Food Safety News - May 23, 2016 US Listeria Vegetable Recall Crosses “The Pond”

US Listeria Vegetable Recall Crosses "The Pond" By News Desk The UK's Food Standards Agency announced that Costco Wholesale is updating its recall to include its Dr. Praeger’s brand Frozen Organic Veggie Burger because the products might contain Listeria monoctyogenes. The company has previously recalled its Organic by Nature brand Organic Vegetable Medley. Brand name: Dr. Praeger’s Product: Frozen Organic Veggie Burger Pack size: 12-pack... Continue Reading Listeria Tainted Sunflower Kernels Prompt Salad Recall By News Desk Papa John's Salad and Produce, Inc. is voluntarily recalling Oriental Salad with Sesame Ginger Dressing due to possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination. This voluntary action is being undertaken in cooperation with the US Food and Drug Administration because the recalled products contain sunflower kernels that are part of the recent SunOpta sunflower kernel recall expansion. SunOpta's recall can... Continue Reading Publisher's Platform: DeCosters – Three Months Seem Just About Right By Bill Marler Jack DeCoster and Peter DeCoster were sentenced April 13, 2015 by U.S. District Court Judge Mark Bennett to three months in prison for introducing adulterated food into interstate commerce after eggs from their Iowa farms were linked to a 2010 national Salmonella outbreak that sickened 2,000 and caused the recall of 500,000,000 eggs.  In addition,... Continue Reading Food Defense Rule designed to combat intentional adulteration By Dan Flynn From the books they left behind, we know that ancient people from all cultural and religious backgrounds feared that their enemies might poison their food. Our fear that our enemies might poison our food supply increased after airplanes were used as missiles to attack the United States on Sept. 11, 2001. That’s why food defense has been... Continue Reading Manufacturers of canned crab meat, corn salsa get warning letters By News Desk Pasteurized canned crab meat and black bean and corn salsa were among the foods that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) was concerned about this month. FDA sent a warning letter on May 5, 2016, to the Empire Crab Company in Philadelphia because the agency found that its pasteurized canned crab meat was adulterated,... Continue Reading More Food Safety News Past Food Safety News Articles Food Industry Events Food Safety News Copyright 2016 Marler Clark LLP, PS. All rights reserved. Marler Clark LLP, PS, 1301 2nd Avenue Suite 2800 Seattle WA 98101 USA Change your address or unsubscribe.

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