Monthly Archives: March 2009

Georgia Nut Company issues recall on pistachio products on salmonella fears

The Georgia Nut Company has issued a recall on several of its pistachio products on worries they may be contaminated with salmonella. The company said it noticed contamination during a third-party inspection of several lots of its product. The company …

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Trail Mix Recalled Due to Possible Salmonella Contamination

Back to Nature Foods Company announced today a voluntary recall of its Nantucket Blend trail mix containing pistachio nuts. The trail mix may be contaminated with salmonella. There have been no cases of salmonellosis reported to date in connection with …

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Aetna Employees Stricken with E. coli

Health inspectors are trying to determine what caused five people who work at Aetna’s Hartford office to be stricken with E. coli. The office has a cafeteria and a kiosk that serves prepared food, but health officials have not determined …

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Two Mexican-style cheeses recalled on Listeria worries

Torres Hillsdale Country Cheese of Reading, Mich., has recalled two of its Mexican-style cheeses because they may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The cheeses recalled are Asadero and Oaxaca and the contamination was noticed in a sample of each taken …

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New Jersey nut seller testing limits of FDA

The Food and Drug Administration stands poised to raid a New Jersey nut seller because it won’t pull its product – tied to the Peanut Corporation of America salmonella outbreak – off store shelves. Westco Fruit and Nuts Inc. of …

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Mississippi Oysters Test Positive for Norovirus

The USDA is advising retailers and food service operators not to offer for sale oysters harvested between Feb. 24 and March 17, 2009, from the Mississippi Sound portion of the Gulf of Mexico. The area is commonly known in the …

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