Posts tagged salmonella

• Vitalabs Recalls Whey Products Due To Salmonella

  M. Brandon Smith | March 13, 2011 1:39 PM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Vitalabs Inc., working in cooperation with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), has issued a voluntary recall of four lots of Whey-26 Protein Powder due to possible Salmonella...

• Salmonella Egg Recall Expanded To 380 Million

  M. Brandon Smith | November 20, 2010 10:26 PM | 1 CommentAtlanta, GA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Cookie dough lovers, take note: the Wright County Egg Company of Galt, Iowa, has issued a recall of approximately 380 million eggs following several outbreaks of salmonella across the United States...

• Salmonella Found In Salami

  M. Brandon Smith | February 09, 2010 6:36 PM | 1 CommentAtlanta, GA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  One of America’s favorite linked meats is now linked to a potentially harmful bacteria. Recently a meat company in Rhode Island has recalled 1.2 million pounds of pepper coated salami after...

• Georgia Food Inspectors Under Scrutiny from Themselves

  Jessica Smagacz | April 19, 2009 11:24 AM | 3 CommentsAtlanta, GA Category: Toxic Substances
  

  Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that the FDA now wants states to evaluate and assess their own inspection plans. FDA wants to implement this new plan even after Georgia failed to prevent the...

• Georgia is Still Behind in Food Safety

  Jessica Smagacz | April 13, 2009 4:47 PM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA Category: Toxic Substances
  

  Today the Atlanta Journal-Constitution (AJC) reported that Georgia “has largely failed to reduce the number of illnesses caused by food-borne contamination over the past four years.”...

• One Million Pounds of Pistachios Recalled because Salmonella

  Jessica Smagacz | March 31, 2009 9:33 AM | 1 CommentAtlanta, GA Category: Toxic Substances
  

  USA Today reported that a California company is recalling one million pounds of pistachios after test results found them contaminated with salmonella. These pistachios were distributed nationwide....

• New Peanut Safety Guidelines set by FDA

  Jessica Smagacz | March 12, 2009 9:26 PM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA Category: Toxic Substances
  

  This past Tuesday, FDA issued new safety guidelines for companies that use peanut products, reported Red Orbit. FDA said “it may seize products that test positive for salmonella bacteria,...

• “Ingredients for a Safe Food Supply”

  Jessica Smagacz | February 28, 2009 10:42 AM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA Category: Toxic Substances
  

  This weekend, Atlanta Journal Constitution published an opinion from Pam Bailey, the president and CEO of the Grocery Manufacturers Association, on how to create a safer food supply. Pam Bailey...

• PCA President Refuses to testify to Congress & is MORE concerned with Money

  Jessica Smagacz | February 11, 2009 5:03 PM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA Category: Toxic Substances
  

  The latest news on the Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) where the national outbreak of salmonella started is that PCA’s president, Stewart Parnell refused to testify in front of Congress,...

• PCA President & Company still claim they did NOTHING Wrong

  Jessica Smagacz | February 10, 2009 8:38 PM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA Category: Toxic Substances
  

  Despite FDA confirming the contamination of salmonella at the Peanut Corporation of America’s (PCA) plant in Georgia and finding reports of about 12 other times where PCA had problems with...