 Meat and Poultry Breakfast Products Recalled for Possible Listeria Contamination By News Desk  Buddy's Kitchen, a Burnsville, Minn. establishment, is recalling approximately 62,488 pounds of meat and poultry products due to possible contamination with Listeria monocytogenes. The meat and poultry breakfast products were produced on various dates from July 16, 2014 through Sept. 25, 2014, and then shipped to distributors, retail locations, and airlines nationwide. The following products are... Continue ReadingOasis Brands Recalls Cuajada en Hoja for Potential Listeria Contamination By News Desk  Oasis Brands Inc. of Miami, FL, has recalled 12-oz. packages of Cuajada en Hoja (fresh curd) with Best-By dates of 10/01/14-10/08/14 and 10/18/14 because it has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The recalled product was distributed in South Florida through retail stores. The recalled product comes in plastic bags and is labeled Cuajada en... Continue ReadingHow Much Do Voters Care About Food Safety Issues? By Lydia Zuraw  Food issues have the potential to be a deciding factor in how Americans vote in the midterm elections this November. According to polling by Food Policy Action (FPA), messages about voting against politicians who want to cut food stamps for veterans, slash funding for food safety, support subsidies for corporate farms over family farms, or... Continue ReadingUSDA: U.S. Foodborne Illnesses Cost More Than $15.6 Billion Annually By Dan Flynn  New data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) Economic Research Service attempt to put a price on the cost of major foodborne illnesses in the United States. Rather than interpreting the data, USDA's economic unit has released spreadsheets for 15 major pathogens in the U.S. that are together responsible for more than 95 percent... Continue ReadingTest Uses Low-Tech Litmus Paper to Detect E. Coli By News Desk  Litmus paper, long known as a low-tech method of testing substances for acidity, might have a new use as a cheap, quick way to test for E. coli, according to researchers at McMaster University in Ontario. The researchers correlated levels of E. coli bacteria with pH values represented by the colors to which the litmus... Continue ReadingMore Food Safety News | 
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