Monthly Archives: August 2009

New Jersey company is latest recalling E. coli-contaminated ground beef

A New Jersey company has become the latest this summer to announce it is recalling ground beef because of an E. coli contamination. In a release from the Food Safety and Inspection Service, Pasha Halal Poultry (dba Marcacci Meats) of …

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Supervalu recalls macaroni-and-cheese products due to Listeria contamination

Supervalu Inc. is recalling several of its macaroni-and-cheese products because they could be contaminated with Listeria. Supervalu operates grocery store chains across the country. It said that 38-ounce packages of its Culinary Circle Gourmet Macaroni Cheese are being recalled. The …

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Another ground beef recall … this one for E. coli infection

Another California beef processor has issued the latest in what seems to be a summer parade of recalls on ground beef, this due to an E. coli infection. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Sterling Pacific Meat Co. of …

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Iced Jumbo Green Onions recalled due to Salmonella risk

The Omo and Fu Choy brands of iced jumbo green onions have been recalled by several distributors because they could be contaminated with Salmonella. The recall includes 772 cartons of the produce and it was distributed from three locations: R.A.M. …

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California beef company was cited for mishandling cows

A California beef company currently the source of a Salmonella outbreak that’s sickened three people was cited last year for mishandling its herd of cattle. According to an Associated Press report, Beef Packers Inc. was cited in March 2008 for …

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Louisiana Food Company Unsanitary, Products Seized by FDA

The FDA has seized sandwiches and other products from Bearden Sandwich Company Inc., doing business as Southern Belle Sandwich Company, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Recent FDA inspections found evidence of widespread and active rodent and insect infestation, filthy conditions, and …

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