Recall of Health Valley Bars announced

The Georgia Agricultural Board announced a recall of several varieties of Health Valley Organic granola bars for possible salmonella contamination.

According to the Atlantic Journal-Constitution (http://www.ajc.com/news), Health Valley Organic Wildberry Chewy, Peanut Crunch and Dutch Apple bars may have possible salmonella exposure from soy grits used in the bars.

No press release has been issued by the makers of the bars at this time.

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Surprise! Yet another food advisory ( alfalfa sprouts)

This is the reason why I have a permanent tag for salmonella :

According to U.S. News and World Report, the government has issued an advisory for alfalfa sprouts.  The culprit: Salmonella. The government is warning cionssumers to refrain from eating any alfalfa sprouts, or products containing alfalfa sprouts. Go to fda.gov  to read the associated press release.

Pistaschio Recall Update: Setton recalls an addtional million pounds

Setton Foods recalled an additional million pounds of pistachios Thursday, according to Foxnews.com. The cause of the infestation seems to revolve around alleged reports of vermin infestation at the Setton processing plant. The public is warned to refrain from eating pistachio and products containing the nut or derivatives.

To date, no reports of illness from consuming pistachios have been reported.
More to come.

The CC

Pistachio recall: An Update

The Associated Press is reporting that  Setton International Foods located in Commack, N.Y. stopped shipping pistachios as a response to public health and safety concerns. The New York  plant is the east coast locale of Setton Pistachio of Terra Bella, based on California.

Government officials are asking the public to refrain from consuming any pistachios or products containing pistachios until the source of the contamination is located. To date, no reports of sickness linked to eating pistachios has been reported.

Please visit the links on the sidebar for food safety to see if any particular brands of nuts have been recalled.

CC

Mass Pistachio recall due to threat of Salmonella

According to the FDA, a pisatchio processing plants issued a recall of approximately one million pounds of pistachios, because the pistachios may have been exposed to salmonella. Because the nut is used in so many applications and priducts, the FDA has subsequently warned all consumers to refrain from consuming any product that may contain pistachios. This includes mixed nuts, trail mix, ice cream and/or any product that lists pistachio as an ingredient. A list of manufacturers are listed here.

More to come,

CC

Peanut Plant Officials Knew of Salmonella Problems

Yes, People.
According to the FDA, these folks let money get in their way of their fiduciary responsibility.

Here is link to the rest of the article:

http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-general/20090207/Salmonella.Outbreak/

Peaut Butter recall update

Please, folks; If you haven’t checked the list from the CDC to see what products have been affected by the recall, please do so now.  Some brands of ice cream, gourmet peant butter, and some protein bars are now on the list.

Link to CDC list here

Peanut Butter Recall Update

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Kellogg issued a recall on some of its products containing peanut butter today in a press release on the Food and Drug Adminstration’s website Friday.

The FDA is advising that all consumers stat away from all products containing peanut butter.

The current list of products recalled containing peanut butter include products made by Little Debbie, Famous Amos, Austin’s ( shown here), and products containing peanut butter including some brands of candies, cookies and ice cream.

For a complete listing, go here

Salad Sprouts linked to outbreak of salmonella in Northwest

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If you live in Washington state, Oregon, Idaho and Alaska; be careful. Sprouters Northwest has pulled al of its salad sprouts ( alfalfa, onion, and salad sprouts) because of a link to 13 cases of salmonella poisoning; according to DigitalJournal.com. Refer to the article for lot numbers that have a “Best By” date of 9/17/08.

Or be safer and just throw them out anyway.

AP reports Mexican Peppers tagged as unsafe long before outbreak

According to the Associated Press, Federal inspectors at the U.S./ Mexico border routinely rejected shipments of peppers months before the outbreak of Salmonella this year. As many as 88 shipments were turned away since January, and it surprised the higher-ups at the FDA.

Using records obtained from the FDA, AP discovered the pattern of rejection from border inspectors. However, according to FDA director Dr. David Acheson, the peepers weren’t a source of concern because they didn’t have a history of carrying contaminants.

The AP reports that, according to the Department of Agriculture, 84% of all peppers consumed in the U.S. come from Mexico.

This makes my case for eating locally even more convincing.

http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-health/20080818/Salmonella.Peppers/