Feds take more than three years to shutdown sprout grower By Coral Beach  A Virginia grower-shipper of fresh sprouts who has had multiple pathogen-related recalls and been under investigation by state and federal officials since 2012 is finally out of business. A consent decree filed yesterday in federal court in Virginia effectively shuts down Henry's Farm Inc. of Woodford, VA, and bars owner Soo C. Park from operating in... Continue Reading
Freshcut cantaloupe recalled in Georgia because of Listeria By News Desk  A Bi-Lo grocery store in Glennville, GA, is recalling freshcut cantaloupe three days after state officials notified the chain that a random sample collected at the store tested positive for Listeria monocytogenes. The store, at 312 S. Veterans Blvd. in Glennville, posted the recall notice with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration today. The notice... Continue Reading
New normal: Roos Foods fined $100,000 in criminal food case By Dan Flynn  When a business is found responsible for sickening people with a foodborne illness, the new normal is the filing of criminal charges. The latest to find that out is Delaware's Roos Foods Inc., which shut down two years ago after the FDA revoked the company's food facility registration over its role in a Listeria outbreak. Not so... Continue Reading
New food code now in effect for Australia and New Zealand By News Desk  The new Food Standards Code for Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) became fully effective on March 1. Steve McCutcheon, chief executive officer of FSANZ, said the new code more closely aligns with the food acts of Australian states and territories and New Zealand. There is no transition period between the old and new... Continue Reading
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