Custom Corned Beef, Inc., a Denver, Colo., establishment, is recalling approximately 460 pounds of fully cooked crumbled pork sausage products that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.

The following products are subject to recall:

  • 10-pound boxes with two, 5-pound packages of

Today, the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture suspended permits that allow the Elmer Z. and Martha B. King farm in Aaronsburg, Centre County, and Cedar Hollow Farm in Mill Hall, Clinton County, to sell raw milk for human consumption after test samples revealed potentially harmful pathogen levels.

Although no illnesses have been reported, the department is

A recent study, conducted over a period of 21 months at a commercial chicken cooking plant, finds that the route by which the cooking environment, not to mention finished products, became contaminated was the introduction of bacteria (specifically Listeria monocytogenes) on incoming raw chicken.  The USDA’s research arm, the Agricultural Research Service, wrote

This morning, Phyllis Entis of eFoodAlert.com posted an interesting article on the Montefiore Cheese Salmonella recall that has occurred in Austrialia, Tazmania, and New Zealand.  Ms. Entis’s issue with the conduct of the recall seems to be delays in product testing that revealed the contamination, and dissemination of that critical information to the food-consuming public. 

Another recall today (actually, the queso fresco recall was announced yesterday, but expanded upon today by the FDA).  This one concerns cheese (queso fresco soft mexican cheese) due to potential contamination by listeria monocytogenes.  The FDA’s cheese recall announcement states as follows:

Del Bueno of Grandview, WA is recalling all size packages of Queso

The USDA’s food safety and inspection service announced this morning the recall of ham products (bad timing) that are potentially contaminated by listeriaThe USDA’s statement reads as follows:

Lorentz Meats, a Cannon Falls, Minn., establishment, is recalling approximately 100 pounds of ham products that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, the U.S. Department