The FDA announced today another food recall. Today’s is by NY Gourmet Salads, Inc., of Brooklyn NY, which is recalling 50 pounds of its 5 pound tubs of chick pea salad due to potential Listeria contamination. NY Gourmet Salads had contacted their customers today and has retrieved 40 lbs of the distributed product. The Chick Pea
Beef and E. coli: the bad start to 2010 continues
By Drew Falkenstein on
Posted in Foodborne Illness Outbreaks
Today, the USDA’s food inspection branch (FSIS) announced the recall of 846,000 pounds of ground beef products produced by a California company called Huntington Meat Packing, Inc., due, of course, to potential contamination by E. coli O157:H7. In addition to ground beef produced early this month (Jan 2010), the recall includes ground beef products produced as…
Consent Degree Reached Between Listeria Plagued Peregrina Cheese Inc. & FDA; Brooklyn Factory To Remain Open; Now Recalls Everything Since March 17, 2009
By Dan Flynn on
Posted in Food Policy & Regulation
Brooklyn’s Listeria plagued Peregrina Cheese Inc. and the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York have entered into a 16-page Consent Degree with many requirements—including the recall of all food products the food company has distributed since March 17, 2009.
The Consent Degree was filed with the U.S. District Court for Eastern New York on…