The USDA today named McCain Foods as the supplier of potentially contaminated corn cited in the string of recalls for a variety of foods from hundreds of retailers in recent days, WalMart, Trader Joe’s, Whole
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McCain Foods recall causes Hy-Vee to recall meat, poultry, potato products
Grocery retailer Hy-Vee Inc. is recalling some of its meat, poultry, and potato products because they contain mushrooms and tomatoes that McCain Foods has recalled because of potential bacterial contamination.
Hy-Vee officials said in a
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Taylor Farms recalls pork carnitas bowls because of risk of Salmonella, Listeria
Taylor Farms Northwest is recalling ready-to-eat pork carnitas bowls because one of its suppliers reported tomatillos used in the product might be contaminated with Salmonella and Listeria monocytogenes bacteria.
The recalled entrees have plain white
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Prime Deli Corp. recalls 7-Eleven salads for risk of Listeria, Salmonella in corn
A company that makes food for 7-Eleven stores is recalling more than 200 pounds of ready-to-eat salads because of potential contamination with Salmonella and Listeria monocytogenes bacteria.
Prime Deli Corp. of Lewisville, TX, produced the
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FSIS urges the public to check homes for recalled meat, chicken entrees
Valley Fine Foods is recalling more than 35,000 pounds of refrigerated Simple Dishes brand pasta entrees containing meat and chicken after discovering the products might be contaminated with “spoilage organisms.”
The Forest City, NC, company
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Processing error blamed for small chicken jerky recall in Tennessee
About 23 pounds of ready-to-eat chicken jerky were recalled Thursday by Pigeon Forge, TN-based Jerky Boyz because of a processing deviation that may have led to under-processing of products, according to the USDA’s Food Safety
Testing prompts another ready-to-eat pork product recall for Listeria risk
Malone’s Fine Sausage Inc. in Milwaukee is recalling approximately 26,323 pounds of ready-to-eat pork headcheese product that may be adulterated with Listeria monocytogenes, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced
Pistachio recall includes 2 tons of nuts sold several states; Salmonella found
Bazzinil LLC is recalling 4,000 pounds of pistachios after internal testing turned up positive results for Salmonella. The Allentown, PA, company has stopped production and distribution of several specific products to investigate the source of
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Multiple recalls to chase down ham responsible for Listeriosis outbreak in South
The country hams that some say are the quintessential dish of the South became, during this past weekend, suspects in a deadly listeriosis outbreak.
Four people, three in Virginia and one in North Carolina, have
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FSIS posts partial list of retailers that sold beef linked to Salmonella outbreak
Federal officials have begun releasing names of specific grocery stores and other businesses that received some of the 6.9 million pounds of recalled ground beef and non-intact beef products that are linked to a Salmonella
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Treating virulent strain of Salmonella as adulterant in largest beef recall in history
Yesterday’s big beef recall is the largest in history for possible Salmonella contamination, according to an online discussion involving retired USDA microbiologist Carl Custer.
Custer responded to comments to the industry newsletter Meatingplace that included
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