If Jeff Bezos and the little online book-selling company he founded in a Seattle garage in 1994 can employ more than 314,000 people and buy Whole Foods Markets for $13.7 billion;
If he and the
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Amazon today removed nut butter recalled in March for E. coli
Earlier today, Amazon.com was still selling I.M. Healthy soy nut butter that was recalled in March when federal officials traced an E. coli outbreak to the product.
No one from Seattle-based Amazon immediately responded to
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Cookie dough company closes in wake of recalls for Listeria
The owners of a cookie dough company responsible for recalls of Blue Bell and Blue Bunny ice cream and other products in 2016 have ceased operations, thanking the FDA for its oversight.
The recalls and
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Cookie dough producer on notice from FDA for Listeria issues
Thomas and Nancy Lundeen may never look at Groundhog’s Day the same again. They’ve got until then to respond to an FDA warning letter about Listeria in their cookie dough and production plant — give
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CORRECTED: Blue Bell asks FDA if it can return to ‘industry norm’
CORRECTED CONTENT: Blue Bell Creameries wants the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to release it from certain food safety precautions imposed after its ice cream was linked to a deadly Listeria outbreak, seeking permission for
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Top food safety stories of 2016 include criminal investigations
The editors of Food Safety News have complied this list of major news from 2016. While the year will no doubt be best remember for its presidential election, there were other milestones worth remembering as
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Beach Beat: A little dab’ll do ya when it comes to Listeria
Those nerds at the FDA and CDC have been at it again, thank goodness.
They took a crazy close look at the Listeria outbreak traced to Blue Bell Creameries ice cream and found evidence supporting
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UPDATED: Cookie dough recall hits Weight Watchers frozen desserts
UPDATED CONTENT: A spokeswoman for Weight Watchers provided the following statement. “To clarify, the voluntary recall of Weight Watchers Smart Ones Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Sundae is being issued by Kraft Heinz Company, the
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Ashby’s Sterling ice cream 6th brand recalled for cookie dough
House of Flavors Inc. is recalling Ashby’s Sterling brand ice cream because it contains cookie dough that was recalled in September after Blue Bell Creameries’ internal testing found Listeria monocytogenes.
Ashby’s Sterling Peanut Butter Landslide
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Chocolate Shoppe expands listeria-related ice cream recall
Chocolate Shoppe Ice Cream Company Inc. of Madison, WI, has expanded its Oct. 11 recall to include additional lots of several flavors and sizes of ice cream because they contain cookie dough that has been
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Cookie dough recall for Listeria ripples through food chain
At least four companies have issued ice cream recalls — Blue Bunny, Blue Bell, Chocolate Shoppe and Publix — because of a cookie dough recall that could cause dozens of secondary recalls from as yet
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