The number of food recalls hit the three figure mark in 2018, according to Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ).
There were 100 recalls last year, up from 69 in 2017, with 46 percent due
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Irish Brand Banger Sausage recalled by North Country Smokehouse
The New Hampshire-based North Country Smokehouse, located in Claremont, on Tuesday recalled 2,600 pounds of pork sausage due to misbranding, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS).
The recalled
Can Silicon Valley save food safety? Maybe, but not with online reviews alone
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An emerging body of scholarship argues that machine learning and artificial intelligence can solve food safety enforcement. By mining tweets and Yelp reviews, health departments can target inspections more effectively. With much fanfare, health
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Complaints about metal pieces in Jimmy Dean sausage prompt recall
CTI Foods LLC is recalling almost 30,000 pounds of Jimmy Dean sausage links because consumers have reported finding pieces of metal in the product.
Complete distribution details were not immdiately available. The U.S. Department of
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iwaspoisoned.com app gives the public and public health officials new tools
The website iwaspoisoned.com, credited with helping to identify several high-profile foodborne illness outbreaks in recent years, has released an app designed to help people decide where to go when dining away from home.
The
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Consumers find plastic in pork egg rolls; Van Oriental recalls 5 tons of product
Following two consumer complaints about plastic in the product, a Dallas company is recalling pork egg rolls, according to a notice from the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS).
Van Oriental Foods Inc. distributed
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Stefano’s recalls 12 tons of calzone after consumer is injured
Consumer complaints about an injury from sharp, clear plastic in Stefano’s brand calzone have sparked a recall.
Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp., doing business as Stefano Foods in Charlotte, NC, is recalling 24,048 pounds of pepperoni
FDA warns of possible link between food, canine heart disease
Pet foods containing peas, lentils, other legume seeds or potatoes as main ingredients may be linked to cases of canine dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) in dogs, according to an alert to pet owners this week from
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Talking Rain pulls Sparkling Ice soft drink after complaints
Several consumer complaints reporting an “off-taste” and “off-odor” after purchasing bottles of Sparkling Ice Cherry Limeade beverage, spurred Talking Rain to recall specific lot codes of the product.
“No other Sparkling Ice products are affected
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‘Millions’ of roaches plagued maker of Pedigree, IAMS, Cesar, other pet foods
The Mars Petcare U.S. Inc. low-acid canned pet food production facility in Columbus, OH, was crawling with an infestation of German cockroaches between October 2016 and July 2017. Mars markets wet dog and cat foods
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67 tons of salisbury steak recalled for bone fragments
Arkansas’ ConAgra Brands Inc., located in Russellville, Wednesday recalled 135,159 pounds of Salisbury steak products after at least three consumers reported mouth injuries.
The nationwide recall, posted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety
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