Two California raw milk dairies filed a lawsuit yesterday against the state of California Department of Agriculture in an effort to stop AB1735 from going into effect. The law, which was passed by the California legislature, will require raw milk producers to reduce the number of coliform bacteria in bottled raw milk to 10 per
Ground beef recalled for E. coli contamination in Texas
The US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced yesterday that Texas American Food Service Corporation of Fort Worth, Texas, was recalling 14,800 pounds of ground beef products for possible E. coli contamination. The products were sold under American Fresh Foods labels (right).
Consumer products being recalled include:
- 2-pound approximate weight packages of
Massachusetts: Milk recalled after 2 deaths
The Milford Daily News reported that two people died after drinking milk produced by Whittier Farms in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts. According to the story, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health issued a warning to consumers not to drink milk produced by the dairy because it might be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.
Whittier Farms distributes most of
Ground beef recalled for Listeria contamination
The USDA announced Tuesday that ground beef patties distributed to schools had been recalled for contamination with Listeria monocytogenes. According to the USDA recall announcement:
The Maramont Corporation, a Brooklyn, N.Y, firm, is voluntarily recalling approximately 88 pounds of a beef patty product that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, the U.S. Department
The Maramont Corporation, a Brooklyn, N.Y, firm, is voluntarily recalling approximately 88 pounds of a beef patty product that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, the U.S. Department
Botulism found in green beans
The discovery that 1,026 cans of green beens were possibly contaminated with Clostridium botulinum, the bacterium that causes botulism, resulted in a recall of the product last week. The Food and Drug Administration issued a notice to consumers, which was subsequently distributed through the media. According to MSNBC:
New Era Canning Company
A look back on 2007’s E. coli problems
Annys Shin wrote in today’s Washington Post:
After three relatively quiet years, the 20 recalls this year have raised new doubts about whether the beef industry’s attempts to keep the pathogen out of ground beef, and the government’s oversight of those efforts, are working.
Agriculture Department officials, who oversee the safety of pork, beef
FSIS issues Salmonella alert for ground beef
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) issued a public health alert today after a joint investigation by state public health officials and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention identified ground beef as the source of a multi-drug-resistant strain of Salmonella. At least 38 people in Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada,
Basil recalled for Salmonella contamination
California health officials and the Food and Drug Administration are warning customers who purchased basil imported by Top Line Specialty Produce that the product could be contaminated with Salmonella. The warning came after testing revealed some of the basil, which was imported from a farm in southern Baja California, Mexico, was contaminated.
The San Francisco
Health officials: cause of food poisoning unknown
Public health officials in North Carolina have not been able to identify the foodborne pathogen that sickened at least 76 people who attended a Force Protection Industries plant dedication in Roxboro. The cause of the food poisoning outbreak has thus far been narrowed down to pork loin and/or pasta vegetable salad, according to an article
Pizza recall leads to loss for General Mills
BakeryandSnacks.com reported on a Q2 loss for General Mills today. According to the article, a recall of the company’s Totino’s and Jeno’s pizza for possible E. coli contamination in November resulted in a $20 million loss in operating profit.
On November 1, General Mills announced that it was recalling Totino’s Crisp Crust Party pizzas and