http://food-poisoning-blog.com Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 08 Sep 2010 22:57:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Iowa Sen. Charles Grassley has asked the head of the Dept. of Agriculture what process is used when employees of two farms implicated in the ongoing Salmonella egg outbreak came forward regarding food safety issues. According to a release from the Senator's office, Grassley pressed Sect. Tom Vilsack, the former Iowa ... http://food-poisoning-blog.com/2010/09/08/iowa-senator-probes-usda-practices-handling-farm-employee-complaints/ Hartz Mountain Corp. is recalling a specific Lot of its Hartz Naturals Real Beef Treats for Dogs because they may be contaminated with Salmonella. According to a release from the company, the recall includes 74,700 8-ounce bags of Hartz Naturals Real Beef Treats for Dogs with a Lot code of BZ0969101E, ... http://food-poisoning-blog.com/2010/09/08/hartz-recalling-dog-treats-contaminated-with-salmonella/ Chicago, Illinois-based Good Taste Noodle MFG has issued a recall of all Egg Noodles and Wonton Skins produced between June 19, 2010 to August 19, 2010. The egg noodles and wonton skins have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. The recalled products contain eggs which may have been part of the ... http://food-poisoning-blog.com/2010/09/07/egg-recall-leads-to-egg-noodle-wonton-skin-recall/ US Agriculture Department employees worked full-time at two Iowa egg farms at the center of a salmonella outbreak and massive recall, but two former workers say they didn't respond to complaints about conditions at one site. Two former workers at Wright County Egg facilities, Robert and Deanna Arnold, say they reported ... http://food-poisoning-blog.com/2010/09/03/egg-farm-workers-say-complaints-were-ignored/ A Florida man claims he spent a month in a hospital intensive-care unit after eating hog head cheese contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes bacteria. According to a report from The Advocate (Baton Rouge, La.), Gerard Gremillion and his attorney filed a lawsuit in a state courtroom this week seeking returns for the ... http://food-poisoning-blog.com/2010/09/03/florida-man-out-of-hospital-after-three-months-sues-veron-foods-over-listeria-tainted-hog-head-cheese/ The criminal division of the FDA and the Justice Department have joined the probe of the Iowa farm at the heart of the recent egg recall linked to an outbreak of salmonella. Wright County Egg, a major egg producer, recalled 380 million eggs in mid-August after possible links to the nationwide ... http://food-poisoning-blog.com/2010/09/02/fda-justice-department-join-in-egg-recall-probe/ A California company is recalling a little more than 2,000 pounds of cooked shredded pork skin products because they were manufactured and distributed without any federal inspection. According to a release from the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, the following products are subject to the recall of products manufactured by Trinh Company, ... http://food-poisoning-blog.com/2010/09/02/california-company-forced-to-recall-uninspected-pork-skin-products/ A Brooklyn company is expanding a recall it announced last week on several varieties of its Queso Fresco (Mexican-style soft cheese) because it may be contaminated with Listeria bacteria. According to a release from Azteca Linda Corp., the recall on Queso Fresco (Fresh White Cheese) to include the expiration date of ... http://food-poisoning-blog.com/2010/09/02/azteca-linda-expands-recall-on-soft-cheeses-contaminated-with-listeria-stops-production/ Agents representing the Food and Drug Administration arrived at the two farms implicated in the ongoing nationwide recall on eggs contaminated with Salmonella. The FDA confirmed that it has again sent agents to Wright County Egg and Hillandale Farms, both in Iowa, but would not say why they were going. Agents ... http://food-poisoning-blog.com/2010/09/01/federal-agents-make-second-appearance-at-iowa-egg-farms/ Mountainview, Missouri-based Morningland Dairy has issued a recall of 68,957 pounds of raw milk cheese. The cheese may have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria. Morningland Dairy's raw milk cheeses, sold under the Morningland Dairy and Ozark Hills Farm brands, is sold in the lower 48 states via mail order, retail ... http://food-poisoning-blog.com/2010/09/01/morningland-dairy-ozark-hills-farm-cheeses-recalled-due-to-possible-listeria/