The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Thursday afternoon that, as of Jan. 15, a total of 430 persons infected with seven outbreak strains of Salmonella Heidelberg have been reported from 23 states and Puerto Rico. ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
Editor's note: One of our Food Safety News Christmas traditions is to annually recognize those who have been "naughty" and those who have been "nice" – from a strictly food safety perspective, of course. This year, we've opted to ...
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For the week ending Dec. 14, U.S. influenza increased nationwide, but Texas was hard hit with more than a dozen critically ill and six dead, officials say. The influenza strain H1N1 -- the same strain that caused the 2009 pandemic -- ...
The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture has issued a health alert, warning consumers and retailers who have purchased raw milk from Green Acres Jersey Farm, 725 Prescott Road, Lebanon, to discard it immediately due to the risk of ...
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The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department in Hong Kong has issued a health alert over the consumption of chocolate raisins manufactured by See's Candies, as they may contain tree nuts and eggs that ...
France-based Store Electronic Systems (SES) has selected Identive’s near field communication (NFC) tags to power electronic shelf labels allowing consumers to access information on product pricing, composition, origin and ...
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The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture has issued a health alert, warning consumers and retailers who have purchased raw milk and raw milk cheese from Stump Acres Dairy in New Salem, York County, to discard it immediately due to the ...
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The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Hong Kong Food and Environmental Hygiene Department has issued a health alert, urging people not to consume pre-packaged mixed soybean paste manufactured in Korea as it may contain peanut, which is ...
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The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has announced that certain nut butters, peanuts, sugar or tahini may have been contaminated with Salmonella or other harmful bacteria. The products associated with the recall include all sizes ...
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has issued a health alert, asking people with allergies to mustard not to consume the seasoned peppered smoked turkey breast produced by Lilydale, as it may contain mustard that is not declared on ...
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The Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) has released details of recalled Jindi cheeses. The recall, which involves a variety of brands sold in different packaging, follows the finding that more cases of illness had been linked to ...
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US retailer Safeway Inc has joined the recall of ground beef products supplied by XL Foods over fears that it could be contaminated with e-coli. Ground beef sold at the self-service meat counter and full-service meet cooler at Safeway ...
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US-based Tri-Union Seafoods has voluntarily recalled a limited amount of Chicken of Sea Brand 7-ounce cans of solid white albacore tuna in water, as the product contains soy which is not mentioned in the ingredients list. The product ...
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has issued a health alert, asking the public not to consume the Sliced White Mushrooms produced by Highline Mushrooms as they may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The products ...
California Department of Public Health (CDPH) has issued a health alert, asking consumers not to eat shucked and in-shell raw oysters from Drakes Bay Oyster, an oyster grower based in California, as they may be contaminated with Vibrio ...
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