Barber Foods, a Portland, ME manufacturer of stuffed chicken products, has recalled approximately 1.7 million pounds of frozen, raw stuffed chicken products that may be contaminated with Salmonella Enteritidis, according to USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service.
Texas-based H-E-B issued a voluntary recall of H-E-B brand hamburger and hotdog buns and Hill County Fare Hotdog buns because of a possible presence of foreign material, according to FDA.
Niagara Bottling LLC has issued a voluntary recall for 14 brands of its bottled water produced at two Pennsylvania plants because of concerns once of its spring sources is contaminated with E. coli.
Arkansas-based Pinnacle Foods Group, LLC has issued a recall for approximately 668,316 pounds of poultry products due to misbranding because the product contains monosodium glutamate (MSG), which is not declared on the label, according to USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS).
Michigan’s Quincy Street, Inc. has issued a recall for approximately 49,308 pounds of pork sausage products because they may be contaminated with foreign materials, according to USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS).
Garden Grove, CA-based LQNN, Inc., which originally issued a recall for about 213,000 pounds of chicken beef and pork products, has expanded the recall to include approximately 465,000 pounds of products.
Despite all the food safety advances in sanitary machine design, sanitary plant design, product testing and inspection, and many processors reexamining their current SSOPs, HACCP plans and FSMA preparation and adherence, there is still much work to be done to protect the food supply and to inform consumers of potential problems.
ConAgra pleaded guilty to introducing Peter Pan and private-label peanut butter contaminated with Salmonella into interstate commerce during the 2006 through 2007 outbreak.
Garden Grove, CA-based LQNN, Inc. has issued a recall for about 213,192 pounds of chicken, beef and pork products that were produced without the benefit of inspection and misbranded because of the unauthorized use of a USDA mark of inspection, USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced Wednesday.