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The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has extended its recall, issued initially on January 25, 2019, of Compliments, brand Chicken Nuggets manufactured by Sofina Foods Inc. The recalled product is Compliments Chicken Nuggets – Breaded Chicken Cutlettes – Uncooked in 1.5 kg packages. The code on the outer package is 2019 JL 18, and the code on the inner package is 1998M. These products were sold in Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Possibly Nationally, Prince Edward Island, Saskatchewan, and Yukon at the consumer level. @ https://inspection.gc.ca/about-the-cfia/newsroom/food-recall-warnings/complete-listing/2019-02-27/eng/1551284021762/1551284022043

FDA issued warning letters to two egg facilities due to inadequate control of Salmonella enteriditis. The egg facilities are Walnut Ridge Farm of Ovid NY, and Gravel Ridge farms of Cullman, AL. The Gravel Ridge Farms inspection was initiated as part of a Salmonella Enteritidis (SE) multi-state outbreak investigation by FDA’s. 45 people in 12 states were infected with the outbreak strain of SE, which is the same strain found in two environmental swabs from two egg-laying houses in the Gravel Ridge facility. The FDA’s Whole Genome Sequence (WGS) analysis of these isolates of SE revealed they are genetically identical to 45 clinical isolates from ill patients sequenced to date. CDC and FDA have determined, based on the epidemiological, traceback, and laboratory evidence, that shell eggs produced at your Cullman, Alabama location are the likely source of this multi-state SE outbreak. In Walnut Ridge Farm the FDA wrote: “During the inspection, the investigators observed that you have serious violations of the Prevention of Salmonella Enteritidis (SE) in shell eggs during production, storage, and transportation regulation (the shell egg regulation)”. FDA claims that the eggs have been prepared, packed, or held under unsanitary conditions. @ https://www.fda.gov/ICECI/EnforcementActions/WarningLetters/2019/default.htm

The FDA announced that Southern Specialties Inc. of Pompano Beach, Florida is recalled select bags of Marketside brand green beans and butternut squash due to potential Listeria monocytogenes. The recalled products were shipped to one retail distribution center. Although most of the product was retrieved before distribution to retail stores, some product shipped on February 17th may have reached select stores in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia. No illnesses are associated with this recall.
The recall was issued after the company’s raw material supplier found Listeria monocytogenes in a routine test of a food contact surface. As a precautionary measure, Southern Specialties recalled all products that were repacked at its facility on the same repacking line as the supplier’s product. None of the products have tested positive for Listeria.@ https://www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/ucm632027.htm