According to Holland press – Six days after it was closed due to a norovirus outbreak, a Holland eatery reopens today. Margarita’s Mexican Restaurant had voluntarily stopped operations and pulled its booth out of the Ottawa County Fair last Saturday when the first reports of at least 200 cases of diners becoming ill had surfaced.
FDA Update on Burch Equipment Listeria Cantaloupe Recall
UPDATE: Burch Equipment LLC (Burch Farms) of Faison, N.C., is expanding its recall to include 13,888 cases of whole cantaloupes (nine cantaloupes per case) and 581 bins (110 cantaloupes per bin) of whole cantaloupes, due to potential Listeria monocytogenes (L. mono) contamination. The cantaloupes involved in this expanded recall were shipped July 15-27 to retail
Unsanitary Conditions Prompts Expanded Listeria Cantaloupe Recall
Burch Equipment LLC, North Carolina is expanding their recall that was initiated on July 28th, 2012. The firm is voluntarily recalling 13888 cases of whole Athena variety cantaloupes ( 9 cantaloupes per case) and 581 bins ( 110 cantaloupes per bin) of Athena variety cantaloupes due to the potential for being contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.
Foodborne Illnesses Outbreak Database – Tool for Public Health and Media
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