Likening a trip to the grocery store to shooting craps, a consumer watchdog group is reporting that data from the U.S. government shows food recalls are on an upward trend, which the advocates say could
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Draining canal may reveal answers about romaine contamination
Arizona’s Wellton-Mohawk Irrigation and Drainage District plans an early drawdown this year of water in a canal suspected of contaminating romaine lettuce that was grown in the Yuma region and linked to a deadly E.
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Recalls show foodborne threats continue
Editor’s note: Today Food Safety News takes a look back at the most significant recalls in the United States in 2018. As in past years, our year-end coverage is not merely a list of individual
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Top 10 food safety stories of 2018
Editor’s note: Today Food Safety News takes a look back at the Top 10 most important food safety news events for 2018. Since 2009 we’ve shared our rankings with our readers. As in past years,
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Adam Bros. customer recalls sandwiches over contaminated lettuce concerns
Spokane Produce Inc. of Spokane, WA, has recalled sandwiches containing green leaf lettuce and foodservice lettuce filets following notice of a recall by Adam Bros. Farming Inc.
The recalled sandwich products bear the Northwest Cuisine
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Food Safety Modernization Act produce testing has yet to get around to romaine
Analysis
Public interest in the safety of romaine has increased during the past year as Canada and the United States have experienced three back-to-back outbreaks of E. coli O157:H7 tied to the leafy green.
Many
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When lettuce becomes unhealthy, it’s time to rethink food safety in the U.S.
Opinion
Editor’s note: This guest column was written by Senior Director of Health and Food Erik Olson and Interim Food Director Lena Brook of the Natural Resources Defense Council. (In an earlier version of this
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Companies started shipping romaine Monday; FDA names implicated counties
Many companies in the romaine lettuce supply chain resumed shipping Monday after a week-long voluntary hiatus. Nationwide, the majority of the industry shut down and recalled all romaine products Nov. 23 at the request of
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Publisher’s Platform: How does this “Romaine” acceptable? 339 with E. coli, 159 Hospitalized, 31 with Kidney Failure and 7 Deaths
Opinion
2017 and 2018 Romaine E. coli Outbreaks in the United States and Canada
Total Sick – 339
Hospitalized – 159
Kidney Failure – 31
Deaths – 7
In 2017 in Canada, a total, of
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Romaine makes more Canadians ill as government says this is not going to be easy
Canada Friday disclosed the difficulty facing health officials in finding the source of an ongoing North American outbreak of E. coli O157:H7. They also reported more illnesses in Canada.
Individuals who are sick say they
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Bigger buffers between leafy greens and CAFOs ready for new growing season
The leafy green growing season around Yuma, AZ is about to get underway and there will be one difference from last year. This year, the buffer zone between concentrated animal feeding operations, known as CAFOs,
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