Montalvan’s Sales, Inc. of Ontario, CA has voluntarily recalled “La Nuestra” brand frozen Mamey Ice Cream due to a potential health risk from Salmonella Typhi. Typhoid fever is a life-threatening illness caused by the bacterium Salmonella Typhi. Salmonella Typhi lives only in humans. Infection results from eating food or drink beverages that have been handled
Listeria monocytogenes Recall – Haifa Smoked Fish
D & M Smoked Fish, Inc., which does business as Haifa Smoked Fish, announced this week that the company was recalling specific lots of its Haifa Smoked Fish brand products due to potential contamination with Listeria monocytogenes.
The recalled products, which were sold in vacuum-packed plastic packaging, were sold between Aug. 10, 2010 and Sept. 3, 2010 to retailers and distributors in greater New York, New Jersey, and areas of Illinois. A sample of fish tested by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration revealed the contamination, which led to enforcement of a previous court order requiring production and distribution of the products to cease.
According to a company press release, the recalled Haifa Smoked Fish products were air-packed in bulk boxes and vacuum-packed in various sized plastic packages including 4 oz., 8 oz., 16 oz., and random weight sizes. Lot numbers appear on the bottom of the gold boards, labels, and/or on bulk boxes.
The recalled lot numbers are: 220; 221; 222; 223; 224; 225; 227; 228; 229; 230; 231; 232; 234; 235; 236; 237; 238; 239; 241; 242; 243 & 244.
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Ground Beef, Ham and Turkey Recalled Due to E. coli O157:H7 Risk in New York
New York State Agriculture Commissioner Patrick Hooker today alerted consumers that Hamilton Corner Meat Market Inc., located at 1 Hamilton Place, New York, New York, is recalling all packages of in-store ground beef, in-store sliced deli turkey and in-store sliced deli ham sold on September 29, 2010, due to the presence of E. coli O157:H7.
Hinerwadel’s Grove sickens sixty with Campylobacter Clams
The Onondaga County Health Department says 60 people have become ill by Campylobacter because of raw clams served at an event at Hinerwadel’s Grove in North Syracuse.
The Health Department says so far, all of the illnesses have been linked to a clambake September 15th for the CNY Builders Exchange. Approximately 3,800 members attended that
Raw Milk Satirized on Colbert Nation
Several weeks ago when the producer of the Colbert Show was searching for information on raw milk, he stumbled on to several of my blog posts and www.realrawmilkfacts.com. I urged that he take a hard look at some of the videos and to contact David Gumpert at the Complete Patient as well as a
Wired seems to be paying attention to all sorts of “bugs”
After my stint as the “Toxic Avenger” in this month’s Wired Magazine, I thought the techies were done with me – apparently, they have a lot of interest in all types of bugs – Re: C diff:
What’s really interesting, though, is that microbiologists aren’t the only ones noticing this accumulation of evidence. C. diff
Casa de Chicken Coop Completed
Well the coop got painted yesterday afternoon. Frankly, after $5,000 in cost I am going to stop counting. The eggs I am sure will be the best. Friday I will be meeting with the lab who will start testing my chickens for Salmonella and Campylobacter. And, the chickens have been let out of the coop
Why it is a bad idea to poison your customers!
In between a deposition and a phone conference with a judge, I had time to finish up my PowerPoint for my upcoming speech in China. The last slide is a video that is getting Chinese subtitles. Actually, this would have been a good speech to give at February’s ABA Food Conference in Atlanta that is
Heritage High School to Receive $25,000 Scholarship Donation from Marler Clark
Lynchburg, Virginia Heritage High School will be the recipient of a $25,000 donation for science scholarships from food safety law firm Marler Clark. The Seattle-based law firm works nationwide on behalf of victims of foodborne illness, and represented many in the 2008-2009 outbreak of Salmonella in peanut products produced by the Peanut Corporation of America
Well, the ABA, may not want to hear what I have to say, but then most folks find it uncomfortable anyway
From the 3rd Australian Food Safety Conference in Melbourne:
Bill Marler, a US lawyer who acts for victims of food poisoning listed the revolting conditions in one of the two US factory farms that have recently poisoned 1,600 people with Salmonella. They included chicken manure so deep that rats built burrows in it. Half a