Texas fines Blue Bell $850K for Listeria outbreak Jeremy Gerrard August 1, 2016 The Texas Health Department fined Blue Bell Creameries $850,000 as a penalty for last year’s deadly Listeria outbreak.Read More
Oklahoma company recalls hot dogs, corn dogs over listeria concerns Jeremy Gerrard July 27, 2016 Bar-S Foods Company of Altus, Oklahoma has issued a recall for approximately 372,684 pounds of chicken and pork hot dog and corn dog products. Read More
TECH FLASH FSIS to begin posting location-specific food safety data online The data sharing plan promotes transparency for consumers and further improves food safety at meat and poultry processing plants. Jeremy Gerrard July 13, 2016 The new datasets will be published on Data.gov on a quarterly basis starting 90 days after publication in the Federal Register.Read More
SunOpta expands sunflower seed recall Jeremy Gerrard June 3, 2016 SunOpta Inc. says it is expanding its recall of sunflower kernels because the products could potentially be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.Read More
Washington frozen food company continues layoffs amid recall Jeremy Gerrard May 31, 2016 CRF Frozen Foods laid off an additional 61 employees amid an ongoing shutdown at its Pasco, WA plant that has been connected to a listeria contamination.Read More
IDFA guidance targets food safety in ice cream Jeremy Gerrard May 6, 2016 The Internationals Dairy Foods Association and its Ice Cream Food Safety Task Force released a new guidance. Read More
Listeria outbreak forces expanded CRF Frozen Foods recall to include all frozen fruit, vegetable products Jeremy Gerrard May 3, 2016 The CDC informed CRF it has identified eight people from three states who became ill and were hospitalized due to Listeria.Read More
Dole resumes production at Ohio plant after listeria outbreak Jeremy Gerrard April 26, 2016 Dole Fresh Vegetables, Inc. has restarted limited production at its Springfield, OH processing plant. Read More
Frozen vegetables recalled for possible Listeria contamination Jeremy Gerrard April 25, 2016 A Washington frozen food processor has issued a recall for 15 frozen vegetable products. Read More
TECH FLASH Blue Bell details root cause of Listeria outbreak Two reports offer a better picture of what went wrong Jeremy Gerrard March 29, 2016 The outbreak resulted in a recall of all company products.Read More