Food Poisoning Blog

Filth - that’s pretty much what Food & Drug Administration (FDA) inspectors found at two egg producers linked to the current nationwide Salmonella outbreak that has sickened nearly 1,500 people.  Details of August  inspections at Iowa’s Wright County Egg (also known and  Quality Egg) and Hillandale  Farms are contained  on Form 483 reports posted [...]

How effective is our nation’s food safety monitoring system? Not very, considering this month’s recall of half a billion eggs. Those eggs, produced by Iowa’s Wright County Egg and Hillandale Farms, are at the center of a Salmonella outbreak that has sickened nearly 1,500 people in multiple states.
According to an editorial published in today’s [...]

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC)  has traced an out break of typhoid fever  (Salmonella Typhi infections) in California and Nevada to frozen mamey pulp. Mamey, also called zapote or sapote, is mainly grown in Central and South America. Frozen mamey pulp can be bought in grocery stores throughout the US, and packages have a [...]

A new report from the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has found that poultry was responsible for the most cases of food poisoning in 2007.  Among illnesses traced to a single food source, 17 percent, or 691 cases, of food poisoning reported to the government that year were traced to chicken, turkey or some [...]

Federal officials have published a list of retailers that sold ground beef distributed by the Valley Meat Company of Modesto, California.  Last week, Valley Meat recalled about 1 million pounds of fozen ground beef patties and bulk ground beef products that had the potential to be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7.
The recalled ground beef products [...]

Candy manufacturer, Au’some, Inc., is recalling lot number 09168 of “Transformers® Crunchy Candies” because of excessive lead levels in the candy.
The California Department of Public Health (CDPH), Food & Drug Branch (FDB), notified the company that samples collected by the Department exceeded California tolerance levels for lead in candy products. Tests revealed as much as [...]

A new government report indicates pet food can be a source of dangerous, sometimes deadly Salmonella infection, and millions of people are at risk of becoming ill if pet food is not properly handled and stored in the home, according to research by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and various state [...]

Optimus, Inc. d/b/a Marky’s, Miami, FL has announced the voluntary recall of the following Eugenio Brezzi Truffle Puree products imported from Italy. Consumers should return the puree to the place of purchase for a full refund.
Item       # UPC Code                                   Description
040407 – 851503000680 ‐ Winter Black Truffle Puree – Eugenio Brezzi [...]

As of last month, the Salmonella Chester outbreak that prompted the recall of about 400,000 to 800,000 Marie Callender’s brand cheesy chicken and rice frozen meals had sickened 37 people in 18 states since April 11, 2010, according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC).
The number of ill people in each state was: AK [...]

A Pennsylvania dairy farm will adhere to federal regulations that protect meat from illegal drug residues caused by unapproved medication of cattle before slaughter, as part of a consent decree of permanent injunction obtained by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
The FDA action against H.B. Williams Inc., of Kingsley, Pa., and [...]