The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing a public health alert for various Farmstead Butcher Block not-ready-to-eat pork and beef bacon products because of sodium nitrite levels exceeding the regulatory limit.
Consumption of hazardous amounts of sodium nitrites can lead to life-threatening illness and/or
Continue Reading Public health warning issued over pork and beef bacon products exceeding sodium nitrite regulatory limits
Norovirus was the main cause of foodborne outbreaks in Finland from 2017 to 2019, according to figures published recently by the Finnish Food Authority (Ruokavirasto).
About 2,900 people were reported to have fallen ill in 162 foodborne outbreaks with 110 hospitalizations and nine deaths.
Norovirus caused 57 foodborne outbreaks including
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Rochester, NY-based Zweigle’s Inc. late Thursday recalled approximately 6,082 pounds of ready-to-eat olive loaf pork products because sodium nitrite levels were over the regulatory limit, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS).
The elevated sodium nitrite levels present a health hazard situation where there
Continue Reading Olive loaf pork recalled for being too heavy on the sodium nitrite
Star Natural Meats LLC is recalling frozen Greek sausage because it was made with milk and soy ingredients that are not declared on the product labels, as required by federal law. The sausage also contains restricted ingredients that are not declared on the labels.
Both soy and milk are known
Continue Reading Star Natural Meats recalls 10 tons of sausage because of restricted ingredients, allergens
Hocean, Inc. of Commerce City, CA is recalling all Nitre Powder, a kind of curing salt, that has the potential to be contaminated with higher levels of sodium nitrite. Consumption of hazardous amounts of sodium nitrites can lead to life-threatening illness and/or death.
The Food and Drug Administration contacted Hocean
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