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Blue Diamond Growers recalls Almonds after testing finds Salmonella

By News Desk on August 19, 2022

UPDATED:  Blue Diamond Growers told Food Safety News that 100 percent of the potentially impacted whole brown almonds involved in the recall were recovered.  Additionally, the almonds were to be used as ingredients in food…

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Researchers use compressed carbon dioxide to decontaminate almonds and other nuts

By News Desk on December 11, 2020

Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Environment, Safety, and Energy Technology UMSICHT have developed a process to kill germs on almonds and nuts by using compressed carbon dioxide to decontaminate food.

The advantage of this…
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New study shows link between animal operation and orchard contamination

By Coral Beach on July 21, 2020

One in every five air samples in almond orchards adjacent to a poultry operation tested positive for E. coli during a two-year study published recently.

“Microorganisms Move a Short Distance into an Almond Orchard from…
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EU audits U.S. controls to ensure safety of food of non-animal origin

By Joe Whitworth on April 17, 2020

European officials have evaluated the way the United States controls microbiological contamination in food of non-animal origin that is destined for Europe.

The review by DG Sante, the European Commission’s unit for food safety and…
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EFSA issues second cyanide in food opinion

By News Desk on November 29, 2018

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has said it is unlikely that there is a health risk from cyanogenic glycosides in foods other than raw apricot kernels.

Traces of naturally-occurring compounds called cyanogenic glycosides can…
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Organic nut recall: Ava’s cashews, almonds may carry Listeria

By News Desk on June 20, 2017

Hampton Farms has expanded its recall of Ava’s brand cashews and almonds, distributed for retail sale in New Jersey, because its nut supplier Hudson Valley Foods Inc. found Listeria monocytogenes in its processing plant in…
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GoMacro, Thrive Bars recalled for possible Listeria in almonds

By News Desk on June 16, 2017

GoMacro is recalling a limited number of MacroBars and Thrive Bars in the U.S. and Canada because they could be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.

recalled Gomacro granola barsThe company’s almond supplier notified GoMacro on Wednesday that an ingredient…
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Cranberry Candy Recalled Due to Almonds

By News Desk on January 7, 2016

ucm480561Cape Cod Provisions LLC of Pocasset, MA is recalling Cape Cod Cranberry Candy™ and Harvest Sweets™ Milk Chocolate/Dark Chocolate/Yogurt Covered Cranberry Blend (mix of all three varieties in the package) because they may contain undeclared…
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Chemical-Free Process Approved for Pasteurizing CA Almonds

By Cathy Siegner on September 8, 2015

A technical review panel of the Almond Board of California has given its seal of approval to another chemical-free process for pasteurizing almonds. The technology being marketed by RF Biocidics of Sacramento uses radio frequency …
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Whole Foods Raw Almonds Recalled for High Levels of Natural Chemical

By News Desk on November 9, 2014

Marin Food Specialties, Inc. of Byron, CA, is voluntarily recalling Organic Raw Almonds (bitter almonds) sold at Whole Foods Markets due to potentially elevated levels of the natural chemical hydrogen cyanide, according to laboratory test…
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