June 2nd, 2014 Eric
Rome Packing Co., Inc. announced it has issued a voluntary recall of Ocean’s Catch brand minced crab meat. The recall was initiated after routine product sampling by the company determined some of the finished products may have been contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes bacteria, according to an FDA recall notice. Listeria monocytogenes is an organism which […]
October 11th, 2012 admin
Kellogg’s has issued a voluntary recall of Frosted Mini-Wheats Bite Size Original and Mini-Wheats Unfrosted Bite Size with the letters KB, AP or FK before or after the Best If Used Before date because the products may contain fragments of flexible metal mesh from a faulty manufacturing part. According to the U.S. Food and Drug […]
October 10th, 2012 admin
Taking its cue from peanut butter manufacturer Sunland, Inc., Harry & David, LLC is expanding its own voluntary recall of peanut butters, peanut spreads and related products due to the possible threat of Salmonella contamination. The outbreak has sickened people in as many as 19 states. Building on the company’s recall on September 27, Harry & […]
April 5th, 2012 Julie Ann Fidler
Across 19 states, 93 people may have been sickened by Salmonella found in restaurant sushi, say government health officials. The growing outbreak has sent 10 people to the hospital and has been found mostly in clusters on the eastern seaboard and the Gulf Coast, with a few cases popping up as far west as Missouri […]
September 28th, 2011 Julie Ann Fidler
The Food and Drug Administration is warning the public not to eat raw oysters harvested from Hood Canal Area 4 in Washington State because of an outbreak of Vibrio parahaemolyticus bacteria-related illness in the area. Vibrio can cause nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea, with symptoms first showing up between a few hours and up to five […]
September 27th, 2011 Julie Ann Fidler
The number of listeria cases connected to contaminated cantaloupes produced at a Holly, Colo., farm continues to grow. Even though Jensen Farms recalled the product weeks ago, food safety experts say that number may keep going up because even though the cantaloupe might be gone, the listeria might not be. Food safety experts are warning […]
August 4th, 2010 ksager
Ugo. DiLullo & Sons of Westville, N.J., is recalling approximately 147,667 pounds of canned meatball products because they contain an allergen, egg, which is not declared on the label, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. The product subject to recall is: 6 lb., 10 oz cans of “U. […]
August 2nd, 2010 ksager
Initiated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the U.S. Department of Justice is seeking a permanent injunction against NY Gourmet Salads, Inc., a processor of ready-to-eat deli salads, seafood salads, and cream cheeses in Brooklyn, N.Y., and Leonard F. Spada, the company’s president. The complaint, filed July 30 in the U.S. District Court […]
