Federal criminal charges related to contaminated peanut butter produced in 2007 in Sylvester, GA, may yet be brought against the owner, ConAgra Foods Inc. Citing a ConAgra report, the Atlanta Business Chronicle on Tuesday disclosed
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ConAgra Recalls 27 Tons of Soup for Misbranding, Undeclared Allergens
For want of the right label, ConAgra Foods is recalling 54,673 pounds – about 27 tons – of chicken noodle soup products made in one day at its facility in Milton, PA. A “Healthy Choice…
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The Best of Food Safety: The Food Industry
Last week, Food Safety News acknowledged leaders in government, education, non-government organizations, consumer groups and the media who help keep our food supply safe. Today we end our series focusing on food safety leaders by …
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Letter From The Editor: Test Run for New FSIS Traceback Policy
Troy and Sterling Heights are a pair of hardscrabble Michigan towns both about 20 miles north of Detroit now dealing with a Salmonella Typhimurium outbreak. Each has a retail meat market that since Thursday first …
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Salmonella and Peanut Butter: Victims’ Stories
A little more than a week ago, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced the end of the Salmonella outbreak tied to Trader Joe’s peanut butter made by Sunland Inc. in New Mexico.
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ConAgra Sued Over GMO '100% Natural' Cooking Oils
If you use Wesson brand cooking oils, you may be able to join a class action against food giant ConAgra for deceptively marketing the products as natural.
These days it’s hard to walk down a…
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Millions Spent Lobbying Food Safety
The Senate recently updated its lobbying disclosure database with second quarter spending information. The documents available through the database reveal which organizations are spending what–and where their money is focused.
The Senate Website is set…
Flour Investigated as E. coli Source
ANAHEIM– If you test enough flour you can find some contaminated by the potentially deadly pathogen–E. coli O157:H7–but testing probably is not going to do much when it comes to making flour safe to eat.…
More Salmonella Linked to Marie Callender’s Recall
Just how big the Marie Callender’s Cheesy Chicken & Rice frozen meal recall and the associated outbreak of Salmonella Chester are is now coming into focus.
First, a week after the June 17 recall was…
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2nd Oregon Salmonella Victim to Sue ConAgra
Today a Clackmas County man will become the second Oregon victim of a Salmonella outbreak linked to Marie Callender’s Cheesy Chicken and Rice frozen dinners to file a lawsuit against ConAgra.
Kevin Taylor, Jr., who…
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