The Food and Drug Administration has stopped the shipment of fresh and frozen oysters, clams, mussels and scallops from Korea to the U.S. because many of these molluscan shellfish may be contaminated, according to a news release from the Washington State Department of Health.The ban does not include canned shellfish.The action comes with removal of all certified dealers in the...
209 people have fallen ill with Clostridium infection in an outbreak that occurred at a church dinner in Canada's Prince Edward Island on April 28, according to the province's Chief Public Health Office.Public health officials have tested roast beef and gravy left over from the event and believe the Clostridium bacteria grew on the beef from being held at improper...
People who ate at the Lone Star Restaurant in Evansville, IN from April 27 to May 3, 2012 may have been exposed to the hepatitis A virus, according to a news release Thursday from the Vanderburgh County Health Department.County officials said they are working with the Indiana State Department of Health in investigating a case of hepatitis A in a...
North Carolina's Department of Public Health laboratory confirmed on Thursday that the ongoing Salmonella Paratyphi B outbreak linked to Smiling Hara unpasteurized tempeh was caused by contaminated packages of spore culture used in the product's fermentation process.At least 63 people in four states have been sickened in this outbreak.According to the Buncombe County Department of Health, the U.S. Food and...
Three outbreaks of Salmonella poisoning caused by exposure to tiny pet turtles have burgeoned into five outbreaks, with 124 people infected in 27 states, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday.Sixty-seven percent of those sick from the outbreak strains of Salmonella Sandiego, Salmonella Pomona and Salmonella Poona are children under 10. At least 19 people have been hospitalized.The...
Cleveland Beansprouts Co. of Cleveland, OH is recalling all alfalfa sprouts it produces because they may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenesThe contamination was discovered by the Ohio Department of Agriculture while collecting and testing samples under the United States Department of Agriculture's Microbiological Data Program.According to the company, no illnesses have been reported to date.All alfalfa sprouts produced by Cleveland Beansprouts...
North Carolina's Buncombe County reported Monday that the number of Salmonella Paratyphi B cases in an outbreak linked to unpasteurized tempeh has risen from 46 to 60. As Food Safety News reported last week, the rare type of Salmonella was traced to tempeh, a fermented soy bean product made by a small local producer, Smiling Hara in Asheville.Test results from the...
Public health officials in the Canadian province of New Brunswick are investigating an E. coli O157:H7 outbreak with 13 confirmed cases and another 14 suspected cases. No source has yet been determined, CBC News reports, though health officials have ruled out the water supply and are investigating several different foods.At least 14 people have been people hospitalized with symptoms of...
California's FunFresh Foods Inc. Saturday recalled a single lot of World Berries ™ Organic "Cacao Nibs" for possible Escherichia coli (E coli) O157:H7 contamination. No illnesses have yet been associated with the recall.The San Clemente-based company said it issued the recall after consulting with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). About 500 six-ounce packages of the recalled lot...
A North Carolina man, one of more than 10 people sickened with Salmonella infections, has filed a lawsuit against the Charlotte restaurant whose Eggs Benedict he alleges made him ill.The complaint against the restaurant, Toast of Dilworth, was filed this week in Mecklenburg County Superior Court by the Seattle food safety law firm Marler Clark on behalf of Charlotte resident...
H-E-B is recalling certain Asian Ready-to-Eat meals, sold in its deli section prior to May 3, because they may contain undercooked chicken.H-E-B says the issue was discovered when a consumer complained about the possibility of undercooked chicken in one of the dishes. According to the company, there have been no confirmed illnesses reported in connection to the recall.However, undercooked chicken...
Henry's Farm Inc. of Woodford, VA has expanded the recall of its soybean sprouts to include natto soybean sprouts because they, too, may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.The initial recall was announced on April 27, 2012.Test sampling by the state of Virginia's Food Safety and Security Program returned positive results for Listeria.No illnesses have been reported.The recall is for:- All clear 1.5 lb....
Fourteen cases of E. coli O157:H7 infection, including at least two severe cases requiring hospitalization, have been confirmed in the central Missouri outbreak linked to unpasteurized milk. A raw milk dairy in Howard County has been implicated as the source of the illnesses.A 2-year-old from Boone County who was given raw milk developed symptoms of hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), a...
Diamond Pet Foods is expanding a recall to include Diamond Puppy Formula dry dog food after sampling revealed Salmonella in the product.No dog illnesses have been reported.According to the notice, the recalled Diamond Puppy Formula dry dog food includes:- 40 lb., production code DPP0401B22XJW, best-by 6-Apr-2013- 40 lb., production code DPP0401A21XAW, best-by 6-Apr-2013- 40 lb., production code DPP0101C31XME, best-by 11-Jan-2013-...
Kaytee Pet Products is recalling a single manufacturing batch of Kaytee Forti-Diet Pro Health Mouse, Rat and Hamster feed because it may be contaminated with Salmonella. No human or pet illnesses have been reported.The recall is based on a random sample test conducted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, which found that a single manufacturing batch, with the best-before date...
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