Phyllis Entis is the author of “Food Safety: Old Habits, New Perspectives” and “Food Microbiology–The Laboratory”. She has been a food safety microbiologist for 35 years, and has worked both in government and industry. She believes that everyone–government regulators, farmers and ranchers, food processors, food service workers, educators and consumers–has
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The sloppy, slow-moving and disjointed withdrawal of one million Mexican mangoes from U.S. and Canadian produce shelves continued over Labor Day Weekend. Downstream distributors and fruit peddlers on the receiving end of the mango supply from Mexico through Splendid Products issued one-by-one recalls for either whole mangoes or the fruit
Continue Reading Daniella Mango Recall Isn’t Pretty or Swift, But it’s Happening

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration this week announced recalls of various products made with mangoes that are the suspected source of the Salmonella Braenderup bacteria currently causing a nationwide outbreak. Washington State-based Spokane Produce, Inc. voluntarily recalled a lot of its pineapple/mango pico de gallo Wednesday. On Thursday, World
Continue Reading Companies Recall Products Containing Mangoes Linked to Salmonella Outbreak

A major California-based produce company Wednesday recalled mangoes imported from Mexico and distributed nationwide as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that 103 people are ill in 16 states from Salmonella Braenderup. While federal and public health officials try to pinpoint the exact cause of the outbreak, Burlingham,
Continue Reading Salmonella Outbreak Prompts Nationwide Mango Recall; 103 Ill in 16 States