News tagged with 'Listeria'

Liseria found in the Atlanta plant that makes Kellogg's Eggo Waffles, has not been adequately addressed, the FDA says to the company in a letter it made public today.

Listeria bacteria has been found in Simply Potatoes products which are being pulled from store shelves nationwide.   This time the contamination was found by the Minnesota Department of Agriculture. No sicknesses are reported.

Twelve deaths have been attributed to a deadly bacterial outbreak linked to tainted meat in Canada, according to Canadian Health Officials. There are 30 more cases of suspected listeriosis and more are expected in the coming days.

SuperTarget stores began removing prepared burritos and wraps from store shelves sold under the Archer Farms label after a possible Listeria contamination was uncovered by USDA and Florida food inspectors. This is the second recall since March for this Queens, New York-based food producer.

A Federal inspector accused the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Thursday of failing to take proper action against a meat processing plant linked to the recent listeria outbreak in the Northeast. Vincent Erthal, a meat and poultry inspector with the USDA, claims he filed two years of reports detailing pe

According to a report in Sunday's issue of the Philadelphia Inquirer, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) food inspectors cited a meat processing facility for numerous sanitation violations shortly before health officials linked the plant to the recent listeria outbreak in the Northeast. Documents obtained by the ne

In a letter sent to Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman Monday, several leading Congressional Democrats expressed concern over the USDA's handling of the recent listeria outbreak in the Northeast. Representatives Marcy Kaptur of Ohio, Nita Lowey of New York, Maurice Hinchey of New York, Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut and H

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced Thursday that nearly 1.8 million pounds of ready-to-eat turkey recalled this week because of listeria contamination was sent to dozens of schools across the country as part of the USDA's school lunch program. On Sunday, Pilgrim's Pride Corporation recalled 27.4 milli

Several public interest groups are blaming a recent listeria outbreak that has killed seven people and led to this weekend's recall of more than 27 million pounds of poultry meat on the lack of regulation by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). According to the Consumer Federation of America's Food Policy Instit

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced Tuesday that deli products made at Pilgrim's Pride Corporation's Franconia, Pennsylvania plant are the likely source for a recent listeria outbreak in the Northeast that has caused 46 illnesses and at least seven deaths. According to a CDC spokesperso

As part of the largest recall in the history of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Wampler Foods recalled 27.4 million pounds of poultry Sunday because the company's deli products may be contaminated with listeria. The announcement came just four days after the company recalled 295,000 pounds of turkey and chi

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has announced a recall of turkey deli meat from a production plant in Pennsylvania because Listeria was detected in a turkey product package. The Listeria strain detected in this product is different from the strain that is causing the outbr

CDC and several state health departments are continuing their investigation of an outbreak of listeriosis, primarily affecting persons in the northeastern U.S. Thus far, 40 ill persons with the outbreak strain of Listeria have been detected; all were hospitalized, 7 died, and 3 pregnant women had miscarriages or stillb

CDC and state health departments are continuing their investigation of an outbreak of Listeria infections. Thus far, Listeria bacteria isolated from 40 patients have been shown to have matching DNA patterns; this strongly suggests that these patients acquired illness from the same food. These 40 patients live in Pennsy

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and State Health Departments are investigating a cluster of Listeria infections. Thus far, Listeria bacteria isolated from 32 patients have been shown to have matching DNA patterns; this strongly suggests that these patients acquired illness from the same food. Case-