Velvet Ice Cream Company Inc.’s ice cream manufacturing facility in Utica, OH, was inspected by the FDA from Jan. 23 to Feb. 14 and the results were not good. Lab tests showed the plant was harboring the pathogen Listeria monocytogenes.
Environmental samples collected at the facility during this year’s inspection
Continue Reading Velvet Ice Cream Company warned for Listeria in production facility
On the Monday before the Chipotle Mexican Grill on Sawmill Parkway in Powell, OH, was closed for a day over a food safety scare, some lettuce was dropped in the food preparation area, picked up and served to a customer, who then requested the food bowl be remade from scratch.
Continue Reading 222 reports to crowdsourcing site links 405 illnesses to re-opened Ohio Chipotle
A Michigan restaurant has temporarily closed while authorities investigate an outbreak of Salmonella saintpaul that has sickened at least 26 people in the state as well as others in Ohio and Illinois.
The Oakland County Health Division in Pontiac, MI, did not name the Rochester, MI, restaurant in a notice
Continue Reading Salmonella outbreak ongoing since November; little known
An outbreak of Cryptosporidium infection has been building for the past two weeks in central Ohio, with the number of cases hitting 209 as of Friday. The cases are scattered among Columbus, Franklin and Delaware counties. The current total exceeds the combined cases from the past four years, said Jose
Continue Reading Central Ohio reports 209 cases of Cryptosporidium infection
Fifteen frozen organic vegetable products distributed to retailers in at least 35 states and four Canadian provinces are under voluntary recall because of potential contamination with listeria monocytogenes. 
CRF Frozen Foods of Pasco, WA, posted the recall Friday because random samples of frozen organic peas and corn tested by Ohio
Continue Reading UPDATED: Frozen veggies recalled in U.S., Canada for listeria
An Ohio farm is recalling goat milk with a March 13 date code because it was not properly pasteurized and may contain pathogens. 
Paint Valley Farms of Beach City, OH, has voluntarily recalled about 115 gallons of its goat milk that were distributed in one-quart plastic bottles, according to the
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Continue Reading Ohio Botulism Outbreak a Somber Reminder About Canning Food Safely
The Salmonella outbreak which has reportedly sickened 18 people at the Heritage Corner Health Campus in Bowling Green, Ohio, now includes two possibly related deaths. According to a press release from the Wood County Health District, “Sadly, during the outbreak, we were notified that two residents who tested positive for
Continue Reading Update: 18 Illnesses, 2 Deaths Reported During Ohio Salmonella Outbreak
It can take more to ensure that food is safe on a food truck than at a brick-and-mortar restaurant, says Bob Kramer, a registered sanitarian who provides training and technical assistance to entrepreneurs. Kramer is the director of food safety and food services for a microlender in Ohio called the
Continue Reading Food Safety on Food Trucks Called ‘A Little More of a Challenge’
The death that occurred earlier this week in connection with a church potluck luncheon in Lancaster, OH, was of a 54-year-old woman, a Columbus newspaper has reported. The botulism anti-toxin was shipped overnight to local hospitals, but it wouldn’t have saved the woman who died because she was so
Continue Reading Ohio Botulism Outbreak: 1 Dead, 23 Hospitalized After Potluck
