Amish Wedding Foods, Inc. is recalling all lots of the following products: Pumpkin Butter 9 oz. UPC code# 0 49646 50014 7 Pumpkin Butter 16 & 18 oz. UPC code# 0 49646 65549 6 Sweet Potato Butter 16 & 18 oz. UPC code# 0 49646 65550 2 These products were sold under the following brands: Amish Wedding Foods, Finney’s Bulk Foods, Our Maker’s Acres, Uncle Charlies Products, Grandpa’s... [more]

The FDA recently issued an alert regarding raw milk linked to a Campylobacteriosis outbreak. According to the FDA, raw milk from Forest Grove Dairy located in Middlebury, Indiana has been determined to be the source of the Campylobacter food poisoning.  A dozen confirmed Campylobacter food poisoning cases have been reported in Michigan. The victims may have received the milk through Family Farms Cooperative,... [more]

Recently, oysters may have been linked to Norovirus foodborne illness outbreaks. Two separate recalls of oysters harvested from Yaquina Bay in Oregon have been issued. OregonLive.com reported on February 26, 2010 that Oregon Oyster Farms, Inc. recalled oysters harvested in Yaquina Bay due to possible Norovirus food poisoning. On March 2, 2010, OregonLive.com also reported a second oyster recall due... [more]

Schmalz European Provisions, a Springfield, N.J., establishment, is recalling approximately 1,485 pounds of ready-to-eat sausage products that may contain foreign materials, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. The product subject to recall includes: [View Label] 12-ounce packages of “Applegate Farms CERTIFIED ORGANIC FIRE ROASTED... [more]

Park 100 Foods, Inc., a Kokomo, Ind., establishment, is recalling approximately 19,200 pounds of frozen chicken pot pie products that may contain foreign materials, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced. The following product is subject to recall: 2.5-pound cartons of “Market Day®, CHICKEN POT PIE, Made With All White Chicken Meat.” Each... [more]

Dr. Gil Chavez, acting chief deputy director of the California Department of Public Health (CDPH), Thursday issued a warning about specific brands of spinach that might have become contaminated with Salmonella.  The spinach’s distributor, Ippolito International, LP of Salinas, is recalling 1,715 cartons of bunched spinach after routine testing detected the contaminant. Salmonella is an organism... [more]

The JBS Swift E. coli O157:H7 beef recall has essentially touched every state in the union. According to the retail list provided by the FSIS, if your state has a Sam’s Club, you have had JBS Swift Recalled meat sold in your state. Costco, Kroger’s, BiLo and numerous other grocery chains have distributed meats all over the US from Florida to Alaska. But it hasn’t just affected big retailers;... [more]