'Food Poisoning'


In a nutshell: The FDA told a Texas seafood firm to close down and recall all their products from 2007 to date because they failed to comply with certain procedures which could cause serious food poisoning risks.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today directed Hope Food Supply Inc., a Pasadena, Texas, food processing company, to [more...]


In a nutshell: Clam chowder with shrimp distributed to parts of Mass. and Conn. contains shrimp but shrimp is not listed on the label as an ingredient. People allergic to shrimp may have life threatening episodes or fatal food poisoning.
May 6, 2008 — Blount Fine Foods of Fall River, MA is recalling Blount All Natural [more...]


In a nutshell: Almost 300,000 pounds of fresh and frozen meat and chicken products are being recalled nationwide because of a possible threat of fatal food poisoning.
May 3, 2008 – Gourmet Boutique, L.L.C., a Jamaica, N.Y., firm, is voluntarily recalling approximately 286,320 pounds of fresh and frozen meat and poultry products that may be contaminated [more...]


In a nutshell: Salmonella in multiple states may be linked to Malt-O-Meal cereal recall which Circle of Food blog first reported April 7. 
The Food and Drug Administration announced that at least 23 people in 14 states have been diagnosed with salmonellosis that was caused by the same strain of Salmonella that was found in the recently [more...]


In a nutshell: Piney Ridge and Elaine Duncan’s farms’ raw milk tested for food poisoning.
What are the benefits of raw milk? People who are allergic to pasteurized milk are not allergic to raw milk. Raw milk is free of antibiotics, pesticides and growth hormones as  commercial dairy cows are raised on grains, not grass, like they were [more...]