The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced that Jennie-O Turkey Store Sales, LLC, a Barron, Wisconsin recalled ~147,276 pounds of raw ground turkey products that may be associated with the illness outbreak of Salmonella Reading, reported earlier. The products were shipped to retail locations nationwide. FSIS, and its public health partners, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Arizona Department of Health Services, has been conducting traceback activities for a sample of Jennie-O brand ground turkey in an intact, unopened package from a case-patient’s home. The patient tested positive for Salmonella Reading and the sample from the ground turkey matches the outbreak strain. FSIS, the CDC, and state public health and agriculture partners have been working together on an illness cluster involving 164 case-patients in 35 states. Patients have reported eating different types and brands of turkey products purchased from many different stores, handling raw turkey pet food and/or raw turkey, or working with live turkeys or living with someone who handled live turkeys. @ https://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/topics/recalls-and-public-health-alerts/recall-case-archive/archive/2018/recall-112-2018-release
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Jennie-O Turkey Store Sales, LLC, a Barron, Wis. establishment, is recalling approximately 91,388 pounds of raw ground turkey products that may be associated with an illness outbreak of Salmonella Reading.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced that Majestic Meat Company, a Salt Lake City, Utah recalled approximately 532 pounds of ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7. The bulk ground beef, ground beef patties, and meatballs were produced on November 8, 2018. These items were shipped to restaurants in the state of Utah. The problem was discovered on November 15, 2018, when FSIS identified that product associated with a sample that confirmed positive for E. coli O157:H7 had been shipped. The establishment held 2 of the 3 boxes of source material associated with the sampled product, however, the third box of source material was further processed and shipped. There have been no confirmed reports of adverse reactions due to consumption of these products. @ https://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/topics/recalls-and-public-health-alerts/recall-case-archive/archive/2018/recall-113-2018-release
Majestic Meat Company, a Salt Lake City, Utah establishment, is recalling approximately 532 pounds of ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7.
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The Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced that Swift Beef Co., Hyrum, Utah recalled approximately 99,260 pounds of raw non-intact ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7. The bulk ground beef was produced on Oct. 24, 2018. These items were shipped to retail distributors for further processing and food service distributors for institutional use in locations in California, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Washington. The problem was discovered on November 15, 2018, when FSIS visited Swift Beef Company in response to an FSIS ground beef sample that was collected at a further processing establishment and was confirmed positive for E. coli O157:H7. FSIS confirmed that Swift Beef Company was the sole source supplier for the ground beef products. That affected product was recalled on Nov. 16. There have been no confirmed reports of adverse reactions due to consumption of these products. It’s the second-largest recall since October for Swiss Beef parent company JBS Tolleson, which recalled 6.6 million pounds of ground beef due to Salmonella in October. @ https://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/topics/recalls-and-public-health-alerts/recall-case-archive/archive/2018/recall-114-2018-release
Swift Beef Co., a Hyrum, Utah establishment, is recalling approximately 99,260 pounds of raw non-intact ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7.
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Routine samples of the Green Cedar Ackawi cheese collected and tested by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development tested positive for the presence of Listeria monocytogenes. This resulted in the recall of Green Cedar Ackawi cheese in small clear plastic shrink-wrapped packaging bearing a “sell by” date of March 26, 2019, or later. This issue was discovered on November 9, 2018, during a routine inspection by the Michigan Department of Agriculture & Rural Development, Food & Dairy Division (MDARD) and by the Federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA). This product was distributed at retail locations East Dearborn and Dearborn Heights Michigan. There have been no reports of adverse health impacts or reactions related to the consumption of this product to date. @ https://www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/ucm626134.htm?utm_campaign=Recall%20of%20Green%20Cedar%20Dairy%20Ackawi%20Cheese%20Bearing%20a%20Sell%20by%20Date%20of%20March%2026%2C%202019%20or%20Later&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua
Routine samples of the Green Cedar Ackawi cheese collected and tested by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development tested positive for the presence of Listeria monocytogenes.