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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McCain company officials ignored signs of Salmonella, Listeria contamination
For more than 2 1/2 years, management at the Colton, California facility of McCain Foods USA ignored positive test results for Listeria monocytogenes and Salmonella, apparently choosing to ship the potentially contaminated vegetable and fruit
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Iowa added to list of states that received melon linked to outbreak
As the FDA added another state to the list of those that received pre-cut melon implicated in a salmonellosis outbreak, the chair of the Congressional Food Safety Caucus implored federal agencies to find “what deficiencies
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One child dead, 13 others sick in raw cheese E. coli outbreak
A French company this weekend expanded its recall of cheese made with unpasteurized milk after health officials reported a seventh child has developed kidney failure because of an E. coli infection linked to the cheese.
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Whole Foods expands its Vulto Creamery related recall
Vulto Creamery’s expanded recall of raw milk cheeses has led Whole Foods Market to expand its recall to include Andes, Hamden and Walton Umber cheeses sold in eight stores in Massachusetts, New Jersey and New
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FDA warns Whole Foods after finding Listeria in its kitchen
The U.S Food and Drug Administration found serious violations — including Listeria — at a “multiple food manufacturing facility,” owned by Whole Foods Markets Inc., according to a warning letter posted today. FDA sent the
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Two Whole Foods stores recall contaminated Pecorino cheese
RELATED RECALL: Forever Cheese Inc. recalls Mitica brand Pecorino Aged Cheese in Walnut Leaves “Pecorino Aged Cheese in Walnut Leaves” sold by the Austin-based Whole Foods Market grocery chain and distributed in only in two
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Whole Foods Recalls Salads in Northeast Over Listeria Contamination
No illnesses have yet been associated with a recall of bulk and packaged Curry Chicken Salad and Classic Deli Pasta Salad for possible Listeria contamination. The recall was issued by Whole Market out Cambridge Massachusetts.
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Parents of E. Coli Victim Sue Whole Foods
The parents of Joshua Kaye are suing Whole Foods Market over their son’s death. Eight-year-old Joshua from Braintree, MA, died last summer from an E. coli 0157:H7 infection that turned into hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS).
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Whole Foods Raw Almonds Recalled for High Levels of Natural Chemical
Marin Food Specialties, Inc. of Byron, CA, is voluntarily recalling Organic Raw Almonds (bitter almonds) sold at Whole Foods Markets due to potentially elevated levels of the natural chemical hydrogen cyanide, according to laboratory test
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FDA: Plant Inspections Reveal Salmonella
Environmental samples taken in July by U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) inspectors at two different locations within the nSpired Natural Foods Inc. nut butter manufacturing facility in Ashland, OR, tested positive for Salmonella, according
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