Federal and state inspectors have found two strains of Listeria in the Freshy Foods plant. One of the Listeria strains has persisted in the Elmwood facility since at least 2013. Listeria was also found in Freshy Foods sandwiches. The complaint filed in Federal court alleges Elmwood-based Freshy Foods LLC distributed food that was produced or held in unsanitary conditions. A year ago FDA asked the owners to voluntarily recall their food products, in light of the Listeria findings. The owners declined to do so, the complaint alleges. Freshy Foods co-owners Floyd D. James and Ida M. James, who serve as CEO and president of the company, respectively, also declined to cease operations pending further testing at the plant, according to the complaint. The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed the accusations at the request of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, “to stop them from manufacturing and distributing adulterated food in violation of federal law.” @ https://www.nola.com/business/index.ssf/2018/06/elmwood_business_refused_to_re.html
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Freshy Foods refused to recall food or cease operations after listeria was found at the Elmwood-based plant, a federal complaint claims.
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The White House budget director Mick Mulvaney, on June 21 introduced a reorganization plan. The plan proposes creating a single food safety agency under the Agriculture Department, decreasing the Food and Drug Administration’s role in regulating the food industry. Mulvaney said “Because of the Byzantine nature of the way we regulate in this country…if you make a cheese pizza, that is governed by the Food and Drug Administration, if you put pepperoni it, that’s governed by USDA. If you have a chicken, it’s governed by the USDA. If that chicken lays an egg, it’s governed by the FDA, but if you break the egg and make it into an omelet, that is now covered again by USDA.”Under the plan, food safety regulations would shift from FDA to USDA and FSIS, instead of having duties split between the FDA and the USDA. It’s an idea that the Obama administration proposed in 2015. It will create a new branch called the Federal Food Safety Agency. @ https://harvestpublicmedia.org/post/white-house-plan-would-move-food-aid-out-usda-combine-food-safety-efforts
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NOW Health Group, Inc. (NOW), of Bloomingdale, Illinois, recalled its NOW Real Food® Zesty Sprouting Mix –because its primary ingredient, Crimson Clover Seeds, has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. Approximately 10,000 units of Zesty Sprouting Mix were distributed online and in retail stores nationwide since December 2017. Evidence of potential contamination was implicated in ongoing FDA and CDC investigations into multistate outbreaks of Salmonella infections. @ https://www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/ucm611388.htm?utm_campaign=Now%20Health%20Group%20Inc.%20Recalls%20Select%20Now%20Real%20Food%C2%AE%20Zesty%20Sprouting%20Mix&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua
NOW Health Group, Inc. (NOW), of Bloomingdale, Illinois, is recalling its NOW Real Food® Zesty Sprouting Mix – Product Code 7271, Lot #3031259 and Lot #3038165 – because its primary ingredient, Crimson Clover Seeds, has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Healthy persons infected with Salmonella often experience fever, diarrhea (which may be bloody), nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain. In rare circumstances, infection with Salmonella can result in the organism getting into the bloodstream and producing more severe illnesses such as arterial infections (i.e., infected aneurysms), endocarditis, and arthritis.