Fresh Brands Distributing Inc. is recalling ground beef products sold by some of its Piggly Wiggly stores in Illinois after E. coli infections in two people may have been associated with beef bought in Wisconsin, the company said.
Sheboygan-based Fresh Brands operates Piggly Wiggly stores throughout Wisconsin and in Antioch, Galena, Grayslake and Zion, Ill.,
Watching the most recent version of Dole recalling leafy greens reminded me of something that Tom Ragan, Sentinel staff writer, wrote months ago – Leafy green growers, shippers face three strikes rule
It’s three strikes or they’re out for growers, shippers or handlers who violate food safety standards designed to prevent future E. coli outbreaks.
According to a press released sent by Dole this evening, this product was sold in Ontario, Quebec and the Maritime Provinces in Canada and in Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Michigan, Mississippi, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and neighboring states in the U.S, – whatever that means. Here is a report from the Associated Press of a
According to reports from the Monterey County Herald, the Dole Recalled lettuce was from Salinas Valley.
Two of the three lettuces in a Dole bagged salad mix recalled this week were grown in the Salinas Valley.
Dole Fresh Vegetables president Eric Schwartz confirmed that the romaine and green leaf lettuce in its Hearts Delight salad
Well, I made it back from China this morning only to find the following alert in my email:
OTTAWA, September 16, 2007 – The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is warning the public not to consume Dole brand Hearts Delight lettuce salad (Ready to eat blend of romaine, green leaf & butter lettuce hearts) described
We love anniversaries (even ones we would rather forget) and the media loves to report them. Garance Burke of the Associated Press has launched, what will likely be several, articles on this outbreak which was officially announced September 14, 2006. Her full story can be found here. Her focus is on the failures of
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The China International Food Safety and Quality Conference started off today in Beijing with a panel discussion from members of the Party, IAFP, WHO and the US Embassy. It was followed by opening remarks by Robert Brackett of the FDA, Frank Yiannas of Disney and yours truly:
I also was able to have lunch with
Took a long walk through Hong Kong today prior to leaving for Beijing. I did get a bit hungry, but just could not bring myself to order the duck.
I am leaving for Beijing in a few hours, but had the time to try and keep the US Meat Industry honest.
Meat company hit with E. coli lawsuit
A lawsuit was filed Monday against Interstate Meats Inc. in Clackamas, whose ground beef products were identified as the source of an E. coli outbreak in
Doing a little light reading on the plane from Seattle to Hong Kong. Off to Beijing in the morning.
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