Growing up, September always meant the beginning the school year. But now, entering my 16th year of schooling, September has taken on a new meaning as a graduate student who is passionate about raising the
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Hong Kong checks ready-to-eat foods for Bacillus, Clostridium
Hong Kong’s Center for Food Safety (CFS), a unit of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced on Monday the results of a recently completed targeted food surveillance project on Bacillus cereus and Clostridium perfringens
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NJ firm recalls 15 tons of poultry, beef for lack of milk on labels
Golden Platter Foods Inc. of Newark, NJ, has recalled 15.8 tons of ready-to-eat, breaded poultry and beef products because they were made with batter and cracker meal that contained milk, a known allergen that isn’t
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Maid-Rite recalls 87 tons of frozen beef products for bad labels
Maid-Rite Specialty Foods LLC is recalling 174,000 pounds of frozen burgers and meatballs distributed to “institutional locations” throughout the United States and Canada because they were made with breadcrumbs that contain milk, which is a
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Beef-pork pepperoni rolls recalled for extraneous materials
An Ohio bakery is recalling almost 3,000 pounds of pepperoni and mozzarella rolls after consumers complained of finding extraneous materials in the Gia Russa brand product.
The 2,959 pounds of frozen, ready-to-eat beef and pork
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Heavy man — Cornell’s Hiperbaric 55 pressures pathogens
Pressure kills bugs. Anyone who’s ever stepped on a creepy crawly and heard that familiar crunch knows that.
It takes a lot more pressure than a pair of penny loafers, though, to kill microscopic pathogens
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Ron’s Home Style Foods recalls fruit/nut salads in three states
Ron’s Home Style Foods Inc. is recalling ready-to-eat fruit and nut dessert salads because they may be
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Nick’s of Calvert recalls 305 pounds of ready-to-eat meatballs
Nick’s of Calvert, located in Prince Frederick, MD, on Wednesday recalled about 305 pounds of ready-to-eat (RTE) meatballs because of misbranding and undeclared allergens, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection
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Work Continues on Antimicrobial Solutions for Food Safety
Antimicrobial solutions are used to reduce contaminants on raw foods such as meats, vegetables and fruits. This is analogous to washing food prior to using it in one’s own kitchen, although these compounds enhance the
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Processing Aids for Fresh Produce: Safety Buffers Between Farm and Table
Nutrition labels on items in the produce section tend to be short, if not absent altogether. While cereals, soups and sauces come with long lists of ingredients on their packaging, an apple doesn’t need an
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Meatballs Recalled for Potential Listeria Contamination
A Missouri firm is recalling approximately 123 pounds of frozen meatballs because they may be contaminated with Listeria. P.E. & F. Inc. of St. Louis, MO issued a voluntary recall of its frozen, ready-to-eat meatballs
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