October 2011

Turkish pine nuts sold in bulk bins at Wegmans grocery stores, and some Turkish pine nuts consumed as an ingredient in prepared foods, such as Caprese salad or asparagus with pine nuts, sold at Wegmans stores, have been linked to an outbreak of Salmonella Enteritidis. According to the CDC, among 30 ill persons for whom

Screen Shot 2011-10-26 at 7.57.23 AM.pngChurch Brothers, LLC is voluntarily recalling 560 bags of clipped spinach as a precautionary measure after one bag tested positive for Salmonella during a random USDA Microbiological Data Program sampling. The recalled product was processed on October 6, 2011 and shipped in 2.5 pound bags to Super King Markets in Los Angeles, California. The bagged

Jensen Farms Frontera.jpgThe FDA should just subcontract out its investigations to Phyllis Entis at eFoodAlert.  Here is what she has compiled to date:

  • Albertson’s:- Colorado stores.
  • Aldi:- Aldi stores are located  in 31 states, primarily from Kansas to the East Coast.
  • Basila Produce:- A “macro-distributor” of Jensen’s cantaloupes based in Albuquerque, NM
  • Carol’s

I had a chance to talk with Tim Linden of Produce News Daily about where this Cantaloupe mess is headed:

road_map.gifBill Marler, a prominent Seattle-based attorney known for his involvement in food-safety litigation, has filed seven lawsuits and currently represents at least two dozen individuals or families of people who have become sick or have