Cheese Distributed in Ontario and Quebec Recalled for Potential Listeria By News Desk  A cheese recall issued on June 24, 2014, was updated Tuesday to include an additional product. This additional information was identified during the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s (CFIA) food safety investigation. Unicer Foods Ltd. is recalling “Queijo de Mistura” Cheese, a product of Portugal, from the marketplace due to possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination. Consumers should... Continue ReadingBean Sprouts Recalled in Canada for Potential Salmonella Contamination By News Desk  Fresh Sprout International Ltd. is recalling Fresh Sprouts brand Fresh Bean Sprouts distributed in Ontario due to the potential of Salmonella contamination. According to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), there have been no reported illnesses associated with this product. The recalled bean sprouts are sold in a 454-gram bag (about 1 pound) and have... Continue ReadingWashington State Subjects Pot to Microbiological Tests on Day One By Dan Flynn  After just one day of recreational marijuana sales in Washington state, and more than six months in Colorado, the questions that remain are mostly about those pot-infused food products. And, when it comes to food safety, Washington state is off to a safer start than Colorado. Only in those two states now can anyone age... Continue ReadingFDA Warning Letters: Two Dairies and a Dietary Supplement Manufacturer By News Desk  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently sent warning letters to dairies in Idaho and New York for drug residue issues and one to a dietary supplement manufacturer in Kansas for procedural problems. FDA’s Kansas City District Office sent a letter June 23, 2014, to Wyldewood Cellars Inc. in Peck, KS, noting “significant deviations”... Continue ReadingFSIS Denies That It Buried News of Foster Farms Recall By News Desk  The Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) insists that it did not time the release of last week's Foster Farms recall so that it would garner less attention, as some suggest. "Burying news late at night on a holiday weekend may be a time-honored tradition by Washington spin doctors, but it is... Continue ReadingMore Food Safety News | 
