Hormel Foods Sales LLC is voluntarily recalling two varieties of PLANTERS products that were produced at one of its facilities in April.
These products are being recalled because they have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The company did not report how the contamination was found.
There have
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Wenders LLC of Dublin, CA is recalling specific production lots of Trader Joes Nuts – 50% Less Sodium Roasted & Salted Whole Cashews because of potential Salmonella contamination.
The issue was identified through routine testing by Food and Drug Adminitration during import, which indicated that at least one of the
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Two studies have analyzed data from the European Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) portal to examine mycotoxins in nuts and hazards in seafood.
In the first study, scientists analyzed reports from RASFF on nuts and nut products contaminated with mycotoxins, from 2011 to 2021. 4,752 mycotoxin reports
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The European Commission’s health and safety unit has published findings from two assessments looking at controls on aflatoxins in nuts in Egypt and India.
A DG Sante audit in Egypt in September 2022 was due to continuing Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) notifications for aflatoxins in peanuts.
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The Food and Drug Administration is continuing its use of import alerts to enforce U.S. food safety regulations for food from foreign countries. The agency updates and modifies the alerts as needed.
Recent modifications to FDA’s import alerts, as posted by the agency, are listed below.
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Researchers have found Cronobacter in samples of nuts, seeds and dried fruit in Poland.
The study determined the microbiological quality of commercial ready-to-eat food products of plant origin with a focus on Cronobacter.
Analyses were carried out on 64 samples of nuts, dried fruits, candied fruits, seeds, and mixes of
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Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Environment, Safety, and Energy Technology UMSICHT have developed a process to kill germs on almonds and nuts by using compressed carbon dioxide to decontaminate food.
The advantage of this process is that almonds retain their characteristic flavor and quality, according to the research report.
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The United States has limited controls to manage aflatoxin contamination in peanuts for export to Europe, according to findings from an audit carried out because of regular detection of non-compliances.
Officials from DG Sante, the European Commission’s unit for food safety and health, said there was scope to develop and
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The United States was in the top three countries of origin for notifications in the European Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) portal last year.
The U.S. is behind only Turkey and China, according to the 2018 RASFF report, compared to fifth on the list in 2017.
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Nuts, nut products and seeds was the top food product category recalled in Europe, according to a second quarter index by Stericycle Expert Solutions.
The category, with 156 recalls, came ahead of fruits and vegetables with 118 recalls and fish and fish products with 81 recalls. Nuts, nut products and
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