The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has issued a public health alert for ready-to-eat (RTE) chicken and bacon wrap products produced by Rachael’s Food Corporation, based in Chicopee, MA, because of possible contamination with Listeria monocytogenes.

A recall was not requested as the affected products

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The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing a public health alert for potato chip products containing chicharrón (pork cracklings) that were imported from the Republic of Colombia. 

Colombia is ineligible to export meat products to the United States. The FSIS is issuing this public health alert to

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has issued a public health alert due to concerns that certain Turner Farm’s frozen, raw ground beef products may be contaminated with foreign material, specifically hard plastic and metal. 

The problem was discovered after the firm notified FSIS that

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing a public health alert for frozen ready-to-eat pork mortadella products that may have been illegally imported from Ecuador, a country ineligible to export meat and poultry products to the United States. 

The problem was discovered when FSIS

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing a public health alert for ready-to-eat meat and poultry products that were illegally imported from the Philippines. 

The problem was discovered when FSIS was performing routine surveillance activities at a retailer and found meat and poultry products

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing a public health alert over concerns that certain Ivars Commissary’s ready-to-eat meat soup products may have been prepared, packed, or held under insanitary conditions, which may result in the product spoiling prematurely. 

The problem was discovered when

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing a public health alert over concerns that fully cooked, ready-to-eat (RTE) pasta sauce labeled as pizza sauce contains anchovies and milk, known allergens, as well as ground beef and sulfites, which are not declared on the product

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing a public health alert about some Signature Select not-ready-to-eat breakfast bowl products that were subject to temperature abuse during storage at a distribution center that may have resulted in the growth of spoilage organisms or pathogens. 

The

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing a public health alert for ready-to-eat (RTE) stuffed chicken product because the product may not be fully cooked due to underprocessing. 

The RTE broccoli stuffed chicken breast product was produced by Vanguard Culinary Group, LTD, a Fayetteville

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