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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…

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,…

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….