Washington frozen food company continues layoffs amid recall Jeremy Gerrard May 31, 2016 CRF Frozen Foods laid off an additional 61 employees amid an ongoing shutdown at its Pasco, WA plant that has been connected to a listeria contamination.Read More
IDFA guidance targets food safety in ice cream Jeremy Gerrard May 6, 2016 The Internationals Dairy Foods Association and its Ice Cream Food Safety Task Force released a new guidance. Read More
Listeria outbreak forces expanded CRF Frozen Foods recall to include all frozen fruit, vegetable products Jeremy Gerrard May 3, 2016 The CDC informed CRF it has identified eight people from three states who became ill and were hospitalized due to Listeria.Read More
Dole resumes production at Ohio plant after listeria outbreak Jeremy Gerrard April 26, 2016 Dole Fresh Vegetables, Inc. has restarted limited production at its Springfield, OH processing plant. Read More
Frozen vegetables recalled for possible Listeria contamination Jeremy Gerrard April 25, 2016 A Washington frozen food processor has issued a recall for 15 frozen vegetable products. Read More
TECH FLASH Blue Bell details root cause of Listeria outbreak Two reports offer a better picture of what went wrong Jeremy Gerrard March 29, 2016 The outbreak resulted in a recall of all company products.Read More
Food safety alert: Listeria outbreak linked to raw milk Jeremy Gerrard March 21, 2016 A multistate Listeriosis outbreak under investigation by the CDC for nearly two years has been linked to raw milk produced in Pennsylvania.Read More
Delaware cheese manufacturer tied to Listeria outbreak fined $100K Jeremy Gerrard March 7, 2016 A federal judge ordered Delaware-based Roos Foods Inc. to pay $100,000 for its role as the source of a 2014 Listeria outbreak.Read More
Virginia company ordered to stop sprout sales after food safety violations Jeremy Gerrard March 4, 2016 A Virginia grower of fresh, ready-to-eat soybean and mung-bean sprouts has been ordered to stop production until the company can clean up its act.Read More
National committee to address Listeria control Jeremy Gerrard March 1, 2016 The National Advisory Committee on Meat and Poultry Inspection (NACMPI) will host a two-day public meeting to review Listeria monocytogenes. Read More
