Tag Archives: salmonella

USA Today reports: If you’ve recently purchased tomatoes, you may want to check the label. There have been two separate recalls affecting tomatoes sold across 14 states. Ray & Mascari Inc. was notified by Hanshaw & Capling Farms of Florida that they were recalling the lot of tomatoes it sent to be repackaged into the 4 Count Vine Ripe Tomatoes …

CBS News reports: The United States Department of Agriculture is withdrawing a rule proposed in August to help prevent food poisoning from poultry contaminated with salmonella. The Biden Administration effort, which had been in development for three years, would have required poultry companies to keep levels of salmonella bacteria under a certain threshold and test for the presence of six …

USA Today reports: The Food and Drug Administration has classified a recall of eggs sold at Costco caused by potential salmonella contamination as the highest risk level for infection. The voluntary recall last month was of 108,000 cartons of Handsome Brook Farms eggs sold under the Kirkland Signature Organic Pasture Raised label. The FDA defines a Class I recall as …

CBS News reports: An Arizona produce company is recalling whole cucumbers distributed in 26 states and Canada because they could contain salmonella. In a filing posted by the Food and Drug Administration on Thursday, SunFed said the recalled cucumbers were sold between Oct. 12 and Nov. 26 and are being pulled from store shelves over possible contamination by the bacteria. …

Via press release from the FDA: Handsome Brook Farms is voluntarily recalling retail units of the Organic Pasture Raised 24-Count Eggs sold under the Kirkland Signature brand name because these eggs have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened …

The New York Times reports: A salmonella outbreak linked to Kellogg’s Honey Smacks cereal has sickened 73 people in 31 states, according to federal health officials, prompting a recall of some of the product this week. As of Thursday, 24 people had been hospitalized, but no deaths had been reported. Cereal boxes that have a “best if used by” date …