Food safety law firm Ron Simon & Associates is suing poultry products firm Foster Farms for allegedly selling tainted chicken. The law firm, along with local counsel Gomez Trial Attorneys of San Diego, filed a lawsuit claiming that Foster ...
Tags: food safety, food contamination
Lineage Logistics is installing additional high pressure processing (HPP) machines and packaging equipment at its Allentown, Pennsylvania, and Mira Loma, California, units. The company estimates that the installation of the machines, ...
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ConAgra Grocery Products will pay $11.2m in fine for shipping contaminated peanut butter that caused salmonella poisoning across the nation from 2006 through 2007. This comes after a lawsuit was filed against ConAgra Grocery Products ...
The University of California, Davis researchers have received $5m in grants from US Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture to carry out three new research projects. This financial support is part of USDA's ...
Tags: Food Safety Grants, food supply
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called for unified efforts to enhance food safety, ensuring safe production, distribution, and preparation of food. He pointed that the safety threat evolves from new production, distribution and ...
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World Health Day 2015 focuses on food safety The World Health Organisation (WHO) has dedicated World Health Day 2015, which it is celebrating today, 7 April 2015, to highlighting the challenges and opportunities associated with food ...
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New York’s First Source has recalled 3,276 plastic tubs of Wegmans Organic Walnut Halves & Pieces due to potential Salmonella contamination. The present recall was initiated as a result of a report received by the US FDA which ...
US-based establishment Vitamin Cottage Natural Food Markets is expanding its recall to include Natural Grocers brand Organic Garlic Powder as it may have been contaminated with Salmonella. The product associated with the recall include ...
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Salamtex, a textile manufacturing company in Egypt, has created a groundbreaking anti-microbial textile named ‘Guard Textiles’ providing protection against the transmission of infection in health care facilities, according to ...
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The US Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is set to implement new standards to reduce Salmonella and Campylobacter contamination in poultry products. The proposed standards will require testing ...
The National Advertising Division has recommended that Sawyer Products, Inc., discontinue certain claims for the company’s point-of-use water filter products, although NAD determined the company could support the claim that its ...
The debate around raw milk continues after dairy company Mountain View Farm recalled its Organic Bath Milk product. The recall came after the product was implicated in the death of a three-year-old child, who had consumed it. ACCC to ...
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Nebraska-based Marathon Ventures is voluntarily recalling bulk and retail packages of raw macadamia nuts as they may be contaminated with Salmonella, which can cause fatal infections in children, and others with weakened immune systems. ...
Tags: Salmonella, raw macadamia nuts, Agriculture
US-based establishment Harvest Soul, a subsidiary of Fresh Promise Foods, has expanded its product range with the introduction of new chewable juices. The Harvest Soul Chewable Juices are available in various flavors such as Green Fusion ...
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nSpired Natural Foods has voluntarily recalled few peanut butter and almond butter products after routine FDA testing for potential Salmonella contamination. The company, which is a subsidiary of the Hain Celestial Group, noted that there ...
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