Archive for March, 2008

In a nutshell: Frozen, pre-browned raw products mislabeled as precooked. Not so!
Koch Foods, a Fairfield, Ohio, establishment, is recalling approximately 1,420 pounds of frozen chicken breast products because they were packaged with the incorrect label. The frozen, pre-browned, raw products were labeled as “precooked” and therefore do not provide proper preparation instructions. These raw products [more...]

With so many meet recalls in so short a time, the FDA is holding a public meeting for concerned consumers and retailers (and media) featuring a panel of experts from government, public health, a food-borne law firm, and a meat plant owner.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) today announced a public meeting [more...]

In a nutshell: The Honduran grower and packer has perpetuated another recall from another fruit distributor in the United States. Is the Agropecuaria Montelibano the only cantaloupe game in the country? When will cantaloupe be safe again?
March 25, 2008 — T.M. Kovacevich International, Inc. of Philadelphia, PA is recalling cantaloupes which it purchased from Agropecuaria [more...]

In a nutshell: Another distributor of the Honduran cantaloupe packer issued another recall.  
March 26, 2008–Tropifresh, Inc. of Los Angeles, Calif. is recalling Agrolibano’s Produce Brand whole Cantaloupes because they appear to be contaminated with  Salmonella, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened [more...]

Is your kitchen making you fat?
The May 2008 issue of ShopSmart, from the publisher of Consumer Reports, reports that you actually may be able to blame the way your kitchen is set up for those hard-to-budge pounds. And food is only part of it. The style of your plates, glasses, and bowls can seduce you [more...]