Advance Food Company, a Enid, Okla., establishment, is recalling approximately 110,730 pounds of frozen beef steak fritter products that may contain foreign materials, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. The products subject to recall include:   9.75-pound bulk cases of “ADVANCE FOOD COMPANY, Beef Steak Fritter, For Country Frying,... [more]

Salmonella and Typhoid Fever Typhoid fever is a blood infection caused by consumption of food or water contaminated by the bacterium Salmonella enterica, commonly referred to as Salmonella typhi. This is not to be confused with the many other members of the bacterial group Salmonella, which invade the intestines to cause salmonella food poisoning, or salmonellosis. Typhoid fever can cause several different... [more]

Five Crowns Marketing, Brawley, California is issuing this release today voluntarily recalling cantaloupes packed under the Majesty label because of a potential health risk due to possible contamination of Salmonella.  No foodborne illnesses have been reported to date, and the company is working with FDA to inform consumers of this recall. Salmonella is a bacterium, which can cause serious and sometimes... [more]

Kellogg has blamed a recent nationwide shortage of Eggo frozen waffles on heavy rain that shut down one of its main plants in Atlanta but that may be understating the reason a little. The facility was closed during much of September and October to sanitize after inspectors found Listeria monocytogenes in a sample of Eggos frozen waffles. Kellogg recalled about 4,500 cases of Eggos in September after... [more]

The FDA has recently stopped five Canola meal shipments from coming across the border over concerns about Salmonella contamination. The delayed shipments are now  raising concerns among Canadian canola growers regarding whether the new FDA policy over imported animal feed may be too strict and may even damage a thriving feed trade between the US and Canada. “We are concerned that we are going... [more]

A dozen people have recently been hospitalized after coming down with severe food poisoning symptoms according to the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC). Health Department Officials say the victims all became ill after eating at a barbeque fundraiser. A hunting club sold the meal of barbeque pork, coleslaw, sweet potatoes and rolls at the Cedar Grove Baptist Church... [more]

In the United States, an average of 145 cases of botulism are reported each year.  Of these, approximately 15% are foodborne, 65% are infant botulism, and 20% are wound.  Outbreaks of foodborne botulism involving two or more persons are usually caused by eating contaminated home-canned foods. The number of cases of foodborne and infant botulism has changed little in recent years. [more]

Service Smoked Fish Corp. of Brooklyn, NY, is recalling specific “Use-By” dates and lot codes of Brooklyn’s BEST brand SMOKED NOVA SALMON because they have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems.  Although healthy... [more]

Judge Marvin J. Garbis of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland entered a Consent Decree of Permanent Injunction (Decree) against Old Carolina Farm and its owner, Francis Roderick, of Ijamsville, Md. The Decree prohibits the defendants from selling animals for slaughter for human consumption until they have implemented record keeping systems that will identify and track animals... [more]

The CDC estimates that one in 50 average consumers could be exposed to a Salmonella contaminated egg each year. If the infected egg is thoroughly cooked, the Salmonella organisms will be destroyed and will not cause foodborne illness. Many dishes made in restaurants or commercial or institutional kitchens, however, are made from pooled eggs. If 500 eggs are pooled, one batch in 20 will be contaminated... [more]