A New York firm is recalling certain imported sliced salmon and herring products because they may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. Prime Food USA of Brooklyn issued a voluntary recall of its Latis brand Herring Fillet “Mateij,” Herring Fillet “Forelka” in Oil and Salmon Fillet Slices Wednesday after testing by the New York State Department… Continue Reading
International Recalls for Saturday, April 6 Canada Expanded Recall of Central-Epicure brand Smoked Atlantic Salmon for Listeria monocytogenes Expanded Recall of St. Thomas brand Bottled Lobster for Potential Clostridium Botulinum Contamination
A Florida-based company that recalled its crab spread for potential Listeria contamination earlier this month has expanded that recall to include three other kinds of seafood spreads. Gold Coast Salads of Naples, FL issued an updated voluntary recall of its Blue Crab Spread, Maine Lobster Spread, Lobster and Shrimp Spread and Smoked Salmon Spread this week,… Continue Reading
A Florida-based company is recalling a batch of its smoked salmon because the product may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. MKG Provisions of Miami, FL issued a voluntary recall of its Atlantic Smoked Salmon Batch #1768, sold under several brand names, after the Florida Department of Agriculture discovered Listeria in a sample of the finished product…. Continue Reading
Late last December, a Greek fish company announced that it was recalling its cold smoked salmon – sold in the United States – for potential Listeria contamination. This recall marked the fifth multistate market withdrawal of smoked salmon for the same problem since the beginning of November, 2012. The product, manufactured by Delifish, S.A. of… Continue Reading
Big Salmon won’t harm the environment, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said Friday. It was good news for AquaBounty, the company seeking approval for the first genetically engineered animal for human consumption. Its salmon grows twice as fast as a normal salmon. A year in the works of lots of critics, the environmental… Continue Reading
A Seattle-based company is recalling 371 cases of smoked salmon because the product may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. Ocean Beauty Seafoods LLC issued a voluntary recall of its Nathan’s Brand Cold Smoked Alaskan Salmon and LASCCO Cold Smoked Nova Atlantic Salmon Friday after internal testing revealed Listeria in a sample. Both products were imported… Continue Reading
A Florida-based company is recalling its sockeye salmon because the fish has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. Michael Gourmet Delicacies of Miami, FL issued a voluntary recall of four varieties of vacuum packed Alaskan sockeye salmon Monday after testing by the Florida Department of Agriculture revealed Listeria in a sample of the… Continue Reading
At least 950 people in the Netherlands are now known to have fallen ill in a Salmonella Thompson outbreak linked to salmon. Three elderly victims have died. The outbreak was first reported October 1 after more than 200 Salmonella illnesses were linked to smoked salmon sold by Netherlands-based Foppen. Subsequent environmental testing revealed the presence… Continue Reading
After calling nearly 250,000 customers last week to tell them the smoked salmon they had purchased was being recalled for potential Salmonella contamination, Costco has released one of the two recalled brands of the fish back onto the market, and has been informed by health officials that no U.S. illnesses are linked to either product…. Continue Reading
Several states, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the Department of Agriculture and the Centers for Disease Control are investigating a spike in Salmonella Thompson cases in the U.S. — 85 people in 27 states — that may be linked to the same contaminated smoked salmon that has sickened 200 people in the Netherlands. On… Continue Reading