March 26th, 2008 amy
A top exec at Castleberry’s Food Co., whose chili sauce caused botulism last July, says the plant is expected to reopen this week. The FDA shut down the 15th Street plant on March 10 of this year because inspectors found deviations in how some of the equipment was being operated.
“We continue to work closely with […]
March 12th, 2008 laurie
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has shut down Castleberry Foods in Augusta, Ga. for business practices that could endanger consumers.
Castleberry was at the focus of a recall in July 2007 when more than 80 types of canned food products and 4 types of dog food products were recalled because of a potential botulism contamination.
The […]
March 10th, 2008 amy
The FDA has notified Castleberry’s Food Company that it’s suspending the Temporary Emergency Operating Permit that was issued in September 2007, which allowed the Augusta Georgia facility to commence production following a July 2007 botulism recall. At that time, some of the company’s botulism-contaminated chili sauce was recalled, and the recall was soon expanded to […]
February 28th, 2008 amy
Four-bean salads sold under the brand names of Walker’s Food Products Co. and Kay’s Gourmet are being recalled for botulism risk. 16-ounce, 5-pound and 10-pound containers of these four-bean salads with expiration dates of Dec. 23, 2007 through April 5, 2008 could be contaminated with Clostridium botulinum. The salads were reportedly distributed to stores in […]
February 8th, 2008 joshua
New Era Canning Company is issuing a massive recall on vegetables packaged in No. 10 cans – the largest can size and often purchased by restaurants. During processing the vegetables may have been exposed to conditions that could cause contamination by Clostridium botlulinum spores, which could lead to serious illness and death, a release […]
January 23rd, 2008 amy
New Era’s latest green bean botulism recall has hit the deli counter.
Kroger stores in Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, New Mexico, Utah, Washington, West Virginia, and Wyoming are busy stripping their shelves of tri-bean salads made with green beans, hopefully before consumers are sickened with botulism.
Anyone who hasn’t already eaten the […]
January 21st, 2008 amy
In it’s third recall of beans for botulism contamination, over the weekend New Era Canning Company recalled all cans of green beans and garbanzo beans in #10 cans (large cans containing between 6 and 7 pounds) because they may have been processed under conditions which could have led to botulism contamination. The codes on the […]
January 9th, 2008 joshua
A Michigan canning company is recalling several cases of beans that may not have been cooked properly and could lead to botulism poisoning, according to a press release from the Food and Drug Administration.
New Era Canning Company of New Era, Mich., announced that a small number of product is affected by the recall and that […]
January 4th, 2008 amy
Consumers who purchased or were given “home-canned” soup or other canned products from the Schumacher’s Inn in Austin, Potter County, should not open the jars due to the risk of Botulism contamination, Health Secretary Dr. Calvin B. Johnson said yesterday.
Consumers who obtained canned products from the restaurant should immediately contact the Pennsylvania Department of Health, […]
December 26th, 2007 amy
New Era Canning Company of New Era, Michigan is voluntarily recalling
171 cases/ 6 cans per case of 6 lbs. 5 oz. GFS Fancy Blue Lake Cut Green Beans, 4 Sieve, lot code 19H7FL , because they may be contaminated with Clostridium botulinum, a bacterium which can cause life-threatening illness or death from botulism. Consumers are […]
