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As families across the nation prepare for Thanksgiving feasts, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is issuing a strong reminder to prioritize food safety. With millions of turkeys heading to tables, safe handling practices can mean the difference between a joyous holiday and a foodborne illness.

“Unsafe handling and undercooking

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The Food and Drug Administration uses import alerts to enforce U.S. food safety regulations for food from foreign countries. The agency updates and modifies the alerts as needed.

Recent modifications to FDA’s import alerts, as posted by the agency, are listed below.

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Joseph Seviroli, LLC of Garden City, NY, is recalling 1,366,065 pounds of Chicken Alfredo Kits because it contains chicken contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.

According to the details published online by the Food and Drugs Administration (FDA), the recall was initiated on Oct. 9, 2024, and is ongoing.

The recalled products

Continue Reading Company recalls 1 million pounds of Chicken Alfredo Kits because of Listeria contamination

Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro. D-CT, has sent a letter to the Food and Drug Administration’s Deputy Commissioner for Human Foods Jim Jones urging him to increase public awareness of the benefits of human donor milk and potential benefits of human milk-derived human milk fortifier for Very Low Birth Weight infants. 

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Continue Reading Rep. DeLauro pitches the FDA about the benefits of human donor milk

F&S Fresh Foods of Sacramento, CA, is recalling Whole Foods Market organic carrot sticks and celery/carrot sticks in relation to an outbreak of E. coli O121:H19 infections. 

The recall was initiated after F&S Fresh Foods was notified by Grimmway Farms that whole organic carrots supplied to F&S Fresh Foods may

Continue Reading More carrot products recalled from Whole Foods because of possible link to outbreak

A Spartanburg, SC, company is recalling ready-to-eat meat and poultry products in relation to a cluster of Listeria infections.

The recall notice from the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) did not indicate where the sick people live, except to say the outbreak involves more than one state. The

Continue Reading Yu Shang recalls ready-to-eat poultry and meat products in relation to Listeria outbreak

Fabalish Inc. of Carlstadt, NJ, is recalling Kickin’ Carrot Falafel Bites because they may be contaminated with E. coli O121:H19, which is associated with an outbreak. 

This recall is being conducted in response to a nationwide recall initiated by Grimmway Farms of their organic whole carrots and baby carrots. Although

Continue Reading Falafel bites recalled because of deadly E. coli outbreak linked to Grimmway Farms carrots