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McIntosh, Honeycrisp, Jonathan, Fuji, Jonamac and Red Delicious apples recalled for Listeria

By News Desk on October 29, 2019

Traverse City, MI-based North Bay Produce Monday recalled 2,297 cases and two bulk bins of fresh apples due to the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.  Recalled varieties include McIntosh, Honeycrisp, Jonathan, Fuji, Jonamac…
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Officials bust gang in organic fraud case involving rotten apples

By News Desk on July 3, 2019

European authorities have uncovered an operation allegedly making products out of decomposed apples, contaminated with mycotoxins and other toxic chemicals, unsuitable for human consumption and dangerous for public health.

Italian and Serbian authorities said they…
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Cryptosporidiosis outbreak linked to apple juice

By News Desk on April 15, 2019

Researchers have described the first outbreak of apple juice-related cryptosporidiosis reported outside the United States.

Although it did not involve many people, it serves as a reminder that apple juice, and other beverages, may serve…
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Avoid spiking your cider with foodborne pathogens

By Michigan State University Extension on October 25, 2017

Editor’s note: This column was originally posted by the Michigan State University Extension Service.

Traditional apple presses at a cider mill.

Fall is here. Leaves are changing colors, the air…
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Public comments so far show support for third GMO apple

By News Desk on August 26, 2016

There are 18 days remaining in the public comment period on the Arctic Fuji as Okenagan Specialty Fruits Inc. seeks permission to market its third variety of genetically modified, non-browning apple. …
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Listeria outbreak set apple industry on a targeted course

By Cookson Beecher on July 13, 2016

apple-target-406SEATTLE — Sometimes when something that “just can’t happen” does happen, valuable lessons are learned. That was the case when some batches of commercially produced, packaged, whole caramel apples turned out to be the cause…
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Granny Smith Apples Recalled for Possible Listeria Contamination

By News Desk on October 15, 2015

GrannySmithApples_406x250Del Monte Fresh Produce N.A. Inc. of Coral Gables, FL, is recalling some Granny Smith green apples because they have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. A total of 695 boxes containing…
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U.S. Apple Industry Gears Up to Comply With FDA’s FSMA Rules

By Cookson Beecher on October 14, 2015

“An apple a day keeps the doctor away,” is more than a well-known saying — it’s also what many people believe to be time-tested truth. And the tradition of giving an apple to a teacher

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Listeria Outbreak was a ‘Wake-Up Call’ for the U.S. Apple Industry

By News Desk on May 11, 2015

Following the recent outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes linked to caramel apples which killed seven people and hospitalized 34, the president of the U.S. Apple Association has called food safety the apple industry’s “top issue,” according…
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USDA Approves Apples Genetically Engineered to Resist Browning

By News Desk on February 18, 2015

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has decided to approve new types of apples that have been genetically engineered not to brown as quickly after being cut. Okanagan Specialty Fruits Inc., the company that developed the…
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Food Safety Regulations Will Change Industry, Brackett Says

By The Packer on August 28, 2014

(This article by Tom Karst, national editor of The Packer, was first published Aug. 26, 2014, and is reposted here with permission.) The U.S. Food and Drug and Administration’s new food safety regulations aren’t…
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