 North Carolina Firm Recalls Nearly 150 Food Products for Potential Listeria Contamination By News Desk  SunBurst Foods of Goldsboro, NC, is recalling numerous food products sold under several brands because of the potential of contamination with Listeria monocytogenes. The recall includes the food services firm’s SunBurst, Fresh Bites and Private labeled products, which were sold in North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and Georgia. This recall was initiated as a result... Continue ReadingFoster Farms: Food-Safety Leader or Bad Actor? By James Andrews  After 11 years at the helm of California-based poultry producer Foster Farms, Ron Foster announced last week that he was stepping down as president and CEO of the company his grandparents started 75 years ago. Over those 11 years, the company has attracted a lot of attention related to Salmonella, both good and bad. Under... Continue ReadingPart 2: History of Food Safety in the U.S. By Michelle Jarvie  (This article by Michelle Jarvie of Michigan State University Extension was originally posted here on Oct. 2, 2014, and is reposted with permission. Part 1 is here. Part 3 in her series will be appear later this month.) Welcome to the second installment of the history of food safety in the U.S. This time we'll take a look... Continue ReadingFDA Warning Letters: Massachusetts Seafood-Processing Facility By News Desk  A seafood-processing facility in Gloucester, MA, found with "significant violations" of the seafood Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) regulation was warned Sept. 26 about corrections that it must make to avoid further action by the U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA). In the FDA warning letter, Intershell International Corp. was told that its pasteurized... Continue ReadingMore Food Safety News | 
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