It’s National Food Safety Month! This month the American Dietetic Association wants to heighten awareness of food safety issues. From E. coli and cross contamination to washing your hands and monitoring your family for food poisoning symptoms, the ADA wants consumers to be aware of the dangers associated with contaminated food and help prevent the spread of foodborne illness. Here at Neblett, Beard,... [more]

QUESERIA CHIPILO INC. is announcing a recall of the following cheese products, all date codes up to and including September 26, 2010 – Fresco and Nov 25, 2010 – Oaxaca. Oaxaca String Cheese Queso Fresco The Cheese products may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.  This is an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and... [more]

Shigella is a bacterium that can cause diarrhea, fever, and abdominal pain in its victims. Shigella can be passed from infected person to infected person. Just under seventy percent of Shigella cases in the United States are linked to Shigella sonnei, sometimes caled “Group D” Shigella. Shigella food poisoning cases often emerge 24 to 48 hours after being exposed to the Shigella bacteria.... [more]

According to an article in the Wall Street Journal, the Food and Drug Administration’s investigation into the causes of the recent massive Salmonella egg recall, now includes a criminal investigation.  The investigation was prompted by the discovery that millions of eggs had been exposed to Salmonella enteritidis contamination. The WSJ has confirmed that this is a formal investigation involving... [more]

TOP Food and Drug is reporting a recall effective August 23, 2010 for Tony Chachere’s Famous Creole Cuisine Injectables Roasted Garlic & Herb Marinade. The product is being recalled due to bloating. This Tony Chachere’s product has a UPC Number of 71998-50005 and  Lot Number of May 2012. Additional information as to the cause of bloating or a description of this product’s bloating were... [more]

Trinh Company, a San Jose, Calif., establishment, is recalling approximately 2,070 pounds of cooked shredded pork skin products because the products were produced without the benefit of federal inspection, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. The following products are subject to recall: 8-ounce clear plastic bags of “TRINH CO.... [more]

Consumers are all abuzz about the Salmonella enteritidis egg recall. Salmonella enteritidis bacteria has been found by investigators. Additionally, two companys are at the center of this recall: Wright County Egg and Hillandale Farms. Each state has been consciously monitoring the egg recall situation, and Louisiana is no different. The Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry has issued... [more]

Listeria monocytogenes, a bacteria which causes Listeriosis foodborne illness, often causes food poisoning victims to suffer fever, muscle pain, and nausea or diarrhea. On occasion, the Listeria bacteria can spread to an individual’s nervous system. In these cases, Listeria will cause a headache, stiff neck, confusion, vertigo, or seizures. Raw foods, including unpasteurized milk can be a source... [more]

Morningland Dairy of Mountain View, Missouri, is recalling 68,957 pounds of cheese because it may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes and also has the potential to be contaminated with Staphylococcus aureus. Morningland Dairy’s raw milk cheese is sold in the lower 48 states via mail order, retail stores, crop sharing associations, and direct delivery. The cheese is packaged in vacuum-sealed... [more]

What if it didn’t take 48 hours to determine if a food sample was contaminated with harmful E. coli bacteria? What if instead, it only took one hour? That is what scientists at Purdue University are working towards and may have actually succeeded. The recent ground beef recall  from Cargill Meat Solutions could have benefitted from such speedy E. coli detection methods. As of right now, three individuals... [more]