An ongoing E. coli outbreak has been linked to ADM Milling wheat in Baker’s Corner flour sold at ALDI stores. Now, another flour made with the contaminated wheat is being recalled. King Arthur issued a recall for specific lots of 5-pound bags of unbleached all-purpose flour. The recalled King Arthur products have not been associated with illnesses. […]
Hepatitis A risk in Townsend Farms blackberries has affected frozen berry mixes sold at Kroger and Costco stores. Consumers who have purchased Private Selection triple berry mixes at Kroger and Kirkland Signature triple berry blends should not eat them as Hepatitis A can cause serious illness. Those who have eaten the berry mixtures should consult […]
A recall for Karawan brand tahini products, which has been linked to a Salmonella outbreak, has been expanded to include all sizes of the product produced between December 2018 and April 2019. Consumers, restaurants and food service operators should not use these products if they have them on hand. The expansion of the recall, initially issued on May […]
Each summer, the subtropical parasite Cyclospora makes its way to the U.S. on imported produce causing food poisoning symptoms that, if untreated, can last more than two months. Last summer, two Cyclospora outbreaks sickened more than 700 people. One of them was linked to Fresh Express salad sold at McDonald’s. The other was linked to Del […]
When the Salmonella outbreak linked to pre-cut melon from Caito Foods ended, the FDA’s investigation into the company didn’t. The food safety lawyers at Pritzker Hageman law firm say there are a couple of reasons why the agency may have chosen to keep the investigation going. First, this is the second Salmonella outbreak within the […]
A recall for ALDI Baker’s Corner flour has been expanded to include all 5-pound bags for potential E. coli contamination. The recall is in conjunction with an E. coli O26 outbreak that has sickened 17 people in eight states. The initial recall, issued May 23, 2019, included 5-pound bags with Lot L18A02 and L18A03 and […]
An E. coli outbreak linked to ALDI brand Baker’s Corner flour has sickened 17 people in eight states. Three people have been hospitalized. A recall has been issued for the flour which was produced by ADM Milling Co. in Buffalo, NY. When people are sickened by E. coli, state health officials perform genetic tests on […]
Sixteen people who ate oysters contaminated with norovirus and four kinds of bacteria are part of a five-state outbreak. Two more people, who did eat the oysters but had contact with people who did, also got food poisoning. But they are not part of the official count, according to the Centers for Disease Control and […]
The Salmonella outbreak linked to frozen ground tuna from Jensen Tuna in Houma, LA has ended with 15 sick in eight states. Two people were hospitalized. The people sickened said they ate spicy tuna rolls or other tuna sushi items at restaurants before they got sick. Federal officials did not release the names of those […]
A Salmonella outbreak linked to Del Monte vegetable trays sold at Kwik Trip stores in Minnesota and Wisconsin has sickened four people. Other stores may also have sold the contaminated vegetable trays, Wisconsin health officials said. This is the second time in the last 12 months that Del Monte vegetable trays sold at Kwik Trip […]
A ground beef E. coli outbreak has sickened 196 people in 10 states, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Two people have developed hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), a form of kidney failure that affects some E. coli patients. Nineteen more cases have been reported since the CDC’s last update on April […]
Another tahini Salmonella outbreak has been linked to products imported from Israel. The outbreak, which has sickened four people in the three states, comes just a few months after another Salmonella outbreak linked to tahini imported from Israel ended. The previous outbreak, linked to tahini products produced by Achdut Ltd. of Ari’el, Israel, sickened eight people […]