Here are portions of the FDA “WARNING LETTER AND NOTICE OF PROVISIONAL STATUS”
Ms. Sondra Lehman
, Chief Operating Officer
North American Region
LSG SkyChefs
6191 N. State Highway 161
Irving, Texas 75038
Dear Ms. Lehman:
This letter serves as your formal notification that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has changed the classification
recall ammonia “contaminated beef” “ammonia contaminated meat”
Continue Reading AP Reports: “Customers Back Ammonia-Treated Beef after Report”
The Meat Trade News Daily misses only a couple major food safety issues (i.e. outbreaks) in yesterdays summary of ten major food stories in 2009. In the blog post, titled "USA – Food Safety a Bloody Disgrace," MTND includes:
1. Stephanie Smith’s E. coli O157:H7 and HUS illness from eating a contaminated Cargill ground beef patty. Stephanie has sued Cargill for
Yes, even wooden shipping pallets. These days, it seems that nothing is immune from being linked to an outbreak of foodborne disease. Spinach, lettuce, sprouts, peanut butter, cookie dough, pizza, shellfish . . . everything. And now, a pharmaceutical recall highlights the potential risks posed by something as seemingly innocuous as wooden shipping pallets.
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