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June 03, 2012 • Listeria
Lau Lau Pork Recalled Due to Listeria
A Hawaii-based firm is recalling approximately 400 pounds of ready-to-eat pork product due to possible contamination with Listeria monocytogenes. Keoki’s Lau Lau of Honolulu issued a recall of it’s “Keoki’s Brand Kalua Pork” Saturday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) discovered the problem during …
June 01, 2012 • Events & Speaking Engagements
Food Seminars International Webinar (2012)
On June 14, food safety attorney William Marler gave a webinar on foodborne illness litigation and the different roles within food safety. The webinar was hosted by Food Seminars International. …
June 01, 2012 • Outbreaks
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May 30, 2012 • Hepatitis A
660 Get Hepatitis A Vaccinations Due to Exposure at Dixie Doughnuts
The Wilkes County Health Department administered hepatitis A vaccinations to 660 people after an employee of a local food establishment was diagnosed with the virus on May 13, said Debbie Nicholson, the department’s director of nursing. Mrs. Nicholson said the shots were given to people who came to the health …
May 28, 2012 • Hepatitis A
1,000 Exposed to Hepatitis A – 300 get Vaccines
According to press reports, three cases of an acute, infectious disease hit Greenbrier High School as students left for summer break. The Robertson County School System was made aware earlier in the week that the students were infected with Hepatitis A, exposing around 1000 students and teachers to the virus …
May 27, 2012 • Outbreaks
May 23, 2012 • Outbreaks
Online Supplier Recalls Tempeh Starter Linked to Outbreak
A Rockville, MD company is recalling its Tempeh Starter Yeast and Super Starter Yeast because the products may be contaminated with Salmonella. …
May 22, 2012 • Listeria
River Ranch Fresh Foods Recalls Listeria Lettuce
River Ranch Fresh Foods, LLC of Salinas, CA is expanding its voluntary recall of retail and foodservice bagged salads, because they have the potential of being contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. Listeria monocytogenes is an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people …
May 22, 2012 • Salmonella
Taylor Farms Recalls Salmonella Spinach
Taylor Farms Retail, Inc. is initiating a voluntary recall of Organic Baby Spinach with the potential to be contaminated withSalmonella following a random test conducted on a finished package of spinach by USDA. Salmonella is an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or …
May 21, 2012 • Salmonella
Tempeh sickens 83 with Salmonella Paratyphi B
Casey Blake of the Asheville Citizen Times reported today that the number of reported cases in a three-month Buncombe-based – Tempeh caused – Salmonella Paratyphi B outbreak is still climbing. The total number of reported cases linked to the outbreak was 83 as of Friday afternoon, 62 of which involved …
May 19, 2012 • Salmonella
CDC and FDA Report 316 Sick with Salmonella Tuna
A total of 316 individuals infected with the outbreak strains of Salmonella Bareilly or Salmonella Nchanga have been reported from 26 states and the District of Columbia. Three hundred and four persons infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Bareilly have been reported from 26 states and the District of …
May 19, 2012 • Listeria
Gills brand Fresh Diced Red Onions and Compliments brand salads recalled because of possible Listeria contamination
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has announced recalls of Gills brand Fresh Diced Red Onions and Compliments brand salads because of possible Listeria contamination. The onions were sold in 198-gram packages with a best-before date of May 17, 2012 (UPC 6 43550 00045 0, and lot code 51RDA1A2119). They were sold in Ontario and possibly […] …
May 19, 2012 • Salmonella
Salmonella Tempeh Illnesses Appear Stopped at 63
On Thursday, May 10, Buncombe County Department of Health received final test results from the NC Department of Public Health laboratory confirming that the unopened bag of culture that was added to the tempeh tested positive for the matching strain of Salmonella Paratyphi B linked to the current disease outbreak …
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