Johnston County Hams is recalling about 90,000 pounds of ready-to-eat ham products that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, linked by government officials to one death.
A New York raw milk cheese company, whose products were linked to a multi-state outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes (L. mono), has been ordered by a federal court not to manufacture its ready-to-eat aged soft, semi-soft and hard cheeses until it complies with food safety regulations.
The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has issued a public health alert that recalled fried chicken and pork sausage for possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination.
In the test kitchen at Sabra’s Center of Excellence, Sabra Executive Chef Mary Dawn Wright spends a lot of time thinking about, looking at, tasting and researching the ingredients for hummus—chickpeas and tahini, a paste made from sesame seeds. Wright, who is a classically trained chef, now describes herself as an international expert on chickpeas and tahini.
Texas-based Blue Bell Creameries has voluntarily recalled select ice cream products manufactured at its Sylacauga, AL plant after discovering pieces of chocolate chip cookie dough provided by a third-party supplier could potentially be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.
Food recalls were up in the second quarter of 2016, in part because of powerful new testing methods and tighter regulations — an indication of a new normal rather than an outlying spike in the trend.