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Subscribe to this author via RSS67 tons of salisbury steak recalled for bone fragments
Arkansas’ ConAgra Brands Inc., located in Russellville, Wednesday recalled 135,159 pounds of Salisbury steak products after at least three consumers reported mouth injuries. The nationwide recall, posted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), reported possible contaminated with extraneous materials, specifically bone, as the reason for the recall. The family-style,… Continue Reading
Contaminated cantaloupe sent to at least 9 other countries
Cantaloupe grown in Australia and found to be responsible for a deadly Listeria outbreak there was exported to at least nine other countries, the World Health Organization reported this week. The public health organization said there are likely outbreak cases in those other countries. However, diagnosis, confirmation testing and reporting to international authorities could take… Continue Reading
Six more states identify victims after NJ detects outbreak
Disease detectives from state and federal agencies are investigating an E. coli O157: H7 outbreak identified by New Jersey officials in recent days. The CDC reports people in seven states have been infected. Of the 17 confirmed victims, six have had symptoms so severe that they required hospitalization. One has developed hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS),… Continue Reading
Kentucky food handler with hepatitis A exposes customers
The Ashland-Boyd County Health Department is investigating a case of Hepatitis A in a food preparation worker at a convenience store in Ashland, a Kentucky city on the southern bank of the Ohio River. Health officials say the employee prepared food at Ken’s Express Mart in the 900 block of 29th St. and worked from… Continue Reading
Whole Foods recalls Explorateur crème cheese for Listeria
Whole Foods Market is recalling Explorateur French Triple Crème Cheese because tests of samples showed contamination with Listeria monocytogenes, a potentially deadly foodborne pathogen. “The issue was discovered when Whole Foods Market was notified by a distributor of a positive test result for Listeria monocytogenes,” according to the company’s recall notice, posted on the Food and Drug Administration’s website. The recalled Explorateur French Triple… Continue Reading
Norovirus outbreak closes two British Columbia oyster farms
The British Columbia Centre for Disease Control is warning consumers to take steps to protect their health after two B.C. Vancouver Island oyster farms have been closed following an outbreak of norovirus associated with eating the raw shellfish. The B.C. Centre for Disease Control says about 40 cases of acute gastrointestinal illness have been connected… Continue Reading
Apply now for the Dave Theno Food Safety Fellowship
STOP Foodborne Illness is now accepting applications for the Dave Theno Food Safety Fellowship, a partnership with the Michigan State University Online Food Safety Program. “The Fellow will live and work in Chicago with Stop Foodborne Illness and complete a 12-credit Online Food Safety Certificate with Michigan State University,” according to a news release from the non-profit organization. The fellowship includes housing,… Continue Reading
Bob’s Red Mill recalls organic amaranth flour for Salmonella
Bob’s Red Mill Natural Foods is recalling organic amaranth flour that expired more than two years ago because recent testing showed Salmonella contamination. The company discovered some of the flour was still on sale at the retail level, but the recall notice did not indicate if that discovery was related to the recent pathogen testing…. Continue Reading