Irish authorities have closed an unregistered business for selling meat judged to be unfit to eat.
Jair Lopes Muniz of JLM Foods and JLM Family Butchers on Main Street Tyrrellspass, Westmeath, was served with a closure order in May.
The small meat manufacturing plant was not registered or approved by
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The outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 linked to Costco Rotisserie Chicken Salad appears to be over. According to the final report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 19 people across seven states were sickened. The most recent illness in this outbreak reported to CDC started on November 3,
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Taylor Farms Pacific may have been a little too quick to recall its diced celery and onion blend over the Thanksgiving weekend. The latest U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) testing has been unable to confirm E. coli in the product. As of Nov. 23, 19 people have been infected
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Costco, Target and Starbucks are some of the many retailers pulling products containing celery off the shelves because they may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7. Taylor Farms Pacific of Tracy, CA, is recalling certain products which may include celery which could potentially contain the pathogen. Last week, a
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A California company is voluntarily recalling one day’s production of diced and slivered onions and a mix of diced onion and celery because these products may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. Gills Onions, LLC of Oxnard, CA issued the recall after it was notified by the U.S. Food and Drug
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The insurance company for San Antonio-based Sangar Fresh Cut Produce says its own fine print is enough to excuse it from paying a $1.1 million default judgment to the family of a man killed by Listeria-contaminated celery.
Hermilo Castellanos, 81, was one of five people who died in Listeriosis outbreak
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The widow of a man who died from a Listeria monocytogenes infection has sued Sangar Fresh Cut Produce in a Texas court.
Elizabeth Castellano claims her husband, Hermillo Castellano, died as a result of eating contaminated celery from the San Antonio-based plant.
According to the complaint, Castellano was in a
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A court date between SanGar Fresh Cut Produce and the Texas Department of State Health Services scheduled for today has been cancelled.
“It means the closure order stands,” says Carrie Williams, the department’s press officer.
The State of Texas closed the SanGar produce processing plant in San Antonio on Oct.
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Reacting to recent news of illnesses caused by celery and cheese, U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), chairwoman of the Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee, which oversees the Food and Drug Administration and Department of Agriculture budgets, urged Congress to pass pending food safety legislation.
“Food safety is literally a matter of
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Another day brings more bad news for still-closed SanGar Fresh Cut Produce. This time it was the release of the FDA Form 483 report containing observations of the federal food safety inspectors who were in the San Antonio produce distribution plant from Oct. 14 to 26.
It came out
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