Tortillas were pulled from school kitchens this week in Racine, Wisconsin, after students and teachers became ill. Del Rey manufactured flour tortillas that are suspected of being the cause of an outbreak of food poisoning at three Racine Unified School District middle schools, and FDA officials stepped in to prevent the tortillas to be served
Raw milk and cheese source of Salmonella outbreak
This week’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), a publication from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, contains an outbreak report on a Salmonella Typhimurium outbreak associated with the consumption of raw milk and cheese produced at a Pennsylvania dairy beginning in February, 2007.
According to the report, several people who consumed
Import inspections to increase
The Washington Post reported today on the Bush Administration’s decision to ramp up inspections of products, including food, being imported into the United States. The decision comes after several products imported from China were recalled in recent months. According to the Washington Post:
The plan is something of a departure for the administration, which has generally
The plan is something of a departure for the administration, which has generally
Football team sick with food poisoning
At least 26 players and 3 coaches from the Chatfield High School football team became ill with apparent food poisoning after traveling to Fort Collins, Colorado, for a game last Saturday. The team ate two meals together before playing in a playoff game, and coaches believe one of the two meals was probably the source
Food Safety report due today
Today, the recommendations of an advisory committee which was formed to assess the safety of the nation’s food supply will issue a report to President Bush and Congress. An article that appeared last night on the New York Times website provided some insight into the reasons behind the formation of the committee and what will
List Of E. coli-Contaminated Cargill Product Subject to Recall
According to Cargill and FSIS press releases: Cargill Meat Solutions said it is voluntarily recalling approximately 1,084,384 pounds of ground beef produced at its Wyalusing, Pa., Cargill Regional Beef facility because of the possible presence of E. coli O157:H7. The ground beef products subject to recall were produced at the Wyalusing plant between Oct. 8 and 11, 2007, and were distributed to retailers nationwide. In addition to the below listed products, there are various weights and varieties of ground beef, ground chuck, and ground sirloin product that were distributed for further processing and repackaging and will not bear the same establishment number on the package. Products subject to recall are:Continue Reading List Of E. coli-Contaminated Cargill Product Subject to Recall
21 E. coli O157:H7 Illnesses linked to General Mills Totino’s and Jeno’s Pizza in Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, Virginia, and Wisconsin.
General Mills Operations, a Wellston, Ohio, establishment, is voluntarily recalling an undetermined amount of frozen meat pizza products because they may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7 and may be linked to an outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 illnesses, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced today.
The following products are