Food Poisoning Blog

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is updating its investigation of  Salmonellas Montevideo following the supply chain of black and red pepper supplied to Daniele International Inc., Pascoag, R.I.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that 252 people have been infected with a matching strain of Salmonella Montevideo in at least 44 states [...]

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) just announced that Spice Barn is recalling two lots of Black Pepper due to the possibility of Salmonella contamination. This is a result of previous black pepper recalls by Mincing Overseas Spice Company.
Salmonella can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly [...]

An Illinois Subway restaurant is facing three lawsuits stemming from a food borne illness outbreak that allegedly originated at their store. WGNTV reports that the third suit involves a Wheeling man who allegedly became ill after dining at the Lombard Subway late last month. The man claims he still has symptoms.
Food [...]

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has issued a public health alert concerning illnesses possibly associated with ready-to-eat (RTE) deli meat that could be tainted with Listeria monocytogenes.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) informed FSIS that recalled products in Canada might have been shipped to [...]

Just how much arsenic is in that glass of apple juice? Possibly too much, according to independent sample testing commissioned by the St. Petersburg Times.
Over a fourth of the 18 drinks tested contained between 25 and 35 parts per billion of arsenic. Those amounts exceed the U.S. Food and Drug Administration [...]

More HVP (hydrolyzed vegetable protein) contained products supplied by Basic Food Flavors of Las Vegas, Nevada, are being pulled by McCormick & Company, Incorporated for potential Salmonella contamination, announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
These products were distributed nationwide, sold in retail stores, but two of the recalled items were [...]

What a difference a day makes. Yesterday, Salmonella contamination recalls at Basic Food Flavors Inc. in Reno, Nevada was over 100 products, but Bloomberg News reports the number could exceed 10,000, alluding to a Consumers Union scientist.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is actively investigating Salmonella Tennessee in Basic Food Flavors problematic creation [...]

U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) inspectors claim Basic Food Flavors of Las Vegas was aware that its plant was tainted with Salmonella but continued to produce a flavoring and sell it to foodmakers nationwide anyway, reports the Washington Post today.
Company managers knew on Jan. 21 that samples taken the previous week  from [...]

Procter & Gamble has announced a voluntary recall of Pringles Restaurant Cravers Cheeseburger potato crisps and Pringles Family Faves Taco Night potato crisps as a precautionary measure. This action is part of an industry ingredient recall to protect consumers from potential Salmonella exposure. There have been no complaints of illness associated with these products but [...]

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that McCormick & Company, Incorporated is implementing a recall of products manufactured with hydrolyzed vegetable protein (HVP) because the ingredient could be contaminated with Salmonella.
The FDA has been investigating Salmonella Tennesse in HVP, a widely used flavor enhancer, found in various processed food products such as [...]