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Food Safety

Growers Express recalls veggie noodles and crumbles for possible listeria

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

July 2, 2019

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

Industry News

Sam Wilson hired as associate publisher for Food Engineering

Wilson will be responsible for ad sales in the Northern Midwest territory

Casey Laughman

July 1, 2019

Food Engineering and Refrigerated & Frozen Foods would like to announce Sam Wilson as Associate Publisher and Northern Midwest Sales Manager.

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

Complaints about small rocks in El Monterey breakfast wraps cause recall

Ruiz Food Products is trying to figure out where the rocks came from

Rose Shilling

June 17, 2019

Ruiz Foods Products Inc. recalled about 245,000 pounds of El Monterey frozen breakfast wraps that may contain small rocks, the USDA announced.

Food Safety

Another brand of flour recalled in expanded E. coli outbreak investigation

King Arthur Flour used ADM Milling wheat linked to outbreak

Rose Shilling

June 14, 2019

King Arthur Flour Inc. recalled all-purpose flour with wheat from ADM Milling Co. for possible E. coli, expanding health officials’ outbreak investigation linked to ADM flour.

Sustainability

Smithfield Foods starts biogas gathering projects in two states

Systems will collect renewable biogas and ship it to natural gas pipeline systems, helping to fuel the energy grid

Wayne Labs

June 11, 2019

Smithfield Foods, Inc. has begun the construction of new biogas gathering systems in Missouri and Utah, which brings the company closer to delivering renewable natural gas (RNG) from hog manure.

Study: Students' foodservice demands grow both on and off campus

The study says 33% of students are satisfied with their school's foodservice facilities.

June 10, 2019

Delivery, technology and health trends are changing the foodservice landscape and younger generations are leading this charge, according to “2019 College & University Consumer Trend Report,” a report published by Technomic, Chicago.

Study reveals significant shelf-life variability in produce among leading grocery stores

The research found that the freshness of produce – specifically strawberries, romaine lettuce and packaged salad mixes – varied significantly from store to store as well as within each individual store.

June 10, 2019

Zest Labs, San Jose, Calif., released the results of new research study measuring and comparing the shelf life (or freshness) of produce sold at major grocery chain stores across the United States.

Food Safety

Kroger recalls frozen berries over hepatitis concern

FDA found the virus through an ongoing frozen berry testing effort

Rose Shilling

June 10, 2019

Kroger recalled store-brand bags of frozen berries from its chain of grocery stores because the FDA found the hepatitis A virus in a blackberry sample.

Food Safety

School complaints about plastic in Tyson chicken fritters prompt recall

Frozen patties sent to foodservice locations nationwide

Rose Shilling

June 10, 2019

Tyson Foods recalled about 190,000 pounds of frozen chicken fritters after three complaints from schools about hard plastic in the patties, the USDA says.