It’s not much good to announce the recall of 4,000 pounds of ground beef for E. coli O157:H7 contamination when no one knows where the beef went. According to this report, state health officials in Texas are working with the owner of Culebra Meat Market No. 1 in San Antonio to determine which restaurants purchased meat there that may
Delays reported in securing recalled foods from our public schools
The USA Today reported today that "Federal agencies that supply food for 31 million schoolchildren [Food and Nutrition Service] fail to ensure that tainted products are pulled quickly from cafeterias." The audit, which was conducted by Congress’s Government Accountability Office, concluded that "The delays raise the risk of children being sickened by contaminated food," according to the USA Today.
The GAO
A question about the FDA’s Reportable Food Registry
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On Tuesday, the FDA certainly took a step in the right direction by implementing the Reportable Food Registry, under federal regulations codified at 21 USC 350f. The FDA’s action essentially requires any food producer who knows of a microbial risk (e.g. bacteria or virus that can make you sick) in a food it produced
Cantaloupe Recall due to Potential Salmonella Contamination
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A company called Melon Acres, which is located in Oaktown, Ind., recently recalled cantaloupes that it had shipped to three states in the Midwest due to Salmonella contamination. The bad, or potentially bad, melons made their way on August 13-14 to the Aldi’s store in Greenwood Indiana, and Meijer stores in Lansing and Newport Michigan
Green Onion Recall due to Potential Salmonella Contamination
Ocean Mist Farms, a Castroville, California vegetable company, has issued a voluntary recall of iceless green onions due to potential contamination by Salmonella bacteria. The company decided to issue the recall after confirmation from federal regulators of a positive test for salmonella on green onions supplied by Circle Produce to several shippers, including Ocean Mist
E. coli and Food Recalls: Progress, Really?
The Wisconsin State Journal recently published an excerpt from an interview on the increased number of food recalls we have seen in the last few years. In the interview, Dr. Kathleen Glass of the Food Research Institute at UW-Madison concluded, in part at least, "That the food-safety system is working, even though the number of
Antibiotic Resistant Salmonella and The Meat You Eat
The presence of antibiotic resistant Salmonella at the slaughterhouse may be one thing, but its presence in retail meat (i.e. its final stop before consumption) is yet another. So how much retail meat (ground turkey, chicken, beef, and pork) is actually contaminated at the point of purchase? And with what?
An article in the New England Journal
Peregrina Cheese Recalled due to Listeria Concerns
A Brooklyn, New York, company called Peregrina Cheese Corporation announced a recall today of all products manufactured in its Brooklyn since March 17, 2009. The company announced the recall today due to fears that the recalled products may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, which is a devastating foodborne pathogen that is particularly dangerous to young children, the
More Salmonella News: Green Onions Recalled
California based NewStar Fresh Foods today recalled green onions due to possible Salmonella contamination. 772 cartons of iced jumbo green onions are subject to the recall, sold under the brand names Omo and Fu Choy, and distributed from three locations: R.A.M. Produce Distributors of Detroit, Michigan; Franzella Distributing of San Francisco, CA; and United Food Service of
Pork Skins recalled from Salinas manufacturer
Much has been said, and some would say done, about the problem of contaminated food, primarily lettuce and other leafy greens, coming out of the Salinas Valley, CA. It is estimated that the 2006 spinach outbreak cost the leafy greens industry over 175 million, to say nothing of the hundreds sickened, and five dead