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Monthly Archives: July 2008
American Lobster (Maine Lobster) Tomalley May Cause Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning, FDA Warns
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today warned consumers to avoid eating tomalley in American Lobster (Maine Lobster), regardless of where the lobster was harvested, because of potential contamination with dangerous levels of the toxins that cause Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning …
Tomato growers suffer from lack of federal organization
The Food and Drug Administration is okay with importing as much food as it does because it really doesn’t shoulder much of a burden ensuring it is safe. In an editorial published in the Sarasota (Fla.) Herald-Tribune, the system — …
Vita Nova Salmon Listeria Warning Issued by Vita Food Products
Vita Food Products, Inc. of Chicago, Illinois is notifying the public that twelve individual packages of Vita Nova Salmon, were sold at Kroger stores in Houston, Texas on or after July 22 of this year may be contaminated with Listeria …
Salmonella Outbreak Caused by Mexican Grown Peppers, Not U.S. Grown
On Friday the FDA issued an advisory to consumers that jalapeño and Serrano peppers grown in the United States are not connected with the current Salmonella Saintpaul outbreak. FDA continues to advise consumers to avoid raw jalapeño peppers–and the food …
Two Nebraska E. coli Cases Confirmed, More Being Investigated
Soon after the Nebraska Beef E. coli outbreak spread to Utah, the York News-Times reported that two new e. coli cases have been confirmed in Nebraska. The Associated Press reports that Nebraska’s health department has received reports of more people …
Salmonella outbreak exposes problems
An article appearing in The Wall Street Journal indicates the baffled investigation into the source of the salmonella outbreak that’s sickened more than 1,000 people does plenty to highlight the problems the federal government has with food inspection. Only underscoring …
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