In the wake of several foodborne illness outbreaks in the US, the country's watchdog has finalized two rules that requires firms to identify food safety risks and detail measures to prevent or minimize such risks from occuring. ...
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Produce for health marks vegetable, fruit improvement center's 20th year People interested in healthy foods are invited to a day-long conference Feb. 25 in College Station to hear the latest findings on connections between fruit and ...
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Two Colorado farmers who pleaded guilty to six counts of introducing contaminated cantaloupe to interstate commerce in one of the deadliest foodborne illness outbreaks in U.S. history have asked a federal judge for probation sentences. ...
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WUHL Shafman Lieberman, a US-based produce wholesaler, has selected FoodLink's produce traceability (PTI) platform for all its packed and shipped produce within the US. FoodLink connects advanced case and item-level tracking, with an ...
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US-based establishment Heeren Brothers Produce is recalling around 5,400 cantaloupes as they may have been contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, according to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The produce associated with the ...
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DFI Marketing is recalling approximately 28,000 cartons of bulk-packed cantaloupes as they may be contaminated with Salmonella. This recall has been initiated Salmonella was found on a single sample of cantaloupe during routine testing ...
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US-based producer and marketer of fruit and fresh vegetables Dole Food is recalling 1,077 cases of bagged salads across six states in the US,due to a possible health risk from Listeria monocytogenes. The recall was initiated after a ...
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning consumers not to eat cantaloupes from Burch Equipment, a firm based in North Carolina, as they may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes (L. mono). This warning comes after Burch ...
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The Kentucky Department for Public Health (DPH) has reported that cantaloupes tested in the state public health laboratory carry the same strain of Salmonella associated with a state-wide outbreak. The salmonellosis outbreak, which has ...
Chamberlain Farms,a produce supplier based in Owensville,Indiana,whose cantaloupes have been linked to a Salmonella outbreak in August 2012 is recalling watermelons as they may be contaminated with a different strain of Salmonella. The ...
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A test conducted by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency's(CFIA)revealed that the cantaloupe samples collected from Canadian retail stores did not contain Salmonella or Shigella and were safe for human consumption. For the test,the agency ...
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The California cantaloupe industry has urged farmers, retailers, foodservice operators and distributors to examine their food safety systems and procedures to ensure that consumers are purchasing safe and healthy products. This ...
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Indiana-based Chamberlain Farm Produce is voluntarily recalling its cantaloupes from the 2012 growing season as they may be contaminated with Salmonella,according to the US Food and Drug Administration(FDA). This recall follows the ...
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