Carob Powder Recalled for Possible Salmonella Contamination By News Desk  Earth Circle Organics is recalling its Organic Carob Powder after the company was notified by its supplier that the product could be contaminated with Salmonella. Products were sold to distributors and retail outlets in North America. Product SKU Lot # UPC Code Exp Date CRBP16ow 3642; 3404; 3221; 3267 894932002283 6/5/2015 CRBP5lb 3405; 3262 894932002733 6/5/2015... Continue ReadingWhole Foods Market Recalls Made-in-Store Items Containing Recalled Fruit By News Desk  Whole Foods Market has announced that it has recalled made-in-store items prepared with organic and conventional stone fruit, including peaches, nectarines and plums, from Wawona Packing Co. because of possible contamination with Listeria monocytogenes. Made-in-store items that contained one or more fruits subject to the Wawona Packing Co. recall were sold between June 1 and... Continue ReadingTexas Firm Recalls Sandwiches and Wraps for Possible Listeria Contamination By News Desk  Great American Marketing of Houston, TX, is recalling approximately 475 pounds of FSIS- and FDA-regulated ready-to-eat products due to possible contamination with Listeria monocytogenes, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced Thursday. The sandwich and wrap products were produced on July 15, 2014, and then shipped to retail locations in... Continue ReadingRuling on FDA's Oversight of Animal Antibiotic Use Called 'Big Blow to Public Health' By Lydia Zuraw  In a 2-1 decision, the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals in New York City ruled Thursday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is not required to hold hearings concerning the safety of feeding antibiotics at subtherapeutic levels. The ruling overturns two district court rulings from 2012 in a case initially filed in 2011 by the... Continue ReadingCould Funding Cuts to Food Safety Programs Make You Sick? By Michelle M. Forman  (This blog post by Michelle Forman was published July 23, 2014, at APHL’s LabLog.com and is reposted here with permission.) When public health works, no one sees it. That's a common adage at APHL and is most frequently used when referring to the gross lack of — and ever-plummeting — funding for valuable public health programs.... Continue ReadingAuditor Gave Positive Food Safety Reviews to Farms Later Linked to E. coli Outbreaks By News Desk  The third-party food safety auditor that gave a passing review to Jensen Farms just weeks before its cantaloupe caused a deadly Listeria outbreak in 2011 also gave a positive audit to the farm that shipped romaine lettuce implicated in a more recent E. coli outbreak tied to Trader Joe’s branded salads, according to documents obtained... Continue ReadingUC Davis, Chinese University to Establish Joint Food Safety Center in China By News Desk  Officials with the University of California – Davis, and a China agricultural university in Shaanxi province signed an agreement this week to establish the Sino-U.S. Joint Research Center for Food Safety in China. The signing ceremony was held Wednesday in the city of Yingchuan, China, during a meeting that also included officials from the U.S. Department... Continue ReadingMore Food Safety News | 
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