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Velveeta Recall: Preservatives Insufficient Just a few months after a shortage of Velveeta cheese threatened to impact Super Bowl parties everywhere, there’s another “crisis” involving the popular cheese product that’s a little more serious. Kraft Foods has announced a voluntary recall of 260 cases – or more than 6,000 pounds – of Velveeta cheese,…

Norovirus in Restaurants: More Common than Cruise Ships Though we tend to think of the norovirus as an illness one usually contracts on a cruise ship, the release of a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reveals that you are actually far more likely to be contaminated by the…

Fuego Tortilla Grill Salmonella Outbreak The Fuego’s Tortilla Grill Restaurant in College Station decided to voluntarily close its doors on Friday, after the Brazos County Health Department’s (BCHD) investigation into a number of Salmonella cases involving the restaurant that have occurred since last September. In all, while no deaths have been reported, officials have…

A new study has been published, suggesting that many kitchens – including those in hospitals and those at home – are prime breeding grounds for drug-resistant E. coli bacteria, and we should all take precautions to prevent the spread. For the study, which was published in the May edition of the journal Infection Control and…

High End “Natural” Jerky Implicated A California manufacturer of high-priced natural meat snacks without gluten or nitrites, Krave Jerky, has been pulled into the massive recall of millions of pounds of meat  produced by the nearby Rancho Feeding Corporation slaughterhouse. Because some of its jerky was made with beef from Rancho, which is being…

Popsicles Recalled: Milk Exposure Blamed The company that makes Popsicles, Unilever United States Inc., has announced a voluntary recall of some 20-count boxes of Popsicle brand Orange, Grape and Cherry flavored ice pops, because there’s a possibility they may have been exposed to milk, which is not listed as an ingredient on the box….

Pet Food Salmonella Research: Owners also at Risk As raw pet food has become increasingly popular with pet owners, the number of salmonella outbreaks has also increased. Because of this, researchers have formed a team to research the precise source of the salmonella outbreaks associated with raw pet food. Among the organizations involved in…

Recall Tied to Other Beef Recall In a move that is directly related to a massive recall of nearly nine million pounds of beef products announced earlier this month, Nestle has decided to voluntarily recall two of its flavors of its Hot Pockets frozen product. As you’ll recall, the Food Safety and Inspection Service…

Salmonella on Chicken Caused by Roaches As if their problems weren’t bad enough, having seen sales drop 25 percent in recent months because of a salmonella outbreak traced to their plants, a Foster Farms chicken processing plant in California that just reopened on Saturday after being shut down for a major cockroach infestation has…

Chobani Mold Yogurt Recall:  Several Illnesses Reported Nearly a week after New Berlin, NY – based yogurt manufacturer Chobani refused to issue a recall notice for its product, even after it received reports that some of its yogurt cups were “swelling and bloating,” they announced a recall of some of its Greek yogurt cups…