In case you missed it, here are some of the top food safety stories from last week:
PCA Sentencing: The final two defendants in the Peanut Corporation of America case, Daniel Kilgore and Samuel Lightsey,
Continue Reading ICYMI: Last PCA Sentences, Animal Antibiotics, Contaminated Cukes
Andrew & Williamson, the San Diego-based company linked to a Salmonella Poona outbreak that has sickened 558 people and killed three, recently announced that it intends to donate to a STOP Foodborne Illness campaign to
Continue Reading Cucumber Producer Will Donate to Food Safety Education Campaign
Custom Produce Sales of Parlier, CA, is voluntarily recalling all cucumbers sold under the Fat Boy label starting Aug. 1, 2015, because they may be contaminated with Salmonella and are covered by an ongoing recall.
Continue Reading Custom Produce Recalls Cucumbers Connected to Salmonella Outbreak
In cooperation with the Andrew & Williamson Fresh Produce recall of cucumbers that may be contaminated with Salmonella Poona, Safeway is voluntarily recalling made-to-order deli sandwiches with cucumbers produced by Andrew & Williamson and sold
Continue Reading Deli Sandwiches With Cucumbers Sold in Alaska Safeway and Carrs Stores Recalled
According to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), Overwaitea Food Group, a supermarket operator based in Langley, BC, is recalling field cucumbers purchased from Save On Foods, PriceSmart Foods, Coopers Foods, Overwaitea, and Freson Brothers
Continue Reading Field Cucumbers Recalled From Five Canadian Retail Stores for Salmonella Risk
A Minnesota woman who says she was sickened by Salmonella-tainted cucumbers is suing the San Diego-based produce company which imported and distributed them. Marler Clark, the Seattle-based food safety law firm, has filed a
Continue Reading First Suit Filed in Outbreak Linked to Salmonella-Tainted Cucumbers
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has announced that Safeway is recalling field cucumbers and various in-store produced products that contain cucumbers purchased from Safeway. The action is due to possible Salmonella contamination on cucumbers
Continue Reading CFIA: Safeway Recalls Cucumbers for Salmonella
Those of us who practice daily journalism usually make like cowboys and keep our eyes on the horizon for what’s coming next. But sometimes, one of us has to double back to check on something
Continue Reading Letter From the Editor: Peeling the Cucumbers
In late February, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a detailed report describing a summer 2014 outbreak of Salmonella linked to cucumbers grown in the Delmarva region of Maryland. The outbreak
Continue Reading CDC: Source of Cucumber-Linked Outbreak Determined Too Late to Alert the Public
At least 275 people in 29 states and Washington, D.C., were sickened and one man died in a Salmonella outbreak linked to cucumbers grown in the Delmarva region of Maryland, according to a report from
Continue Reading CDC: Salmonella Linked to MD Cucumbers Killed 1, Sickened 275 in 2014
