Blue Bell Creameries has voluntarily suspended operations at its manufacturing plant in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma to conduct a thorough food safety inspection at the facility and account for any possible areas of contamination after a number of the company’s ice cream products were linked to a Listeriosis outbreak.
Major recalls from a number companies who use organic spinach in their products continue to roll in this week resulting in thousands of products being pulled from the shelves because of a possible contamination with Listeria monocytogenes.
Blue Bell Ice Cream issued a recall for its 3 oz. institutional/food service ice cream cups because they have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.
Kraft Foods Group has issued a massive recall of approximately 242,000 cases of original flavor Kraft Macaroni & Cheese Dinner because of the possibility that some boxes may contain small pieces of metal.
Frontier Natural Products Co-op issued a voluntary recall of 38 products manufactured with organic garlic powder sold under its Frontier and Simply Organic brands, and one product sold under the Whole Foods Market brand because of a potential Salmonella contamination, FDA announced.
An outbreak of Listeriosis has been linked to ice cream products manufactured at a Blue Bell Creameries production facility in Brenham, Texas according to FDA.
Rio Tex Wholesale Meats, a Texas establishment, issued a recall of approximately 58,180 pounds of ready-to-eat beef products that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes (Lm), according to USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS).
Tennessee-based Campos Foods, LLC issued a recall for approximately 136,950 pounds of beef products because of misbranding and undeclared allergens, according to USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS).
A Danish company has issued a recall for approximately 50,904 pounds of pork belly product produced in Poland after it was not presented at the US point of entry for inspection, according to USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS).
With less than a week to go before Valentine’s Day, one of the nation’s biggest candy gifting holidays, See’s Candies, Inc. has issued a recall on all of its 8-ounce Classic Red Hearts with Assorted Chocolates because the products contain undeclared free nuts, according to FDA.