The California supplier, NewStar Fresh Foods, said that recall is being done out of an abundance of caution after a single package yielded a positive test result by the Ohio Department of Agriculture. Kroger is recalling spinach sold at grocery stores in 15 states due to possible listeria contamination. The Kroger Co. said the product […]
XL Foods of Canada initiated a recall on one days production of ground beef and trimmings. The trimmings were tested for E. coli O157:H7 at the facility and the test was negative. However a subsequent sample by USDA at the border between US and Canada revealed a positive for the presence of E. coli O157:H7. […]
Earlier this summer, the Allegheny County Health Department and Whole Foods Market announced that Jean Perrin Edel de Cleron cheese sold in the East Liberty Whole Foods Market store in Pennsylvania was being recalled because some samples tested positive for listeria. The recalled cheese was cut and packaged in clear plastic wrap with a Whole […]
How humans could have turned an obscure E. coli strain into a dangerous emerging infectious disease? The furor of “pink slime” politics and unrelenting reports of foodborne illnesses in 2012 adds new meaning to the conclusion of Part 1 and Part 2, a series started earlier this year. On the surface, one might think E […]
Certain supermarkets, restaurants, wholesale distributors and the FDA are not saying. Whole Foods Market announced that it recalled ricotta salata sold in 21 states and Washington, D.C. that came from its supplier Forever Cheese Inc. of Long Island City, NY. On September 10, 2012, Forever Cheese, Inc., recalled one lot of Frescolina brand ricotta salata […]
As I said for the last few weeks, shortly after I resolved the 1996 Odwalla E. coli O157:H7 outbreak cases on behalf of five kids that suffered Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS), and long before Google became synonymous with searching on the Internet, we had compiled more information about that nasty bug and a few others, and […]
Collaborative investigation efforts of local, state, and federal public health and regulatory agencies indicate that imported ricotta salata cheese is the likely source of this outbreak. On September 10, 2012, Forever Cheese, Inc. recalled one lot of Frescolina brand ricotta salata cheese due to Listeria monocytogenes contamination. As of September 11, 2012, a total of […]
Bailey and Vanessa hope to raise $20,000 to buy two 24 hour blood pressure monitors for Doernbecher. I pledge $5,000 – can I count on you to help too?
• The FDA is warning consumers against eating mangoes from Agricola Daniella, a mango supplier with multiple plantations and a single packing house located in Sinaloa, Mexico. Testing by the FDA has found Salmonella in mangoes from this producer. • The FDA has placed Agricola Daniella on Import Alert. This means that Agricola Daniella mangoes […]
21 are ill in Canada according to Canadian health authorities. The CDC reports that a total of 121 persons infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Braenderup have been reported from 15 states. The number of ill persons identified in each state is as follows: California (93), Delaware (1), Hawaii (4), Idaho (1), Illinois (2), […]
We filed a Listeria lawsuit today against Frontera Produce, the distributor of cantaloupes that the FDA identified as the source of a nationwide Listeria outbreak in September 2011; Primus Group, a company that provided auditing services for Jensen Farms, the grower of Jensen Farms/Frontera Rocky Ford brand cantaloupe; and, Kroger, the grocery store were the […]
Last evening the FDA announced a recall of DFI Marketing Inc., 28,000 cartons of cantaloupe because it had the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. The cantaloupes may have been distributed from August 27 to September 10, 2012 primarily to retail customers in the following states and one country: Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, […]
Statement from Jeffrey W. Schneider, Senior Vice President, ABC News: “The lawsuit is without merit. We will contest it vigorously.” Origin of the term “Pink Slime,” “Meet the Man Who Coined the Term ‘Pink Slime’” http://nbcnews.to/PdRh7E New York Times piece in December 2009 quoted a Zirnstein email calling the product “pink slime.” “Safety of Beef […]
Salmonella was found on a single sample of cantaloupe during routine testing conducted at a wholesale produce distribution center (terminal market) as part of a USDA testing program. Pack/Codes: The cantaloupes are packed in 6, 9, 12, 15, or 18 cantaloupes per carton. Specific information on how to identify the product: All cantaloupes are packed […]
You can buy a lot of Pink Slime for $1.2 billion. UPDATE: Lawsuit also names: DIANE SAWYER, JIM AVILA, DAVID KERLEY (reporters for ABC), GERALD ZIRNSTEIN, CARL CUSTER (former FSIS employees) and KIT FOSHEE (former BPI employee). (Complaint PDF) AP is reporting – hours before the BPI press conference was to start – that BPI […]