| | By News Desk on Jan 09, 2019 12:05 am The Kroger Co. initiated a recall involving raw and undercooked shrimp the day after Christmas, asking retailers in three states to post the notice through Dec. 31, 2018, even though the sell-by dates on the products are in August 2020. Erroneous labeling states the shrimp products are cooked, but they are actually raw and... Continue Reading By Joe Whitworth on Jan 09, 2019 12:03 am The European Commission has proposed a limit for Salmonella in reptile meat. The EC said considering the potential significant health risk posed by the possible presence of Salmonella in reptile meat, food safety criteria should be set for the products. Currently, regulation (EC) No 2073/2005, which sets such criteria to define the acceptability of a... Continue Reading By News Desk on Jan 09, 2019 12:02 am Grand Strand Sandwich has recalled Lunch Box brand sandwiches because of potential contamination with Listeria monocytogenes, which can cause listeriosis as long as 70 days after exposure. No illnesses linked to the recalled items have been reported. On Jan. 3 the firm was notified by Food and Drug Administration that swabs they collected from the... Continue Reading By News Desk on Jan 09, 2019 12:01 am Food safety warnings for Listeria in New Zealand appear to be working according to a study on the burden of the pathogen in pregnant women and their babies. The research found low rates of the infection indicating the messages could be helping to prevent cases of miscarriage, still birth, and meningitis in babies infected in... Continue Reading | | | | | |