A collection of supermarket chains pledged on Wednesday not to sell a breed of salmon slated to become the first genetically engineered (GE) animal to reach store shelves. The companies, including Whole Foods, Trader Joe’s and Aldi, together comprise more than 2,000 retail store locations – a little more than 5 percent of the total… Continue Reading
Editor’s Note: With only a few days of 2012 remaining, it’s time to take a look back at the year. That’s what we will be doing today and tomorrow. We are going to begin with your choices for 2012, those stories that drew the most readership at Food Safety News. We are calling these the… Continue Reading
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is alerting the public of a recall being conducted by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA). Aliya’s Foods Limited is recalling approximately 4,865 pounds of frozen butter chicken and rice products that were imported from Canada that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The… Continue Reading
At least 41 people in 20 states have fallen ill in an outbreak of Salmonella Bredeney linked to Trader Joe’s Valencia Creamy Salted Peanut Butter made by Sunland, Inc. in Portales, NM. Of those ill, 28 percent have been hospitalized and 63 percent are children under the age of 10, according to the U.S. Centers… Continue Reading
The peanut butter processing plant that’s been named as the epicenter of an ongoing Salmonella outbreak was found to be operating under “objectionable conditions” when U.S. Food and Drug Administration officials inspected its facilities in 2009 and 2010. Now, two years later, peanut butter made by Sunland, Inc. in Portales, New Mexico has been connected… Continue Reading
Food made with ingredients produced by the peanut butter plant at Portales, NM is being recalled in ever greater numbers after Sunland Inc. rolled back the start date for its salmonella problem by two years. Sunland Inc. on Oct. 4 moved the start date for its own recall of all production from the Portales plant… Continue Reading
Five more people have been added to a multistate outbreak of Salmonella Bredeney infections linked to peanut butter manufactured by Sunland, Inc., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Friday. In total, there are 35 reported illnesses in 19 states now linked to the outbreak, which has sparked an expansive recall of two years… Continue Reading
The peanut butter recall intended to extinguish an multistate outbreak of a rare strain Salmonella continues to evolve. Sunland Inc. Thursday extended its list of recalled products to include all that were manufactured in the Portales, NM peanut butter plant after March 1, 2010 for possible health risks. In addition to covering most of the… Continue Reading
Opinion
On September 22, grocer Trader Joe’s announced a recall of 16oz. plastic jars of Creamy Salted Valencia Peanut Butter. The original recall announcement, posted on the 22nd, contained the following language: Out of the utmost caution and care for our customers, Trader Joe’s is voluntarily recalling its Creamy Salted Valencia Peanut Butter because of potential… Continue Reading
Chattanooga Bakery Inc. Tuesday recalled its MoonPie Peanut Butter Crunch products with “Best By” dates of 02/26/13, 03/25/13, and 04/29/13 because its peanut butter supply might be contaminated with a rare strain of Salmonella. The Peanut Butter Crunch products are made with peanut butter from New Mexico-based Sunland Inc., which is involved in a recall… Continue Reading
Sunland Inc. in Portales, NM, manufactures the peanut butter associated with an outbreak of a rare Salmonella strain, industry sources tell Food Safety News. Labeled as Trader Joe’s Creamy Salted Valencia Peanut Butter, the product was officially recalled nationwide Saturday by Trader Joe’s stores for possible Salmonella Bredeney contamination after the product was linked to… Continue Reading