Fairbank Farms, an Ashville, NY, establishment, is recalling approximately 545,699 pounds of fresh 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. FSIS became aware of the problem during the course of an investigation of a cluster of E. coli O157:H7 foodborne illnesses. Working... [more]

The FSIS has finally released a retail distribution list of those companies who received potentially E. coli O157:H7 contaminated beef from JBS Swift Beef Company. The list has already been updated once, so it will be interesting to see if JBS suddenly remembers even more retailers as time passes. The list, of course, includes those companies who have come forward on their own to announce recalls of... [more]

As the Independence Day Holiday approaches, many are worried that the biggest celebration of the summer may be marred by the risks of foodborne illness. E. coli O157:H7 has recently made its way into JBS Swift beef products and prepackaged Nestle Toll House cookie dough, leading to an E. coli outbreak the consequences of which we’ve only begun to identify. In the past few weeks we’ve also seen... [more]