Fresh Express has voluntarily recalled certain romaine lettuce salad products with expired use-by-dates of July 8th to 12th and an S in the Product Code due to possible E. coli 0157:H7 contamination. Other Fresh Express salad products are not included in the recall. While no illnesses have been reported in connection with the recall, the precautionary recall action is being conducted as a result of... [more]

ConAgra Foods Packaged Foods, LLC, a Council Bluffs, Iowa establishment is recalling Marie Callender’s brand Cheesy Chicken and Rice frozen meals, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. The company is recalling all Marie Callender’s brand Cheesy Chicken and Rice frozen meals in commerce, regardless of production date. These... [more]

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]

As consumers, we have come to rely upon the Food and Drug Administration to regulate the safety of our food supply. This governmental agency is responsible for ensuring that our food is bacteria and contaminant free and in compliance with the standards consumers expect when putting food on their tables. According to a blog on The Hill.com by Senator Tom Harkin, a Democrat from Iowa, news has been released... [more]

Mincing Overseas Spice Company of Dayton, New Jersey announced that it is recalling black pepper Lots 3258 and 3309 because of possible contamination with Salmonella. Salmonella is an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Healthy persons infected with Salmonella often experience fever, diarrhea... [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]

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]

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]

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]

Muranaka Farm, Inc. of Moorpark, CA is recalling 1005 cases of 60 count bunched Parsley, because it has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Healthy persons infected with Salmonella often experience fever, diarrhea (which may be bloody),... [more]