MN Salmonella Outbreak Blamed on Tomatoes Served at Chipotle Restaurants By News Desk  Tomatoes served at 22 Chipotle Mexican Grill locations in Minnesota were the source of the recent Salmonella Newport outbreak which sickened 64 people and hospitalized nine of them. All are recovering, according to the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH). Investigators from MDH, the Minnesota Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration are now working to... Continue Reading
Imported Dietary Supplements Recalled for Elevated Lead and Mercury Levels By News Desk  Butala Emporium Inc., of Jackson Heights, NY, is voluntarily recalling 11 Ayurvedic (dietary) supplements (listed below) because the products were found to contain elevated lead and mercury levels which, if consumed, may cause health problems to consumers, particularly infants, small children, pregnant women, and those with underlying kidney disorders. The products were distributed in NY through... Continue Reading
PCA Does Not Reflect All in the Food Industry By Darin Detwiler  Michael Parnell's defense attorney is painting his client as a "little guy" who "lost it all." I would dare Parnell and his defense team, and the other convicted former Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) executives, to stand before the families of the nine people who died as a result of their actions and try to... Continue Reading
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Karoun Dairies Inc. of San Fernando, CA, is voluntarily recalling a variety of cheeses it distributes due to possible contamination with Listeria monocytogenes. Karoun stated that the company was made aware of a possible association of their cheese products with several recent cases of listeriosis by FDA and CDC. It has ceased distribution of the cheeses... 
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is alerting consumers that frozen, raw, stuffed and breaded chicken products produced by Aspen Foods, a division of Koch Poultry Company of Chicago, IL, have been confirmed as having the same Salmonella Enteritidis outbreak strain which was part of a July 15, 2015 recall.... 
Through July, people outside the federal government have met in private with the leadership of USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) 54 different times. Forty-eight of those meetings have been with Alfred V. Almanza, USDA's Deputy Under Secretary of Food Safety and acting Administrator of FSIS. The remaining six meetings have been with Brian Ronholm, the other... 
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