Dole recalls bagged salads due to E. coli
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A division of Dole Food Co said on Monday it was recalling "Dole Hearts Delight" bagged salads in the United States and Canada because a sample at a grocery store in Canada was found to contain E. coli.
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Shredded lettuce is the most likely source of an E. coli outbreak linked to Taco Bell restaurants in the Northeast, federal officials said yesterday as Taco Bell executives tried to reassure customers that it was safe to eat at the fast-food chain.
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The following recalls have been announced:
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A former top FDA official says inspection of food for hazards such as the current outbreak of E. coli bacteria in California spinach has fallen off each year.
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On its way to supermarket shelves, bagged spinach passes from field to packing plant to store, with several opportunities along the journey for it to become contaminated with deadly E. coli bacteria.
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Regulators have issued a public health alert for about 14,800 pounds of missing ground beef products that may be contaminated with the potentially deadly E. coli bacteria, the Department of Agriculture said on Thursday.
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Twenty-one people in eight states may have fallen ill after eating hamburgers possibly contaminated with E. coli, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. The Topps Meat Company, based in Elizabeth, N.J., announced a recall on Tuesday of boxes of frozen hamburgers. The recall affects 331,582 pounds of frozen beef patties and 21 products distributed nationwide. Illnesses were reported in Connecticut, Florida, Indiana, Maine, New Jersey, New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania. A list of the recalled products is at www.toppsmeat.com.
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HAGERSTOWN, Md., Sept. 23 -- The family of an elderly Hagerstown woman who died nearly two weeks ago after eating bagged spinach questioned Saturday whether government health officials had done enough to alert Maryland residents to the threat of E. coli contamination that has been linked to at least...
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Tyson Fresh Meats, a Wallula, Washington unit of Tyson Foods Inc., is voluntarily recalling about 16,743 pounds (7.6 tons) of ground beef that may be contaminated with E.coli, the USDA said on Friday.
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Government regulators never acted on calls for stepped-up inspections of leafy greens after last year's deadly E. coli spinach outbreak, leaving the safety of America's salads to a patchwork of largely unenforceable rules and the industry itself, an Associated Press investigation has found.
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California produce grower Metz Fresh LLC said on Wednesday it voluntarily recalled fresh spinach in grocery store and food service packages after a sample tested positive for salmonella.
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More than 250 people have reported becoming sick after eating at an Olive Garden restaurant in Indianapolis, Indiana, a county health official said on Friday, a day after an outbreak of E.coli at Taco Bell restaurants was declared over.
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Anne Grintjes can't even look at produce now without cringing. "I went through a grocery store the other day and I just flinched when I looked at all the greens," said Grintjes, whose 6-year-old son and 3-year-old daughter fell ill during a multi-state E. coli outbreak linked to tainted spinach. "It's hard not to, after watching your little boy struggling for his life in a hospital bed."
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Each week, it seems, there is another food recall in the news. In last week's Lean Plate Club Web chat , a couple of Lean Plate Club members described how they are taking steps to help reduce their risk of infection with E coli 0157:H7 infection from eating beef. So in today's Lean Plate Club column...
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The recall, by a California produce company, comes nearly a year after an outbreak of another pathogen, E. coli, in fresh spinach killed 3 people and sickened 200.
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A California natural foods company was linked Friday to a nationwide E. coli outbreak that has killed one person and sickened nearly 100 others. Supermarkets across the country pulled spinach from shelves, and consumers tossed out the leafy green.
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More bags of spinach tainted with   toxic E. coli bacteria have been found and could help   investigators track down an outbreak that may have killed three   people, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention   said on Tuesday.