CDC announced today that New England Compounding Center has expanded its recall to include all products currently in circulation that were compounded at and distributed from its facility in Framingham, Massachusetts. Case Count: 119 – States: 10 – Deaths: 11. The following States report illnesses and deaths:
The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is expanding the Public Health Alert for XL Foods (Canadian Establishment 038) to include all beef and beef products produced on August 24, 27, 28, 29 and September 5. FSIS was notified that XL Foods has expanded its recall to include all beef and beef products produced
Dale and Thomas Popcorn is recalling a limited number of ready-to-eat bags of select flavors of Popcorn, Indiana-brand popcorn products (listed below) because of possible contamination by Listeria monocytogenes. The recalled products were distributed to various retailers, vendors, distribution centers, and consumers through the Internet on or after August 8th, 2012 with Best By dates of February 4th, 2013 through March 12th, 2013. All recalled products were packaged in red bags of various sizes. Consumers can identify if they have purchased an impacted product by looking at the Best By date located in the front, top right corner of the package and the Bag UPC (Code) located in the nutritional panel found on the back, bottom left corner of the package. – Pictures of recalled product. Canada health authorities have also recalled certain products.
The potential for contamination was noted after testing by the company revealed the presence of Listeria monocytogenes in some ready-to-eat bags of Popcorn, Indiana-brand products.
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Canada’s Public Health Agency announced today that five more cases of E. coli illnesses have been linked to a massive beef recall involving Alberta’s XL Foods plant. Three cases of E. coli illness were confirmed in Alberta and two others in Quebec. So far, seven of the 10 confirmed E. coli cases were in Alberta,
Patients became ill after receiving steroid injections linked to steroids prepared at New England Compounding Center Inc., in Framingham, Massachusetts.
Vials of steroids linked to the outbreak were shipped to 76 facilities in 23 states and could have been used to inject thousands of patients, authorities have said.
The steroid was sent to California, Connecticut,
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We have received above 90% every time,” Sunland spokesperson Katalin Coburn said of third-party auditor, Silliker Laboratories. USA Today.
Hmmm, where have I heard this before?
And, from AP:
The Food and Drug Administration found what it called “objectionable conditions” at a New Mexico peanut butter plant in 2010, two years before
To anyone who works in the growing, manufacturing, shipping or selling of the food we eat, please realize how important your job is. Felix’s mom should not have eaten cheese tainted with Listeria, which led to Felix’s premature birth and untimely death. Felix’s moms should not have to bear this loss because someone did not
A total of 261 persons (down 9 from last CDC report) infected with the outbreak strains of Salmonella Typhimurium (228 persons) and Salmonella Newport (33 persons) were reported from 24 states. 94 ill persons were hospitalized. Three deaths were reported in Kentucky. Collaborative investigation efforts of state, local, and federal public health and regulatory agencies
A total of 35 persons infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Bredeney have been reported from 19 states.
Eight ill persons have been hospitalized, and no deaths have been reported.
63% percent of ill persons are children under the age of 10 years.
Collaborative investigation efforts of state, local, and federal public health and
We filed a lawsuit today against Sunland, Inc. and Trader Joe’s, the manufacturer and retailer who sold Salmonella-contaminated peanut butter products that state and federal public health officials identified as the source of a multi-state Salmonella Bredeney outbreak in September. The lawsuit was filed in Worcester County Superior Court on behalf of the Henson family
