, also known as Maine lobster, are harvested from the waters of the Atlantic […]
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July 30th, 2008 joshua
The Food and Drug Administration is okay with importing as much food as it does because it really doesn’t shoulder much of a burden ensuring it is safe.
In an editorial published in the Sarasota (Fla.) Herald-Tribune, the system — or lack thereof — of determining which imports come from what distribution houses and eventually the […]
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July 28th, 2008 amy
Vita Food Products, Inc. of Chicago, Illinois is notifying the public that twelve individual packages of Vita Nova Salmon, were sold at Kroger stores in Houston, Texas on or after July 22 of this year may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. In addition, 192 individual packages of this same product have either possibly been sold […]
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July 28th, 2008 amy
On Friday the FDA issued an advisory to consumers that jalapeño and Serrano peppers grown in the United States are not connected with the current Salmonella Saintpaul outbreak. FDA continues to advise consumers to avoid raw jalapeño peppers–and the food that contains them–if they have been grown, harvested or packed in Mexico.
In addition to domestically […]
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July 25th, 2008 amy
Soon after the Nebraska Beef E. coli outbreak spread to Utah, the York News-Times reported that two new e. coli cases have been confirmed in Nebraska. The Associated Press reports that Nebraska’s health department has received reports of more people with similar symptoms.
Marla Augustine of the state Department of Health and Human Services […]
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July 25th, 2008 joshua
An article appearing in The Wall Street Journal indicates the baffled investigation into the source of the salmonella outbreak that’s sickened more than 1,000 people does plenty to highlight the problems the federal government has with food inspection.
Only underscoring this notion is the fact that the original culprit in the investigation - tomatoes - is […]
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July 24th, 2008 amy
Beef Packers, Inc., a Fresno, California, firm, is recalling approximately 1,560 pounds of beef cheek products because they may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced today.
The following products are subject to recall:
30-pound boxes of “CARGILL MEAT SOLUTIONS CORPORATION, BEEF CHEEK MEAT – SM BX.”
These […]
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July 23rd, 2008 amy
After four E. coli illnesses attributable to raw milk, Town Farm Dairy has stopped producing and selling milk and milk products indefinitely, the Hartford Courant reports. Deputy First Selectman John Hampton said the four people fell ill in the past few days and a couple of them were hospitalized. The one thing the four had […]
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July 23rd, 2008 joshua
Health officials in Utah have confirmed a case of E. coli poisoning in conjunction with an outbreak which has affected nearly 50 people in Michigan and Ohio.
The outbreak has been linked to ground beef sold at Kroger Co. stores in those two states. The meat, believed to be 5.3-million pounds, was recalled by Nebraska Beef […]
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July 22nd, 2008 amy
Agricola Zaragoza, Inc. of McAllen, TX is recalling Jalapeno Peppers distributed since June 30th, 2008 because they have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella0. The Jalapeno Peppers were distributed to customers in GA and TX. The Jalapeno Peppers being recalled were shipped in 35lb. plastic crates and in 50lb. bags with no brand name […]
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