Over 2,500,000 pounds of meat sent to United States – No reported illnesses According to Canadian food safety authorities, based on all the information collected to date—epidemiological, microbiological and food safety—the following cases of illness are linked to products from XL Foods Inc. or illnesses associated with the XL Foods Inc. food safety investigation. Province […]
Erika Bolstad of the McClatchy Newspapers likely has me in trouble with my democratic friends with her article today: “As food recalls mount, White House still lingering over new safety rules.” Here is the gist of her story: Families who’ve lost loved ones to food-borne illnesses have watched with alarm in recent months as producers […]
Whole Foods Market announces that it is recalling “Kenny’s Farmhouse Cheese KY BL” sold in its Louisville, KY store and “Blue Kentucky Rose Kenny’s” cheese sold in its Nashville, TN store. These cheeses are being recalled because they have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes […]
Nina International of Hyattsville, MD is initiating a voluntary recall of its brand of Ground Hot Pepper, 5oz, because it has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Healthy persons infected with […]
Clark County Public Health is investigating several Salmonella cases among employees and patrons of On the Border restaurant, located at 1505 SE 164th Ave. Anyone who ate at the restaurant between Sept. 20 and Oct. 8 and is experiencing symptoms of Salmonella should contact a health care provider. Salmonella symptoms can include severe diarrhea, bloody […]
CDC announced today that New England Compounding Center has expanded its recall to include all products currently in circulation that were compounded at and distributed from its facility in Framingham, Massachusetts. Case Count: 119 – States: 10 – Deaths: 11. The following States report illnesses and deaths:
The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is expanding the Public Health Alert for XL Foods (Canadian Establishment 038) to include all beef and beef products produced on August 24, 27, 28, 29 and September 5. FSIS was notified that XL Foods has expanded its recall to include all beef and beef products produced […]
Dale and Thomas Popcorn is recalling a limited number of ready-to-eat bags of select flavors of Popcorn, Indiana-brand popcorn products (listed below) because of possible contamination by Listeria monocytogenes. The recalled products were distributed to various retailers, vendors, distribution centers, and consumers through the Internet on or after August 8th, 2012 with Best By dates […]
Canada’s Public Health Agency announced today that five more cases of E. coli illnesses have been linked to a massive beef recall involving Alberta’s XL Foods plant. Three cases of E. coli illness were confirmed in Alberta and two others in Quebec. So far, seven of the 10 confirmed E. coli cases were in Alberta, […]
Patients became ill after receiving steroid injections linked to steroids prepared at New England Compounding Center Inc., in Framingham, Massachusetts. Vials of steroids linked to the outbreak were shipped to 76 facilities in 23 states and could have been used to inject thousands of patients, authorities have said. The steroid was sent to California, Connecticut, […]
“We have received above 90% every time,” Sunland spokesperson Katalin Coburn said of third-party auditor, Silliker Laboratories. USA Today. Hmmm, where have I heard this before? And, from AP: The Food and Drug Administration found what it called “objectionable conditions” at a New Mexico peanut butter plant in 2010, two years before the current outbreak […]
To anyone who works in the growing, manufacturing, shipping or selling of the food we eat, please realize how important your job is. Felix’s mom should not have eaten cheese tainted with Listeria, which led to Felix’s premature birth and untimely death. Felix’s moms should not have to bear this loss because someone did not […]
A total of 261 persons (down 9 from last CDC report) infected with the outbreak strains of Salmonella Typhimurium (228 persons) and Salmonella Newport (33 persons) were reported from 24 states. 94 ill persons were hospitalized. Three deaths were reported in Kentucky. Collaborative investigation efforts of state, local, and federal public health and regulatory agencies […]
A total of 35 persons infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Bredeney have been reported from 19 states. Eight ill persons have been hospitalized, and no deaths have been reported. 63% percent of ill persons are children under the age of 10 years. Collaborative investigation efforts of state, local, and federal public health and […]
We filed a lawsuit today against Sunland, Inc. and Trader Joe’s, the manufacturer and retailer who sold Salmonella-contaminated peanut butter products that state and federal public health officials identified as the source of a multi-state Salmonella Bredeney outbreak in September. The lawsuit was filed in Worcester County Superior Court on behalf of the Henson family […]