Costco’s El Camino Real store in San Francisco, Calif., is recalling an additional 14,093 units of rotisserie chicken products that may be contaminated with a strain of Salmonella, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. This is in addition to the 9,043 units that were recalled on Oct.
Foster Farms Chicken Poisons 338 with Salmonella and Still No Recall
As of October 17, 2013, a total of 338 persons infected with seven outbreak strains of Salmonella Heidelberg have been reported from 20 states and Puerto Rico.
40% of ill persons have been hospitalized, and no deaths have been reported.
Most ill persons (75%) have been reported from California.
Epidemiologic, laboratory, and traceback investigations conducted
Poison a Dozen with E. coli and make the Michelin Bib Gourmand List?
Food Safety News reports that Burma Superstar, a popular San Francisco restaurant that voluntarily closed over Labor Day weekend following an E. coli outbreak in mid-August, has snagged a coveted spot on the Michelin Bib Gourmand list for 2014. It was also listed for 2013.
The outbreak reportedly sickened at least a dozen people,
Plea Deal Reached in Cantaloupe Listeria Outbreak
Food Safety News reported last night that a plea deal had been reached by the US Attorney’s office and the Jensen bother’s in a six-count federal indictment for “introducing adulterated food into interstate commerce.” There was no claim that the Jensens’ showed any intentional conduct – the fact of the introduction of Listeria-tainted cantaloupe into
If Costco Can’t Cook Chicken Correctly, Why Should You Expect Customers To Do It.
“If people would just cook the chicken the way they should they’ll be fine,” Craig Wilson, Costco’s food safety manager, told the Oregonian in response to why Costco has not pulled any raw poultry despite Foster Farms chicken sickening nearly 320 in 20 states and Puerto Rico.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and
Why does the FSIS like Foster Farm’s Salmonella better than Cargill’s Salmonella?
Still no Foster Farms recall despite hundreds sickened.
Today the CDC reported a total of 317 individuals infected with the outbreak strains of Salmonella Heidelberg have been reported from 20 states and Puerto Rico linked to Foster Farm’s chicken. Most of the ill persons (73%) have been reported from California. The number of ill persons
Foster Farms: 451 Sickened (likely 13,752) in 2 Salmonella Outbreaks and still no Recall?
Two outbreaks since April 2012.
Will there be a recall with the number of ill has doubled, or will we await deaths?
Today the CDC reported a total of 317 individuals infected with the outbreak strains of Salmonella Heidelberg have been reported from 20 states and Puerto Rico. Most of the ill persons (73%) have
Will FSIS have what it takes to close Foster Farms Salmonella Chicken Plants?
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is (finally) threatening to close three California poultry plants operated by Foster Farms blamed for an outbreak of salmonella poisoning that has sickened at least 278 people nationwide.
In a letter sent Monday to Foster Farms, the USDA said sanitary conditions at the facilities were so poor that they
Foster Farms Salmonella Outbreak Sickens 300 – “Shit Happens”
Since the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is off the job because of the governmental shutdown, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) issued a public health alert due to concerns that illness caused by strains of Salmonella Heidelberg are associated with raw chicken products produced by Foster
What’s up with Canada and E. coli?
The Public Health Agency of Canada, along with its health and food safety partners, is investigating 25 cases of E. coli O157:H7 illness; 12 in British Columbia, 10 in Alberta and 1 each in Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Quebec. These individuals became ill between mid-July and mid-September. There has been one reported death.
Certain contaminated cheese