Chicken Sausage Products Recalled for Possible Plastic Pieces By News Desk  Kayem Foods of Chelsea, MA, is recalling approximately 59,203 pounds of fully cooked chicken sausage products that may be contaminated with pieces of plastic, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced Monday. The chicken sausage products were produced on various dates in March 2015. The following products are subject to... Continue Reading
Blue Bell Recalls All Products Made in All Company Facilities By News Desk  Blue Bell Creameries of Brenham, TX, announced Monday that it is recalling all of its products currently on the market made at all of its facilities, including ice cream, frozen yogurt, sherbet and frozen snacks, because they have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The company stated that Monday’s decision was the result of... Continue Reading
Research Funded to Help Control Contamination of Low-Moisture Foods By News Desk  A University of Maine researcher has received a $4.9-million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the National Institute of Food and Agriculture to develop ways of using non-thermal technologies to control microbial contamination of low-moisture foods. Dr. Vivian Wu, a professor of food science, will be lead researcher on a five-year project to explore... Continue Reading
EPA May Recommend Testing Food Products for Common Herbicide By News Desk  According to a media report on Monday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is considering recommending that the federal government sample food products for glyphosate, the most commonly used herbicide in the world and the active ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup. “Given increased public interest in glyphosate, EPA may recommend sampling for glyphosate in the future,” the... Continue Reading
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Consumers are being warned not to eat La Clarita Queseria Queso Fresco "Fresh Cheese" made by Queseria La Poblanita Inc. of New York, NY, due to possible Staphylococcus aureus contamination. Officials from the New York Department of Agriculture and Markets stated there are no known illnesses to date associated with this product. The recalled fresh Spanish-style cheese is... 
There are 18 confirmed cases of Salmonella Paratyphi in Southern California, including seven in Los Angeles County, four in Orange and Ventura counties, two in Riverside County, and one in Santa Barbara County. Seven other people sickened are from other states but had traveled to the area, according to the Ventura County Public Health Department. Five have... 
Texas will likely find out today if the third time is the charm for Republican state Rep. Dan Flynn's (no relation) bill to allow raw milk to be sold at farmer's markets and directly to consumers in their homes. The bill is scheduled to be heard this morning in the Public Health Committee, where a... 
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