In one of the largest ever food safety fine and forfeiture case a producer of Honey Smacks cereal pleaded guilty to operating in unsanitary conditions that resulted in an outbreak of Salmonella infections.
The $19.2 million payment is part of a federal plea agreement with food and ingredient manufacturing company
Continue Reading Food safety settlement entered in the federal case against Honey Smacks producer
Editor’s note: Today Food Safety News takes a look back at the most significant outbreaks in the United States in 2018. As in the past, our year-end coverage is not merely a list of individual stories by individual writers. Generally, significant events are the other way around. Multiple stories by
Continue Reading Fingerprints don’t lie: Experts say 2018 outbreak stats reflect value of WGS
Editor’s note: Today Food Safety News takes a look back at the most significant recalls in the United States in 2018. As in past years, our year-end coverage is not merely a list of individual stories by individual writers. Generally, significant events are the other way around. Multiple stories by
Continue Reading Recalls show foodborne threats continue
The FDA has finally confirmed that Kerry Inc. manufactured the Kellogg’s Honey Smacks traced to a Salmonella Mbandaka outbreak that sickened people across 36 states. Documents show the manufacturer knew its plant and cereal produced there were contaminated with Salmonella before the outbreak.
In August federal officials released a warning
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The CDC has declared the Salmonella Mbandaka outbreak traced to Kellogg’s Honey Smacks is over, with 135 having been confirmed infected, but the agency is continuing to urge consumers to make sure they don’t have any of the cereal in their homes.
Because of the outbreak, the iconic Kellogg Co.
Continue Reading CDC declares Honey Smacks Salmonella outbreak is over; warning continues
As public health officials in other countries urge consumers to throw away a Kellogg’s cereal because it’s linked to a Salmonella outbreak in the United States, the company that actually produced the cereal has not been named.
Neither Kellogg nor the FDA has identified the manufacturer of the cereal. It
Continue Reading Producer of recalled Honey Smacks kept secret amid outbreak
Federal officials are urging the public to not eat Kellogg’s Honey Smacks and to throw away any they have in their homes because of a nationwide outbreak of Salmonella Mbandaka infections.
Out of 73 victims in 31 states for whom the CDC has information, 44 percent have required hospitalization. No
Continue Reading ALERT: Kellogg recalls Honey Smacks amid Salmonella outbreak
