The FDA announced that Columbia River Natural Pet Foods of Vancouver recalled 933 packages of Cow Pie fresh frozen meats for dogs and cats, produced in August 2017, due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination. Pets with Listeria monocytogenes infections sometimes display symptoms such as mild to severe diarrhea, anorexia, fever, nervous, muscular and respiratory signs, abortion, depression, shock, and death, animals that recover may become carriers. Cow Pie is a fresh frozen meats product intended to feed raw to dogs and cats. Cow Pie was distributed in Alaska, Oregon, and Washington through retail stores and direct delivery. The product comes frozen in 2 lbs. purple and white plastic bags. No illnesses have been reported to date. The potential for contamination was noted after routine testing by the Washington State Department of Agriculture revealed the presence of Listeria monocytogenes in one package. @ https://www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/ucm627721.htm
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Columbia River Natural Pet Foods of Vancouver, WA is voluntarily recalling 933 packages of Cow Pie fresh frozen meats for dogs and cats, produced in August 2017, because it has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes
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The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) announced on December 4, 2018, the recall of Eat Smart brand Salad Shake Ups – Sweet Kale from the marketplace due to possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination. The recall was triggered due to CFIA test results that were positive for Listeria monocytogenes. The recalled product has been distributed nationally, however, there have been no reported illnesses associated with consuming it. Eat Smart brand is owned by Apio Inc., headquartered in Guadalupe, Canada. Canadian officials did not report how many pounds or packages of the kale salad mixes are subject to the recall. The agency did not provide names or locations of the retailers. According to its website, Apio Inc. is one of the largest shippers of fresh-cut vegetables in the U.S. and Canada. @ http://www.inspection.gc.ca/about-the-cfia/newsroom/food-recall-warnings/complete-listing/2018-12-04/eng/1543977186780/1543977188278
Industry is recalling Eat Smart brand Salad Shake Ups – Sweet Kale from the marketplace due to possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination.
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Some romaine lettuce is coming back to stores, with new labeling that includes where the product was grown. However, the trucking industry according to Transport Topics (https://www.ttnews.com/articles/romaine-recall-causes-disruption-trucking-industry) still has the task to decide how to track romaine lettuce in the future, in case of another E. coli outbreak. During the November recall, truckloads of romaine lettuce were in transit as the recall came down. The truckers were told to destroy the product but found it difficult to find places to dump the truckloads full of lettuce. While health officials could guess that the lettuce came from central California. Nevertheless, retailers and trucking companies took everything romaine in the chain and on the shelves and tossed it in the trash. Eventually, tons of lettuce were sent to landfills and dumps. Because officials at FDA and CDC could not pinpoint the source of the contamination, tons of safe food from Arizona and elsewhere were thrown out with the bad. Romaine lettuce is difficult to find currently and many restaurants are not serving it.
Romaine lettuce is shipping again after a late November outbreak of E. coli, but only after the federal government began a new round of negotiating with producers for changes in tracking.
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Two months after the initial recall, of October 4, 2018, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today that JBS Tolleson, Inc., Tolleson, Arizona, is recalling approximately 12,093,271 pounds of non-intact raw beef products that may be contaminated with Salmonella Newport. This extension represents an additional 5,156,076 pounds of raw beef products, which were produced and packed from July 26, 2018, to Sept. 7, 2018. There might be a small value in this late recall, however, the FSIS is concerned that some product may be frozen and in consumers’ freezers. These items were shipped to retail locations and institutions nationwide. Epidemiological investigation has identified 246 confirmed case-patients from 26 states related to the recall (illness onset dates ranging from July 26 to September 7, 2018). JBS Tolleson has identified three case-patients related to 267 ground beef products that were not part of the October 4, 2018 recall. @ https://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/topics/recalls-and-public-health-alerts/recall-case-archive/archive/2018/recall-085-2018-EXP-release?permalink=https://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/topics/recalls-and-public-health-alerts/recall-case-archive/archive/2018/recall-085-2018-EXP-release
JBS Tolleson, Inc., a Tolleson, Ariz. establishment, is recalling approximately 12,093,271 pounds of non-intact raw beef products that may be contaminated with Salmonella Newport.