2011

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has warned the public not the eat raw oysters from Hood Canal Area 4 in Washington State due to an illness outbreak from a bacteria. The bacteria is Vibrio parahaemolyticus. There have been five separate cases of possible illness linked to the oysters, according to news sources. The Department… read more

K Heeps Inc. of Allentown, Pennsylvania, has issued a recall for their pureed pork product that may contain metal fragments, according to news sources. About 5,550 pounds are subject to recall, according to the U.S. Depart of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service. The product comes in 4.5 pound boxes and is called Imperial Sysco… read more

World Wide Fish Products Inc. has announced a recall of their Smoked Split Herring because the product was found to be uneviscerated during a routine inspection, according to news sources. The product was sold on August 17, 2011 to Food Plaza Market, NSA Supermarket (Bravo), P&P Distributers, Brooklyn #1 Meat Market, and Flaming Meat Distributors,… read more

Roundy’s Supermarkets Inc., in cooperation with the United States Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service, has issued a recall for their chicken breast products that may be undercooked, according to news sources. Approximately 360 pounds of the breaded chicken breast product are being recalled. The products would have been sold to consumers at… read more

The cantaloupes that the Food and Drug Administration linked the recent multi-state listeriosis outbreak with have caused a sharp rise in already high numbers of illness, with reports of 55 illnesses and eight deaths in 14 states, according to news sources. Yesterday, news sources reported four fatalities and 35 people sickened. The recalled cantaloupes are… read more