Tag: food safety

As of December 14, 302 people infected with one of the outbreak strains of Salmonella have been reported from 42 states.

Working with Equifruit, Ecuadoran banana grower Asoguabo achieves GlobalGAP Produce Handling Assurance (PHA) standard.

Fresh Express recalled spinach items that were distributed to retailers in seven states including AL, FL, GA, NC, SC, TN and VA.

The recalled fruit was sold at retail stores nationwide in bags or as individual pieces of fruit with PLU stickers, under multiple brand names.

The FDA and CDC, in collaboration with state and local partners, investigated an outbreak of Salmonella infections linked to recalled diced onions under the Gills Onions brand name.

CDC is concerned about this outbreak because the illnesses are severe and people in long-term care facilities and childcare centers have gotten sick. Do not eat pre-cut cantaloupes if you don’t know whether Malichita or Rudy brand cantaloupes were used.

TGD Cuts, LLC has initiated a voluntary recall of the specific fresh-cut fruit cup, clamshell and tray products listed below because they contain cantaloupe from TruFresh which has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella.

The Pritzker Hageman food safety lawyers have filed the first lawsuit arising from a fast-growing Salmonella Sundsvall outbreak linked to Trufresh cantaloupe sold under the brand names Malichita and Rudy.

I decided to check in about the situation with Timothy D. Lytton, a law professor at the Center for Law, Health & Society at Georgia State University College of Law.

The U.S., Canada, and Mexico have been working closely on a recent outbreak and recall associated with cantaloupes.