Ready Pac Foods, Inc. Irwindale, California is recalling 702 cases of the Baby Spinach variety of Spinach Temptations 6 oz. bagged salads with Useby Dates of July 4 with Product Code 11707B, IR127121 and July 8 with Product Code 12007B, IR130373 because they could be contaminated by Escherichia coli 0157:H7 (E. coli 0157.H7). The recall extends only to products with this Use-by Date or Product Code... [more]

South Gate Meat Co., a South Gate, Calif., establishment, is recalling approximately 35,000 pounds of ground 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 products subject to recall include: 20-, 30- and 40-pound bulk packages of “SOUTH GATE MEAT CO. GROUND BEEF.” 30-,... [more]

Crown I Enterprises, Inc., a Bay Shore, N.Y., establishment, is recalling approximately 3,700 pounds of ground 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 products subject to recall include: 24, 8-ounce burgers in 12-pound boxes of “W.B. STOCKYARD, KEEP REFRIGERATED, BURGER... [more]

This week, the recall of 15 million pounds of Campbell Soup’s Spaghetti O’s with Meatballs and ConAgra’s recall of Marie Callender’s frozen Cheesy Chicken and Rice meals served as examples of how quick recall action is essential in the fight against foodborne illness. The two separate recalls are on different sides of a very real recall issue that plagues our overwhelmed current system; the... [more]

Montclair Meat Co., Inc., a Montclair, Calif., establishment is recalling approximately 53,000 pounds of ground 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 products subject to recall include: Various pound packages of “MONTCLAIR MEAT CO. GROUND BEEF” Various pound... [more]

Local and state public health officials in Michigan, New York, Ohio, and Tennessee are investigating human illnesses caused by Escherichia coli (E. coli) O145. CDC is supporting these investigations and facilitating regular communication and information sharing between the states and with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). As of May 11, 2010, a total of 23 confirmed and 7 probable cases related... [more]

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and its state health partners have confirmed that the strain of E. coli O145 detected by the New York State Public Health Laboratory, Wadsworth Center, in Albany, in an unopened bag of shredded romaine lettuce distributed by Freshway Foods, matches the outbreak strain of E. coli O145. This finding comes... [more]

Here is a press release we sent: Food Safety Law Firm Investigates Major Outbreak Of  E. coli Linked To Lettuce Richard J. Arsenault of Neblett, Beard & Arsenault in Alexandria, Louisiana, says the latest cases of food poisoning undermine public confidence in our nation’s food supply. As another outbreak of E. coli spreads across the nation, prompting a multistate recall of lettuce products,... [more]

Freshway Foods is voluntarily recalling products containing romaine lettuce with a use by date of May 12 or earlier because they have the potential to be contaminated with Escherichia coli O145 bacteria (E. coli O145). The products were sold under the Freshway brand and Imperial Sysco brand. The company is working with U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to inform consumers of this recall. This... [more]

The Kansas City Missouri Health Department is currently contending with an outbreak of Shigella. Online news source fox4kc.com reported that since January 2010, the area has seen 300 reported cases, an unusually high number. This Shigella outbreak is hitting young children the hardest. The article cites, in regards to the Shigella outbreak, that “75 percent of the nearly 300 cases in our area have... [more]