Phyllis Entis is the author of “Food Safety: Old Habits, New Perspectives” and “Food Microbiology–The Laboratory”. She has been a food safety microbiologist for 35 years, and has worked both in government and industry. She believes that everyone–government regulators, farmers and ranchers, food processors, food service workers, educators and consumers–has
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The sloppy, slow-moving and disjointed withdrawal of one million Mexican mangoes from U.S. and Canadian produce shelves continued over Labor Day Weekend. Downstream distributors and fruit peddlers on the receiving end of the mango supply from Mexico through Splendid Products issued one-by-one recalls for either whole mangoes or the fruit
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More Mexican grown mangoes have been recalled, this time by New Jersey’s F&S Produce Co. Inc., which distributes in the Northeast U.S. The company recalled products containing fresh cut mangoes for possible Salmonella Braenderup contamination. Several brand names, some familiar, are involved. F&S said the recalled products have an expiration
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Irwindale, CA-based Ready Pac Foods Inc. Saturday recalled about 30 package fruit products containing mangoes, distributed through Aug. 30, 2012, for potential Salmonella Braenderup contamination. The package fruit products contain Daniella Brand mangoes previously recalled by Splendid Products, the supplier. The Ready Pac recall is part of an ongoing food
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration this week announced recalls of various products made with mangoes that are the suspected source of the Salmonella Braenderup bacteria currently causing a nationwide outbreak. Washington State-based Spokane Produce, Inc. voluntarily recalled a lot of its pineapple/mango pico de gallo Wednesday. On Thursday, World
Continue Reading Companies Recall Products Containing Mangoes Linked to Salmonella Outbreak

A major California-based produce company Wednesday recalled mangoes imported from Mexico and distributed nationwide as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that 103 people are ill in 16 states from Salmonella Braenderup. While federal and public health officials try to pinpoint the exact cause of the outbreak, Burlingham,
Continue Reading Salmonella Outbreak Prompts Nationwide Mango Recall; 103 Ill in 16 States

Nearly a dozen U.S. retailers have recalled Mexican mangoes for potential Salmonella contamination as federal and state health officials investigate the cause of a multistate Salmonella Braenderup outbreak that has sickened over 100 people. The recalls come just days after Canadian health officials announced a 22 person outbreak from an
Continue Reading As Salmonella Outbreak Investigation Continues, Retailers Recall Mangoes from Mexico

Federal and state health officials are investigating a multistate, cross-border Salmonella outbreak linked to mangoes imported from Mexico, which may have sickened more than 100 people in the United States and Canada. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control have not yet released any information about
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