Food Safety News - May 21, 2015 ConAgra Agrees to Pay $11.2 Million for Salmonella Outbreak

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ConAgra Agrees to Pay $11.2 Million for Salmonella Outbreak

By Dan Flynn

Omaha-based ConAgra Foods Inc. has reached a plea agreement with U.S. attorneys that will see its ConAgra Grocery Products Company plead guilty to a single misdemeanor violation of the federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. If accepted by the U.S. District Court in Albany, GA, the plea agreement will end the government's investigation into the... Continue Reading

Prepared Meat Products Recalled for Lack of USDA Inspection, Misbranding

By News Desk

LQNN Inc. of Garden Grove, CA, firm is recalling approximately 213,192 pounds of chicken, beef and pork products that were produced without the benefit of inspection and misbranded because of the unauthorized use of a USDA mark of inspection, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced Wednesday. The products, which... Continue Reading

Investigators Narrowing Down Possible Source of Washington State E. Coli Outbreak

By Cathy Siegner

Federal, state and county investigators searching for the source of the E. coli outbreak in Whatcom County, WA, have found at least one environmental sample matching the outbreak strain. That result came in Monday, May 18, and was from a sample taken at the Northwest Fairgrounds in Lynden, WA, which is where the Milk Makers... Continue Reading

Blue Bell and the Very Real Impact of the Food Safety Modernization Act

By Michael Taylor

(This article by Michael R. Taylor, Deputy Commissioner for Foods and Veterinary Medicine for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, was originally posted here on May 20, 2015.) Could the deadly outbreak of illnesses tied to contaminated ice cream have been prevented? It's an important question, one that is on the minds of many in... Continue Reading

After Recall, Jeni's Scoop Shops Reopening for Memorial Day Weekend

By News Desk

Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams, which recalled all of its products last month after Listeria contamination was found in two pints of ice cream made in its Columbus, OH, production kitchen, will reopen most of its 21 scoop shops on Friday. Owner Jeni Britton Bauer indicated that the company wouldn’t be back to full production, and that customers might... Continue Reading

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