The year 2021 again found food recalls competing with the pandemic for the public’s attention.
Food recalls are never simple. The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) and the Food and Drug Administration regulate
Continue Reading More looking back at 2021 recalls
Although the COVID-19 pandemic dominated the news in terms of illnesses, foodborne pathogens also sickened people across the United States in 2021. Packaged leafy greens were behind four outbreaks.
Two outbreaks of infections from Listeria
Continue Reading 2021 outbreaks included fresh produce, cured meats, poultry and frozen shrimp
In July the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other public health and regulatory officials in several states, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA-FSIS) began collecting different types
Continue Reading CDC declares deadly Listeria outbreak associated with chicken is over
The Tyson recall expanded again this week is being updated to alert consumers that the recalled ready-to-eat products were used in additional products produced by other establishments and retailers.
Some products bear a different establishment
Continue Reading Tyson Foods Inc. recalls chicken products with different establishment numbers
Tyson Foods Inc. has added more than 450,000 pounds of chicken products to its existing recall of 8.5 million pounds because additional date codes have been identified.
“Details of this recall were updated to reflect
Continue Reading Tyson adds 225 tons of chicken to its existing recall; Listeria illnesses reported
Have you ever eaten a dinosaur before?
Turns out that a lot of kids, and adults, have thanks to Perdue Farm’s “Chicken Plus” nuggets that are shaped like dinosaurs. But more notable than their
Continue Reading ‘Flexitarians’ drive meat-vegetable hybrids toward more marketshare
By Brendan Fischer and Maggie Christ
Despite what you might think, America’s broken campaign finance system is about more than expensive ads flooding your screen and glossy mailers clogging your mailbox. The outsized
Continue Reading Senator’s Call for Meat Industry’s Answers Exposes Reach of Money in Politics
Editor’s note: This column is published here with the permission of the author, Leah Garcés.
Over the past few months, news reports of China’s African swine fever problem, which is decimating the country’s
Continue Reading African swine fever’s lesson: Big animal ag is fragile and biohazard suits are not unusual
Pine Bluff, AR-based Tyson Foods Inc. recalled almost 40,000 pounds of Weaver brand frozen chicken patties that may be contaminated with extraneous materials, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service
Continue Reading Consumer complaint spurs Tyson Foods to recall 19.5 tons of chicken patties
UPDATED: A spokeswoman for SHOP ‘n SAVE told Food Safety News that none of its independently owned and operated stores serviced out of the Pittsburgh distribution facility, including stores in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Maryland and
Continue Reading UPDATED: Major grocery chains among 32 retailers that sold recalled Tyson chicken strips; injuries reported
