Food Recalls - Articles - Page 58

Saftea® Ice Tea Urn Liners by Plascon at Food Safety Summit

Stop by the Saftea® Ice Tea Urn Liners booth #205 at the entrance of the exhibit hall, and request your free 7 day trial of liners, and see the results for yourself.

April 23, 2018

Mold and bacteria can build up inside the iced tea urns, and using the Saftea® Liner is the only effective way available to combat the bacteria meanwhile providing safe and clean iced tea for your customers.

Recall

CDC warns against all romaine lettuce due to E. coli

Multistate outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 infections leads to 31 people being hospitalized.

Crystal Lindell

April 22, 2018

The expanded warning is based on information from newly reported illnesses in Alaska and it now includes whole heads and hearts of romaine lettuce, in addition to chopped romaine and salads and salad mixes containing romaine.

Report reveals recent food recall trends

The ERS conducts the first recall study to use both FDA and FSIS data.

Debra Schug

April 20, 2018

Using data compiled from records of the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service and the US Food and Drug Administration, the ERS reports food product recalls increased significantly from 2004 through 2013; recalls due to undeclared allergens nearly doubled in the decade.

Food Safety

200 million eggs recalled due to potential Salmonella

Eggs believed to be cause of outbreak in nine states

Casey Laughman

April 17, 2018

More than 200 million eggs have been recalled after being identified as the possible source of a Salmonella outbreak.

USDA Recall

Koch recalls beef contaminated with plastic

Almost 120,000 pounds of beef rib-shaped patties recalled after being possibly contaminated with thin, blue plastic pieces.

Crystal Lindell

April 13, 2018

Koch Foods, Inc., a Fairfield, Ohio establishment, is recalling approximately 119,480 pounds of beef rib-shaped patty products that may be contaminated with extraneous materials, specifically thin blue plastic pieces, FSIS says.

Conagra issues nationwide recall of Salisbury Steak possibly contaminated with bone

About 135,000 pounds of Salisbury steak products recalled after consumer complaints led to the discovery of the problem.

Crystal Lindell

April 13, 2018

The problem was discovered after the firm received several consumer complaints and three reports of minor oral injury associated with consumption of this product.

N.Y. raw milk cheese company ordered to stop sales for food safety violations

Vulto Creamery source of outbreak that sickened 8 people, killing 2

Crystal Lindell

April 2, 2018

A New York raw milk cheese company, whose products were linked to a multi-state outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes (L. mono), has been ordered by a federal court not to manufacture its ready-to-eat aged soft, semi-soft and hard cheeses until it complies with food safety regulations.

Food Safety

Canned chicken recalled due to possible contamination

Hard plastic discovered in product

Casey Laughman

March 29, 2018

Madelia, Minn.-based Tony Downs Food Company is recalling more than 96,000 pounds of chicken products that may be contaminated with hard plastic.

Recall

California Jerky Factory, Inc. recalls beef jerky

USDA says company may have under processed product.

Crystal Lindell

March 25, 2018

California Jerky Factory, Inc., a South El Monte, Calif. establishment, is recalling approximately 1,238 pounds of beef jerky products due to a processing deviation that may have led to under processing of products, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.