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Monthly Archives: February 2009
Injunction issued against seafood firm Captain’s Select
A federal court has issued a permanent injunction against a seafood manufacturer after it continually violated food safety laws. According to the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, Captain’s Select has been ordered to stop all business practices and can not resume them until …
National Salmonella Outbreak May be Linked to Animals
Neil Barnard, president of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, believes that the national peanut salmonella outbreak most likely has animal feces from factory farming at its core. Barnard says that since salmonella, like E. coli, is an intestinal bacteria, …
Minnesota potato maker recalls product on Listeria fears
A Minnesota producer of prepared potatoes has issued a recall on some of its products because they could be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. Northern Star Co.’s popular line of Simply Potatoes hash browns have been recalled. The following specific packages …
Food inspector jobs left vacant as states trim budgets
Even as the nation still lingers under a fatal salmonella poisoning outbreak, states have let open food inspector jobs remain vacant. In particular, Georgia has just 60 food inspectors for nearly 16,000 sites. At least 15 of those jobs are …
PCA Stops All Distribution of Their Products
The Peanut Corp of America has instructed all its customers to stop any distribution of any of its product in a yet further expansion of one of the nation’s biggest food recalls. The peanut processor is the source of the …
Salmonella Peanut Recall Hurting Food Banks
Food banks across the country are suffering from the national salmonella-tainted peanut products recall. Companies such as Foodshare have had to throw away thousands of pounds of food containing peanut products over the last few weeks. Peanut-based products are high …
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