Fresh Sprout International Ltd. is recalling Fresh Sprouts brand Fresh Bean Sprouts distributed in Ontario due to the potential of Salmonella contamination. According to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), there have been no reported
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More Details Emerge in Recall of Sprouts for Listeria Risk
Sprouters Northwest, the company that recalled all of its products last week, including its sprouted seeds, pea shoots and wheatgrass, after samples of the finished product tested positive for Listeria, has provided more details about
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More Sprouts Recalled in Pacific Northwest for Listeria Risk
A Washington state-based sprout grower expanded its recall of products that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes Friday to include all sprouted seeds sold by the firm. Sprouters Northwest of Kent, WA issued an initial
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Letter From The Editor: An Epiphany
As recently as last Fall, a now discredited French study threw a little scare mongering into California’s Proposition 37 campaign by depicting tumor growth in rats fed genetically modified (GM) corn. In as long as
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UK Salmonella Sprout Outbreak Has Sickened 218
Food safety officials in the United Kingdom are not yet seeing the end of the outbreak of Salmonella Bareilly that has been linked to contaminated bean sprouts.
The Health Protection Agency (HPA), the Food Standards
Bean Sprouts Cause of S. Bareilly Outbreak In UK
The Salmonella bareilly outbreak in the United Kingdom is now all but certain to be stemming from the consumption of raw or under-cooked bean sprouts, the UK’s Health Protection Agency said Wednesday. It has infected
Sprouts Likely Source in UK Salmonella Outbreak
Raw bean sprouts are the suspected source of a Salmonella Bareilly outbreak underway since early August in the United Kingdom.
An increasing number of S. Bareilly cases, now as many as 73 illnesses, are being