An alert reader asked me why I never posted anything about the multiple Siluriformes recalls by the USDA/FSIS. I have to admit, I had not connected the dots between Siluriformes and catfish, which admittedly might have garnered a bit more notice. So, here are the recalls just since the beginning of 2019. Of note, it
Don’t ya hate flexible pink rubber in your ready-to-eat polish sausage?
Kent Quality Foods, Inc., a Grand Rapids, Mich. establishment, is recalling approximately 48,681 pounds of ready-to-eat polish sausage with beef products that may be contaminated with extraneous materials, specifically pieces of flexible pink rubber, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.
The ready-to-eat polish sausage with beef items were
Employee injury prompts raw beef and pork recall
The problem was discovered after the facility learned that an employee may have cut himself during production.
US Foods, a Birmingham, AL, establishment, is recalling approximately 712 pounds of raw beef and pork products that may be adulterated due to possible product contamination, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced
Paralytic shellfish toxin causes Pacific oyster recall
Industry is recalling certain Pacific oysters from the marketplace due to a marine biotoxin which causes Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning. Consumers should not consume the recalled products described below. The following products have been sold in British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario.
| Processor | Product | Size | Code | Harvest Date |
| Union Bay Seafood Ltd. |
Pacific oysters, Mica’s Petite Effingham |
Ready to Eat Salads recalled over Listeria and Salmonella
GHSW, LLC, a Houston, Texas establishment, is recalling approximately 1,786 pounds of ready-to-eat salad with chicken products that contain a corn ingredient that may be contaminated with Salmonella and Listeria monocytogenes, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.
The ready-to-eat salads with chicken were produced from Oct. 1
20 Years for licking ice cream, 0 Years for 10 Listeria illnesses with 3 deaths
I gave the office the 5th off, but had the opportunity to talk with Fox 10 about the “Blue Bell Licker.” According to the report:
Police in East Texas say they have spoken with the suspect in a viral video seen licking a tub of Blue Bell ice cream before putting it back in the
GFSF is releasing the Summer Edition of FOCUS
Bethesda, Maryland—Food safety newsletter, FOCUS, targets critical new food safety challenges in China markets.
Two articles parallel regulatory bottlenecks in e-produce platforms in China and farmers markets in the US. However welcome these marketing innovations, the authors point out critical points of concern which fall within the scope of food safety regulation but to a
Infant Formula recalled due to Metal Foreign Matter
Perrigo Company plc is issuing a voluntary nationwide recall of 35-ounce, 992-gram containers of Parent’s Choice Advantage Infant Formula Milk-Based Powder with Iron. This product, sold exclusively at Walmart, is being recalled because of the potential presence of metal foreign matter in a single lot of the product (C26EVFV). The total number of containers affected
People with Vibrio parahaemolyticus linked to Coromandel Mussels
New Zealand Food Safety is urging people to ensure they cook raw mussels thoroughly after an increase in cases of food poisoning associated with commercially grown New Zealand mussels.
Over the past 6 weeks, there has been an increase in cases of people with food poisoning caused by Vibrio parahaemolyticus.
Vibrio parahaemolyticus is a
Peñafiel Water recalled over Arsenic
Keurig Dr Pepper today announced it will voluntarily withdraw Peñafiel unflavored mineral spring water products, imported from Mexico, due to the presence of violative levels of arsenic. Arsenic when present in the diet at very high levels, well above those detected in recent samples of Peñafiel, is associated with numerous chronic diseases. Water quality tests