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]

CDC is collaborating with public health officials in many states, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA/FSIS), and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to investigate a multistate outbreak of Salmonella serotype Chester infections. Investigators are using DNA analysis of Salmonella bacteria obtained through diagnostic testing to identify cases of illness... [more]

Normally when people think foodborne illness, they think it is actually associated with food; however, water can serve as a host for parasitic, and bacterial foodborne illness organisms.  The Salt Lake Tribune recently posted a boil order for Saratoga Springs, Utah in an article by David Meyers entitled “Saratoga Springs Boil Order Still in Effect.” Utah County has recently seen seven cases of... [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]

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]

In mid December of last year, Wllimatte Filbert Growers of Oregon issued a massive recall of Hazelnuts after nut samples tested positive for Salmonella. Soon after the first recall, a domino effect of recalls flooded the FDA’s food safety website. What initially looked like a simple recall involving two states (Oregon and California) quickly emerged as a massive recall involving every line of distribution... [more]

Thrive Foods, a Lindon, Utah, establishment, is recalling approximately 3,790 pounds of assorted meat and poultry products because they were produced without the benefit of federal inspection, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. The following products are subject to recall: 17-ounce cans of “THRIVE PREMIUM FREEZE DRIED Diced... [more]

Newsweek magazine published an article about two recent FDA raids, one on a skin care laboratory in Utah and the other on a Louisiana sandwich manufacturer. This is surprising, since the FDA conducted only eight such raids in 2008. These two raids occurred in the span of just one week. It appears that the FDA may be taking its role in food and drug safety more seriously. The Utah laboratory, Clarcon... [more]

WASHINGTON, August 6, 2009 - Beef Packers, Inc., a Fresno, Calif., establishment, is recalling approximately 825,769 pounds of ground beef products that may be linked to an outbreak of salmonellosis, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. The products subject to recall include: 60 pound cases of “GRD Beef Sirl Fine 90/10.”... [more]

U.S. Marshals, at the request of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, have seized all skin sanitizers and skin protectants, including ingredients and components, at Clarcon Biological Chemistry Laboratory’s Roy, Utah facility. The FDA is also warning consumers not to use any Clarcon products because they contain harmful bacteria and are promoted as antimicrobial agents that claim to treat open... [more]