Food Safety

Food Safety

Ragú pasta sauces recalled for possible plastic fragments

Recalled jars shipped nationwide

Rose Shilling

July 22, 2019

Mizkan America Inc. recalled some Ragú pasta sauces for possible contamination with plastic fragments.

Food Safety

Salads, sandwiches sold at Target, Fresh Market recalled for possible listeria

Egg, tuna and lobster salads affected

Rose Shilling

July 22, 2019

Elevation Foods recalled some salads and sandwiches sold at Target and Fresh Market for possible listeria contamination.

Food Safety

FDA warns about papayas after company refuses recall

Investigators: Fruit likely linked to multistate salmonella outbreak

Rose Shilling

July 20, 2019

The FDA warned people to avoid Cavi brand fresh, whole papayas after distributor Agroson’s LLC refused to initiate a recall.

Food Safety

Bison burger recalled for possible E. coli linked to illness outbreak

Frozen ground meat imported from Canada

Rose Shilling

July 17, 2019

Northfork Bison Distributions Inc. recalled ground bison and patties imported from Canada that are linked to a multistate E. coli outbreak.

Food Safety

Pita Pal Foods recalls hummus due to listeria found at plant

FDA inspection turned up the bacteria

Rose Shilling

July 17, 2019

Pita Pal Foods recalled hummus because of concerns about listeria found at a facility during an FDA inspection, not in the finished product, the company announced.

Packaging

New sensor detects spoiled milk

Rose Shilling

July 15, 2019

Scientists at Washington State University developed a sensor that can "smell" if milk has gone bad—without opening the package.

Michael Taylor at the Food Safety Summit

Manufacturing News

Crises still drive food safety in U.S.

Wayne Labs

July 12, 2019

Michael Taylor, former deputy commissioner for food for FDA and present co-chair of the Stop Foodborne Illness Board, suggested that in spite of all the technology, collaboration and education to improve food safety, crisis management still drives changes.

Food Safety

Growers Express recalls veggie noodles and crumbles for possible listeria

Company pulls the products after single positive test from state health officials

Rose Shilling

July 2, 2019

Growers Express recalled Trader Joe’s sweet potato and zucchini noodles and other bagged, chopped fresh vegetables for possible listeria contamination.

Food Safety

Salmonella outbreak linked to whole, fresh papayas from Mexico

Health officials ask suppliers, businesses nationwide to hold back the fruit

Rose Shilling

July 1, 2019

A salmonella outbreak is likely from whole papayas from Mexico, and people in six Northeastern states shouldn’t eat them, health officials advise.

Food Safety

Documentation is key to proving hazard control

Rose Shilling

June 19, 2019

Many processors have grown more sophisticated at compiling information and presenting it when inspectors ask for proof that a facility's food safety management system is working. But no matter the companies’ size or record management methods, they likely experience some of the common deficiencies that experts see.