How often have you plopped a left-over baked potato, sill tightly wrapped in foil, on your kitchen counter, thinking you could heat it up or for a meal the next day or cut it
Continue Reading Tune into these important food safety tips for cooked potatoes
Iowa health officials are investigating about 25 illnesses potentially linked to deli-made potato salads sold by Big G Foods in Marengo, IA. Test results from the State Hygienic Laboratory at the University of Iowa were
Continue Reading 25 sickened in Salmonella outbreak tied to deli salads
April’s botulism outbreak in Ohio was the nation’s largest in 40 years, and one of the first patients to become ill died. But CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) is crediting early recognition and
Continue Reading MMWR: Rapid Response Kept April’s Ohio Botulism Outbreak in Check
Ohio public health officials announced Monday that potato salad containing home-canned potatoes was the likely cause of a recent botulism outbreak following a potluck luncheon at the Cross Pointe Free Will Baptist Church in Lancaster,
Continue Reading Home-Canned Potatoes Served at Potluck Probably Caused Botulism Outbreak
At least 60 people fell ill with E. coli O157:H7 in July at Minnesota’s Fond du Lac Reservation, apparently after consuming potato salad likely made with a contaminated ingredient, according to the local news outlet
Continue Reading 60 Minnesota E. coli Cases Linked to Potato Salad Served at Reservation Events
Garden-Fresh Foods, Inc., of Milwaukee, WI, is recalling a limited quantity of Spartan Fresh Selections American Potato Salad in 16 oz. packages because it has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism
Continue Reading Spartan Fresh Potato Salad Recalled for Listeria Risk
One week after a company began notifying customers in 34 states about potential Listeria contamination in hard-cooked eggs, the Food and Drug Administration announced that Michael Foods, Inc. is expanding its recall of certain hard-cooked
Continue Reading Hard-Cooked Egg Recall Expands, Potato Salads Included
