Food Safety
Is It Safe To Eat Chicken?
Listeria Problem Shuts Down a Washington Cheese Company
By Mary Rothschild
A Washington state cheese maker plagued with Listeria problems, including a link to a case of listeriosis in 2010, has agreed to keep its products off the market until it can clean up its processing facility and prove its cheeses…
Raw Milk Common Link in Missouri E. Coli Cases
By James Andrews
An epidemiologist with the Columbia-Boone County Department of Public Health and Human Services in central Missouri has confirmed with Food Safety News that three cases of E. coli O157:H7 infection in Boone County share raw milk as a common potential…
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Allergen Alert
Allergen Alert: Donuts With Traces of Egg
By Olivia Marler
Kwik Trip of La Crosse, WI is recalling certain Glazers Donuts because they may contain undeclared traces of egg.The recall was initiated after it was discovered that the company’s supplier had added egg to a key ingredient.No adverse reactions have…
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Articles of Interest
DeLauro Urges USDA to Label Mechanically Tenderized Beef
By Helena Bottemiller
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) is keeping the pressure on the U.S. Department of Agriculture to label mechanically tenderized beef. Some 50 million pounds of these needle- or blade-tenderized steaks are sold in the United States each month, but they are…
Twins Pitcher Hospitalized in Baltimore for Food Poisoning
By News Desk
Another major league pitcher has been taken out by food poisoning.Liam Hendriks, a right-handed pitcher for the Minnesota Twins, was scheduled to start Sunday’s game in Baltimore, but was hospitalized for foodborne illness.Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said Hendriks remained in…
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