Food Poisoning Blog

Wally’s Nut House, LLC of Oak Grove, MO, is recalling its16 ounce packages of Tailgate Crunch Mix, Sweet Cajun Heat Mix, Country Western Mix, Cranberry Raisin Mix, Party Mix, Hot ‘n Spicy Mix, and Louisiana Cajun Mix snack mixes because they could contain undeclared milk, soy, and/or wheat, announced the The Food and Drug Administration [...]

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration(FDA) has announced that organicgirl Produce is voluntarily recalling a limited number of cases of 10 oz organicgirl Baby Spinach because it could be tainted with Salmonella, although no illnesses have been reported.
The recall includes 336 cases of the 10 oz. package size of organicgirl Baby Spinach, product code 11A061167, [...]

Fresh Express, a subsidiary of Chiquita Brands International, is voluntarily recalling a specific selection of Fresh Express Romaine-based ready-to-eat salads with the expired Use-by Dates of May 13th through May 16th and an “S” in the Product Code because they have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella, announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. [...]

Based on an advisory by its Brazilian corned beef supplier, Grace Foods USA has joined the voluntary Class II recall of two batches of canned Corned Beef produced for the USA market because they have higher than acceptable levels of a drug used to treat cattle for parasites. The recall involves more than 22,000 12-ounce [...]

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced that Caldwell Fresh Foods of Maywood, Calif., is voluntarily recalling all of its alfalfa sprouts marketed under the Caldwell Fresh Foods, Nature’s Choice, and California Exotics brands because the sprouts have been linked to an outbreak of Salmonella Newport in ten states. Caldwell Fresh Foods is cooperating [...]

Yearly, an estimated 76 million Americans fall ill from some form foodborne illness, 325,000 land in the hospital, and 5,000 die, according to statistics from the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).  About half are children under 15—many below age 4.
Peanuts, peppers, spinach, alfalfa sprouts, ground beef, and poultry are some of [...]

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced that Dominguez Family Enterprises, of Hood River, Ore., is voluntarily recalling three Mexican bread products due to undeclared Whey (Milk), Soy Flour, and Wheat. People who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to Whey (Milk), Soy Flour, and Wheat could experience a serious or life-threatening allergic reaction [...]

Is pre-cut produce, such as the romaine lettuce involved in the latest E.coli outbreak, riskier than non-cut vegetables? Some scientists and experts think so.
The shredded romaine lettuce E. coli O145 outbreak sickened at least 23 people in four states and another 7 cases are suspected, according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). [...]

U. S. school lunch program food safety is embarrassingly and dangerously substandard. Hopefully, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) plan for “sweeping safety reforms” will rectify that situation.
This fall, according to USA Today, ground beef bound for school lunch programs will be as safe as that sold to the country’s fast food chains, [...]

About 53,000 pounds of ground beef products are being recalled by Montclair Meat Co., Inc., of Montclair, California, for possible contamination with E. coli O157:H7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has announced. This Class I recall means there is a reasonable probability that use of the product [...]