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Crab Meat Recall for Possible Listeria Contamination East Providence, Rhode Island-based Rome Packing Co. has announced a voluntary recall of Ocean’s Catch brand All Natural Jonah Crab Leg Meat products, which may have been contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes bacteria. The potential contamination was found by the company during some routine product sampling and testing. The products,…

Williams-Sonoma brand Pesto Sauce Botulism Recall Issued The Food and Drug Administration has announced that Sutter, California -based California Olive and Vine, LLC has issued a voluntary recall of their Pumpkin Seed Pesto products, which are sold at Willams-Sonoma stores nationwide, including those in Texas. The company decided to take what it refers to…

Company Issues Another Texas Ground Beef Recall The problems with ground beef produced in Texas continue, and it has led to another Texas ground beef recall. Over the weekend, according to a press release by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Corpus Christi-based Sam Kane Beef Processors issued a huge recall of more than 45…

According to an announcement from the US Department of Agriculture, Texas meat packer Caviness Beef Packers, which is based in Hereford, has issued a voluntary recall of more than 23,000 pounds of beef trimmings products because of the fear that the beef may be contaminated with E. coli. The beef that is being recalled includes…

People began canning centuries ago, because they needed to preserve foods to get  them through the long, cold winter. Later, canning was seen as a way for people to enjoy their favorite fruits and vegetables year-round, without the inflationary effects on the price of groceries. To this day, many people turn to canning  for many…

Kraft Foods Group has announced a voluntary recall of nearly 7,700 cases of one of its signature products, Kraft American Singles Pasteurized Prepared Cheese Product, after the company discovered that one of its suppliers had delivered an ingredient that had not been stored in accordance with crafts standards regarding temperature. According to the company’s press…

The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS),  along with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)  has spent the last several months investigating an outbreak of Cyclospora illness, and they have traced the illnesses to cilantro that  was imported from Puebla, Mexico. The agency’s report that…

Because a Missouri chicken processor, VU Foods, LLC, produced some breaded chicken products without inspection, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) asked  them to issue a voluntary recall. The company refused, claiming there was no reason to consider them dangerous to consumers, so the FSIS has made the decision…

Contaminated Fruit Recalled for Listeria A California produce packer, Wawona Packing Co has undertaken a voluntary big fruit recall of produce that was packed at their Cutler, California plant during the first 12 days of June. The recall is being conducted out of concern about possible  Listeria contamination. The recall covers a wide variety of…

Foster Farms Chicken Recall: No Outbreak Cited Finally, after 16 months of continuous problems and after their chicken sickened at least 621 people in 29 states since March 2013, Foster Farms has announced a voluntary recall of chicken released from three California plants. Though the current outbreak has been going on for a long…