The FSIS has just announced this recall: Huntington Meat Packing Inc., a Montebello, Calif. establishment, is recalling approximately 864,000 pounds of beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. The problem was discovered during a Food Safety Assessment (FSA) by FSIS personnel. The... [more]

Adams Farm Slaughterhouse, LLC., an Athol, Mass., establishment, is recalling approximately 2,574 pounds of beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. This recall was initiated after the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH) confirmed a positive ground beef sample for E.... [more]

Bao Ding Seafood of New York, NY is recalling Boiled Horse Mackerel, because it has the potential to be contaminated with clostridium botulinum, a bacterium which can cause life-threatening illness or death. Consumers are warned not to use the product even if it does not look or smell spoiled. Botulism, a potentially fatal form of food poisoning, causes the following symptoms: general weakness, dizziness,... [more]

CDC Map of E. coli O157:H7 Outbreak CDC is collaborating with public health officials in several states and the United States Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) to investigate a multistate outbreak of human infections due to Escherichia coli O157:H7 (E. coli 0157:H7). Monday, January 4, 2010, 21 persons infected with the outbreak strain of E. coli O157:H7 had been... [more]

The American Meat Institute (AMI) was quick to respond to concerns about mechanically tenderized beef after a recent outbreak related to mechanically tenderized beef processed by National Steak and Poultry had sickened dozens across the country with E. coli O157:H7 food poisoning.  The AMI is a special interest group that often comes to the defense of beef and this following press release response... [more]

In mid December of last year, Wllimatte Filbert Growers of Oregon issued a massive recall of Hazelnuts after nut samples tested positive for Salmonella. Soon after the first recall, a domino effect of recalls flooded the FDA’s food safety website. What initially looked like a simple recall involving two states (Oregon and California) quickly emerged as a massive recall involving every line of distribution... [more]

Recently, National Steak and Poultry recalled 248,000 lbs. of beef because it was suspected to be the culprit in an outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 that has sickened dozens of people across the country. This beef recall has once again stirred up questions about the safety of beef and the effectiveness of current safety protocols that are in place to keep food free of dangerous foodborne pathogens. The... [more]

Twenty-one people in 16 states have been infected in recent days with E. coli O157:H7 bacteria, after consuming mechanically tenderized beef in restaurants supplied by National Steak and Poultry, an Oklahoma meat company, according to federal investigators. The outbreak spurred National Steak and Poultry to voluntarily recall 248,000 pounds of beef Dec. 24. The products, which range from steaks to... [more]

Recalled Product Label Associated Grocers of Maine, importing firm, a Gardiner, Maine, establishment, is recalling approximately 312 pounds of ham products that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. The following products are subject to recall:  16-ounce packages of “SUPER TRIM, Shurfine,... [more]

National Steak and Poultry, an Owasso, Okla., establishment, is recalling approximately 248,000 pounds of beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. FSIS became aware of the problem during the course of an investigation of a cluster of E. coli O157:H7 illnesses. Working with the Centers... [more]