TODDLER’S TAINTED MEAT SCARE PROMPTS MOM TO FIGHT ANTIBIOTICS IN TRADER JOE’S MEAT SUPPLY
Mom’s petition on Change.org calls on Trader Joe’s to stop the spread of antibiotic-resistant ‘superbugs’ by banning meat from animals fed antibiotics.
130,000 people have signed an Oregon mom’s petition on Change.org calling on specialty retail grocery store Trader Joe’s to
Real Mex Foods, a Vernon, Calif. company, is recalling around 77,688 pounds of El Torito Grilled Chicken Caesar Salad Kits.
The salad kits include dressing made with cilantro that is the subject of a Food and Drug Administration recall by Fresco Green Farms Inc., due to possible Salmonella contamination, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food
A statewide outbreak of Salmonella in Kentucky has moved its way into the eastern part of the state (Boyd County to be exact). Nine cases of Salmonella have been confirmed in Olive Hill, Kentucky, and at least 4 of them are thought to be part of a statewide outbreak that has sickened 44 kentucky residents.
Illnesses
As we reported earlier today, Southeastern Idaho Public Health is recommending that patrons of Tom’s Gyro, in Pocatello, Idaho, between August 2nd-August 14th receive hepatitis A vaccine or immune globulin (IG) immediately. In addition, the health department has warned that patrons of the restaurant between July 15 and August 2 who have developed symptoms of hepatitis
Patrons of Tom’s Gyro, 150 N. 3rd Ave., in Pocatello may have been exposed to Hepatitis A during August 2nd-August 14th, as an employee there has been confirmed as having the disease. Currently, there is no evidence of a hepatitis A outbreak associated with Tom’s Gyros. While the risk to public health is low, the
South Heartland District Health Department along with the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services is investigating an outbreak of Salmonellosis associated with the Blue Hill Care Center in Webster County. To date there have been 17 confirmed cases and 2 probable or suspected cases reported in residents, staff or visitors. Four residents were temporarily
Dale T. Smith and Sons Meat Packing, a Draper, Utah establishment, is recalling approximately 38,200 pounds of beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.
The following products are subject to recall:
• Various weight combo bins of Boneless Beef
Missa Bay, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Ready Pac Foods, Inc., of Swedesboro, New Jersey is voluntarily recalling a total of 293,488 cases and 296,224 individually distributed units of fruit, vegetable, and sandwich products containing apples, as listed below, with the Use‐by dates of July 8, 2012 through August 20, 2012 because they contain
Salmonella and Listeria risk – no illnesses reported.
Menno Beachy of Cresco, Iowa, is recalling one-pint containers of Certified Organic Grape Tomatoes because they have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. A food distributor in Minnesota distributed 15 cases containing 12 one-pint containers of the affected grape tomatoes to retail stores located in Minnesota,
Fresco Green Farms Inc. of Winchester, CA is recalling 1,643 cases of Cilantro harvested from July 18th 2012 to July 27th 2012, because it has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems.