WA Firm Recalls Basil Pesto Pasta for Potential Listeria Contamination By News Desk  Tj’s Place of Kirkland, WA, has recalled about 20 containers of Basil Pesto Pasta packed in eight-oz. plastic tubs because it may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The problem was discovered after routine testing by the Washington State Department of Agriculture revealed the presence of Listeria in a container of the product. Tj’s Place has suspended... Continue ReadingCFIA: Recall of Raw Pork Products Triggered by 153-Case E. Coli Outbreak Investigation By News Desk  V&T Meat and Food of Calgary, Alberta, and Hiep Thanh Trading of Edmonton, Alberta, are recalling certain raw pork products from the marketplace due to possible E. coli O157:H7 contamination. Consumers, food service establishments, retailers, distributors and manufacturers in Alberta should not consume, serve, use, or sell certain raw pork products sold by these two retailers/distributors because... Continue ReadingFDA Assessment: Most Children are Exposed to Food Dyes By News Desk  Exposure assessments conducted by the Food and Drug Administration find that most American kids are exposed to food dyes. FDA has not yet published the full results, but according to results presented Aug. 13 at the 248th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, at least 96 percent of children aged 2-5 years are exposed to... Continue ReadingColorado's 'Blue Book': GMO Labeling Will Raise Grocery Prices By Dan Flynn  This year’s "Blue Book," the state-produced voter's guide written by Colorado's Legislative Research Council, will tell general election voters that requiring labeling of genetically engineered ingredients will raise food prices and cost consumers. It is a major setback for Proposition 105, which only last month was approved for the ballot after a last-minute paid signature-gathering... Continue ReadingTested CA Produce Shows Little or No Detectable Pesticide Residues By News Desk  The California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) announced Tuesday that the majority of 2013 produce samples it tested had little or no detectable pesticide residues and posed no health risk to the public. Ninety-five percent of all California-grown produce, sampled by DPR in 2013, was in compliance with the allowable limits, the agency stated. DPR tested... Continue ReadingMain Concerns About Idaho's 'Ag-Gag' Law Survive State's Dismissal Motion By News Desk  Animal activists cannot sue Idaho Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter, and one part of the Gem State's agricultural protection law stands without review. But U.S District Court Judge B. Lynn Winmill is allowing a challenge to four other sections of Idaho's "ag-gag" law to go forward on the basis of three legal concerns. In his ruling issued... Continue ReadingMore Food Safety News | 
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