QUESERIA CHIPILO INC. is announcing a recall of the following cheese products, all date codes up to and including September 26, 2010 – Fresco and Nov 25, 2010 – Oaxaca. Oaxaca String Cheese Queso Fresco The Cheese products may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.  This is an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and... [more]

Azteca Linda Corp. of Brooklyn, New York, is expanding the 8/24/10 recall of QUESO FRESCO (FRESH WHITE CHEESE) (exp. SEP 11 2010) to include expiration date SEP 12 2010.  In addition, the firm is recalling Queso El Azteca brand REQUESON (RICOTTA CHEESE) with expiration date SEP 19 2010 because they have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism which can cause serious... [more]

We recently posted an explanation of how Salmonella cases are reported and investigated by the CDC in order to help you better understand the investigation process that is taking place in the Salmonella enteritidis outbreak involving recall eggs from Wright County Egg and Hillandale Farms. Today, we find ourselves in the midst of an E. coli O26 recall. This Shiga toxin producing E. coli bacteria maybe... [more]

Politicians can be very reactive. For instance, following the Gulf Oil Spill an Deepwater Horizon Disaster, a moratorium on drilling was implemented. Now, in the midst of a gargantuan Salmonella outbreak and unprecedented egg recall from both Wright County Egg and Hillandale Farms, legislators in New York have heard the call. Forbes magazine published a very interesting article and additional online... [more]

Last week, Cargill Meat Solutions in conjunction with the Food and Drug Administration recalled 8,500 pounds of ground beef citing E. coli O26 concerns. So far, E. coli illnesses have been reported in Maine and New York. The FDA has issued a recall distribution list where possibly E. coli contaminated beef maybe located. Eight states were involved in this recall including Connecticut, Maine, Maryland,... [more]

Cargill Meat Solutions Corp., a Wyalusing, Pennsylvania establishment, is recalling approximately 8,500 pounds of ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O26, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. The product subject to recall includes: 42-pound cases of “GROUND BEEF FINE 90/10,” containing three (3) –... [more]

Queseria Chipilo, Passaic, New Jersey is announcing to recall of the following cheese products, all date codes up to and including Sept. 26, 2010 Fresco and Nov. 25,2010 Oaxaca. Oaxaca String Cheese Queso Fresco Queso Fresco Hoja De Plátano The Cheese products may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. This is an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children,... [more]

Zemco Industries, a Buffalo, N.Y., establishment, is recalling approximately 380,000 pounds of deli meat products that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. These products were distributed to delicatessens where they were further processed into sandwiches. The products subject to recall... [more]

NY Fish Inc, 738 Chester St, Brooklyn, NY, 11236 is recalling NY Fish Brand (cold) Smoked Herring, with a code of 141, discovered by New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets Food Inspectors during a routine inspection. The product was found to be uneviscerated prior to processing. This product may be contaminated with Clostridium botulinum spores, which can cause Botulism, a serious and... [more]

New York State Agriculture Commissioner Patrick Hooker today alerted consumers that Snow White Food Products Inc., located in 621 Bergen Street in Brooklyn, New York, is recalling certain packages of “Alfalfa Sprouts” due to the presence of Salmonella. The recalled “Alfalfa Sprouts” is packaged in a 3.5 ounce plastic clamshell container which is uncoded. It has a UPC code of... [more]