The National Research Council (NRC) recently suggested that FSIS release of establishment-specific data could benefit food safety. Pertinent excerpts of media reports include the following statements:
“Substantial benefits can
“Buyer, be informed.”
That’s the goal of a raw-milk “package deal” in Maine sent last month to the Portland City Council for consideration. It not only recommends that
Golden Glen Creamery of Bow, WA is voluntarily recalling butter produced on Nov. 2, 2011 because it has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.
A surveillance sample of
Krasdale Foods of White Plains, NY is recalling Krasdale Crispy Honey Oats and Flakes because it may contain undeclared almonds.
The recall was initiated after it was discovered that the
The first journalist I knew was the editor and publisher of a weekly newspaper who was confined to a wheel chair because he’d been a victim of polio as
Flowers Foods of Thomasville, GA is recalling certain loaves of Nature’s Own Butterbread from stores in some Florida and southeast Georgia counties because they may contain small flakes of
Popkoff Frozen Food of San Francisco, doing business as Blossom Foods, is recalling approximately 500 pounds of frozen, pureed chicken products because of an undeclared allergen. The products contain the
Utah regulators have cited and fined Fidel Gomez – who they initially dubbed “Mr. Cheese” — for an illegal home cheese-making enterprise linked to an outbreak of Salmonella Newport.
According to
Front Row Produce of St. Louis, MO is recalling 10 oz. pint and 10 lb. bulk grape tomatoes supplied by Rio Queen Citrus of Mission, TX because they may be
Cal Poly Creamery of San Luis Obispo, CA is recalling its quart-sized bottles of Farmstead Made Eggnog after a sample was found to be contaminated with E. coli.
The
In a public teleconference Thursday, the meat industry roundly criticized the government’s new plan to test beef trim and ground beef for six more strains of pathogenic E. coli
It seemed like fear-mongering in September when daytime TV star Dr. Mehmet Oz said some of the top-selling brands of apple juice were laced with high levels of