Badia Spices, Inc, is recalling approximately 3,800 lbs. of Pinenuts because they may be contaminated with Salmonella Enteritidis, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Healthy persons infected with Salmonella often experience fever, diarrhea (which may be bloody), nausea
FDA Confirms Salmonella on Sunrise Commodities’ Turkish Pine Nuts
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning consumers not to eat Turkish pine nuts distributed by Sunrise Commodities, based in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, after FDA tests confirmed the presence of Salmonella on the product.
FDA is collaborating with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and State public health and agriculture officials
Sunrise Commodities Expands Wegmans Turkish Pine Nuts Recall
More than 21,000 pounds of pine nuts are being recalled after evidence of Salmonella contamination was found in samples from Sunrise Commodities, the distributor who sold them in bulk to food vendors in Florida, New Jersey, New York and Canada.
The Turkish pine nuts are implicated in an outbreak of Salmonella Enteritidis that has sickened
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… More ill with E. coli in Boone County; links to St. Louis E. coli outbreak being explored
A fourth person has tested positive for E. coli in Boone County, Missouri, and tests on a fifth is pending. The Boone County/Columbia, Missouri Health Department says:
This a higher-than-average number of cases for our county. Our staff is working with state officials to determine the cause of the illnesses and whether or not
Korean Oysters Linked to Norovirus Illnesses in Washington
FDA warns consumers not to eat certain ASSI Brand frozen oysters
• The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers not to eat certain ASSI Brand frozen oysters from Korea following an outbreak of illness in Washington state caused by norovirus.
• The frozen oyster meat (shucked; not in shell), is packed in 3-lb
Partially uneviscerated fish recalled for potential botulism contamination
Foremost Foods, International, Inc. of Pomona, CA, is issuing a voluntary recall on certain Pangasinan brand smoked seafood products because they have the potential to be contaminated with Clostridium botulinum, a bacterium which can cause life-threatening illness or death. Consumers are warned not to use the product even if it does not look or smell
Massachussetts distributor initiates recall of botulism tainted Italian olives
Nearly a week after a woman in Finland died from botulism poisoning — the result of eating tainted Italian olives — a U.S. distributor is warning consumers not to eat Bio Gaudiano Organic Olives Stuffed with Almonds because they may be contaminated with the Clostridium botulinum toxin.
The distributor, Pure Italian of Watertown, MA, together
Mr. Cheese’s bad cheese sickens as many as 2,000 over 3 years
The Deseret News reports that a long investigation by Utah public health officials has identified queso fresco, a soft Mexican cheese, as the cause of a Salmonella outbreak that has sickened as many as 2,000 people over 3 years. Astonishing.
Officials with the Salt Lake Valley Health Department have tracked the source of a three-year
North Carolina E. coli O157:H7 – Exact Source Continues to Elude
As reports come out relaying the statements of victims and investigators alike, a consensus on the exact cause of the recent E. coli O157:H7 outbreak in North Carolina has not emerged.
State Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler said Wednesday that he is “perplexed” by the outbreak, which now counts 30 victims. Preliminary reports have linked the outbreak