Food Safety
California Firm Recalls Ground Beef Products Due To Possible E. coli O157:H7 Contamination
Montclair Meat Co., Inc., a Montclair, Calif., establishment is recalling approximately 53,000 pounds of ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.
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Ground Beef In Schools This Fall Will Be Safer
Students will be eating safer beef in school cafeterias when they return to school in the fall.
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AMI Defends Current E. coli Tracing Procedures In Comments To FSIS
AMI is unaware of any data that would support the need to change current policy regarding follow-up sampling and inspection methods except in the case of high event periods, says AMI Vice President of Food Safety and Inspection Services Scott Goltry in comments submitted to the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) on the issue of tracing procedures for E. coli O157:H7
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Minnesota Woman, Cargill Settle E. Coli Case
A Minnesota woman who became severely ill with an E. coli infection from a tainted hamburger has reached a settlement with the meatpacking arm of agribusiness giant Cargill Inc., both sides announced Wednesday.
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University Of Missouri Prepares Students, State Agriculture For Food Defense
University of Missouri specialists are working to ensure that food
producers, processors and retailers know how to protect the state's
food supply from intentional contamination.
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Colorado Firm Recalls Fully Cooked Crumbled Pork Sausage Products For Possible Listeria Contamination
Custom Corned Beef, Inc., a Denver, Colo., establishment, is recalling approximately 460 pounds of fully cooked crumbled pork sausage products that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.
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Jolley: Walmart Tells The Beef Industry Food Safety Is Job 1
It’s always been my opinion that the real heavyweight in food safety isn’t the USDA, FDA, FSIS, or the President’s Food Safety group.
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Two Arrests Made In Contaminated Cheese Case
According to the allegations of the complaint, Francisca Josefina Lopez and Jorge Alexis Ochoa Lopez imported four shipments of cheese from Nicaragua between December 2009 and March 2010, with a declared value of more than $322,000.
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Texas Firm Recalls Beef Trim Products Due To Possible E. coli O157:H7 Contamination
Beltex Corporation, a Fort Worth, Texas, establishment, is recalling approximately 135,500 pounds of beef trim products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.
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CDC Reports Decrease In E. coli Illnesses -- Beef Industry Keeps Focus On Safety Improvements
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the
rate of illness due to E. coli O157 significantly decreased in 2009.
The 2009 E. coli illness rate is the lowest since 2004 and meets the
Healthy People 2010 goal to cut the number of O157 illnesses in half.
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E. coli Tests Prompt Recall Of WinCo Ground Beef
A ground beef recall that has expanded to WinCo Foods stores in six Western states was prompted by a law firm's investigation of contaminated beef products.
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