Federal Egg Recall Investigation Widens
Federal officials are widening their investigation of two Iowa farms at the center of a large-scale egg recall and multistate Salmonella outbreak. The criminal division of the Food and Drug...
Food Recalls
Grape Gummy Candy Recalled for Lead
The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) warned consumers this week to discard any Cocon Grape Gummy 100% candy imported from Malaysia after testing revealed high levels of lead in the...
FDA Finds 'Objectionable Conditions' at Egg Farms
Flies "too numerous to count," rodents, wild birds, maggots, and open piles of manure four to eight feet high were among the observations released by the U.S. Food and Drug...
E. coli O26 Illnesses Spark Ground Beef Recall
Late Friday night, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Cargill Inc. is recalling about 8,500 pounds of ground beef for possible E. coli contamination.According to the USDA, two E. coli...
Mamey Fruiti Pops Recalled for Salmonella
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced yesterday that Santa Fe Springs, CA-based Fruiti Pops, Inc. was recalling its Fruiti Pops 4 oz. Mmaey frozen fruit bars due to potential...
Cheese Recalled for Listeria, Staph Contamination
The Morningland Dairy in Mountain View, Missouri, recalled cheese products after tests conducted on cheese distributed to a California retailer tested positive for Listeria monocytogenes and Staphylococcus aureus bacteria. According...
Massive Egg Recall Prompts Hearing on Food Safety
Massive Egg Recall Prompts Hearing on Federal Food Safety SystemHouse Energy and Commerce Chairman Henry A. Waxman (D-CA) and Subcommittee Chairman Bart Stupak (D-MI) yesterday announced that the Subcommittee on...
FDA Salmonella Tests Link 2 Iowa Farms to Outbreak
FDA Investigators Find Salmonella Linking Iowa Farms to Outbreak, CDC Reports Jump in Illnesses Food and Drug Administration officials said yesterday their preliminary investigation has identified Salmonella-positive samples, linking two...
Congress Widens Egg Recall Investigation
Lawmakers are widening the scope of their investigation into the nationwide recall of over 500 million eggs. The House Energy and Commerce Committee yesterday asked both the Food and Drug...
Egg Producers Distance Themselves from Recall
In the wake of the massive recall of eggs due to Salmonella contamination, small-scale and local egg producers are differentiating themselves from "Big Ag" and distancing themselves from the recall.A...
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Making School Food Healthier
Some kids have already started attending classes, and most will be back in school after Labor Day. Many parents may justifiably be wondering about recent efforts to improve the quality...
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