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FDA

Out of an abundance of caution and with an emphasis on customers’ wellness and safety, Yoke’s Fresh Market is proactively recalling two types of Colby cheese due to a potential contamination of Listeria monocytogenes.

It is important to note that no illnesses have been reported to date.

The affected products were manufactured by Guggisberg Cheese, Inc. and by Deutsch Kase Haus, LLC of Middlebury, Indiana. The affected products were sold in Yoke’s Fresh Market stores in WA and ID under the grocery brand’s private label.

The recall consists of two Colby cheese products. The products being voluntarily recalled are:

Colby Jk Longhorn Cheese – Yoke’s Fresh Market 16 oz.
Colby Longhorn Cheese – Yoke’s Fresh Market 16 oz.

Yoke’s customers who have purchased these products between 09/01/16 and 01/27/17 should return them for a full refund. Customers with questions can call Yoke’s at (509) 921-2292 ext. 55.

FSIS USDA

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28, 2017 – Gourmet Classic Salads, Inc., a Lake Wall, Fla. establishment, is recalling approximately 3,236 pounds of ready-to-eat meat and poultry products that may be adulterated with Listeria monocytogenes, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.

The ready-to-eat salad, wrap and snack items were produced and packaged from Jan. 30, 2017 through Feb. 24, 2017. The following products are subject to recall: [View Labels (PDF Only)]

• Clear plastic container containing 1 “Turkey Pesto on Tomato Basil Wrap.”
• Clear plastic container containing 1 “Steak Fajita on White Wrap.”
• Clear plastic container containing 1 “Chicken Pepper Jack Wrap.”
• Clear plastic container containing 1 “Chicken Caesar Salad.”
• Clear plastic container containing 1 “Chef Salad.”
• Clear plastic container containing 1 “Cobb Salad.”
• Clear plastic container containing 1 “Chicken Caesar on Spinach Wrap.”
• Clear plastic container containing 1 “Chicken Salad Snacker.”
• Clear plastic container containing 1 “Cranberry Pecan Chicken Salad Snacker.”
• Clear plastic container containing 1 “Chicken Salad Cup.”
• Clear plastic container containing 1 “Pepperoni & Cheese” snack box.
• Clear plastic container containing 1 “Turkey & Havarti Lettuce Wrap.”
• Round black plastic bowl containing 1 “Breakfast Bowl: Italian Sausage, Egg, Cheese & Potato.”
• Round black plastic bowl containing 1 “Southwest Breakfast Bowl.”
• Round black plastic bowl containing 1 “Chicken Tender Bowl.”
• Round black plastic bowl containing 1 “Ziti with Sausage & Cheese”.

The products subject to recall bear establishment number “EST. 19276” or “P-19276” inside the USDA mark of inspection. These items were shipped to a distributor in Florida for further distribution.

The problem was discovered when the FDA notified USDA that the firm may have produced USDA-regulated products on dates that FDA food contact surface samples tested positive for Listeria monocytogenes. There have been no confirmed reports of adverse reactions or illnesses due to consumption of these products.

Consumption of food contaminated with L. monocytogenes can cause listeriosis, a serious infection that primarily affects older adults, persons with weakened immune systems, and pregnant women and their newborns. Less commonly, persons outside these risk groups are affected.

FDA

Lipari Foods, LLC has issued a voluntary recall of various bulk and retail cheeses manufactured by Deutsch Kase Haus due to potential contamination of Listeria monocytogenes.

Products were distributed under the following brand names: Copperwood and Lipari Old Tyme

The affected products can be identified by:

Food Safety News

Meadow Gold Dairies in Hawaii is under order to stop distributing and selling its 2 percent reduced fat milk because state tests during the past four weeks have repeatedly showed more than 10 times the allowed level of coliform bacteria it the product.

The order from the Hawaii State Department of Health on Monday will remain in effect until the company can prove its 2 percent reduced fat milk is safe. No other Meadow Gold products are implicated.

CTV News

More than a dozen staff members contracted food poisoning at a lecture held at St. Boniface Hospital.

The Winnipeg Regional Health Authority said it happened last Tuesday, when 19 staff became ill from food served at the Grand Rounds lecture.

According to the WRHA, patient and cafeteria food were not impacted by the contamination.

The food poisoning was only confined to the one event, a spokesperson said.

Daily Mail Online

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• Plastic wrapping in one in every 100 raw chickens contains campylobacter 
• 485,000 cases of food poisoning last year was due to the bacteria 
•  Roughly nine million chickens sold in UK supermarkets could be affected

Shoppers should wash their hands after leaving the supermarket thanks to dangerous bacteria lurking on millions of packs of chicken, experts say.

The plastic wrapping around one in every 100 raw chickens sold in British supermarkets are harbouring the bacteria campylobacter.

The bug is the country’s leading cause of food poisoning, and causes 100 deaths a year.

HPS

Vol: 51 No: 08 Year: 2017 Type: Current Note

Food Safety News

A public health alert issued Friday warns people who recently bought Premo brand meat or chicken wraps in 10 states to monitor themselves for symptoms of Listeria infection.

The ham, chicken and Italian wraps had best-by dates of Feb. 12 and Feb. 14 and were made with cheese that has been recalled because of possible Listeria contamination.

FDA

Out of an abundance of caution and with an emphasis on customers’ wellness and safety, Lakeview Cheese and Bashas’ Family of Stores are proactively recalling various types of Colby cheese due to a potential contamination of Listeria monocytogenes. It’s important to note that no illnesses have been reported to date.

The affected products were manufactured by Guggisberg Cheese, Inc. and by Deutsch Kase Haus, LLC of Middlebury, Indiana. The affected products were distributed by Las Vegas-based Lakeview Cheese to Bashas’ Family of Stores, and sold in Bashas’ and Food City supermarkets’ Arizona meat departments under the grocery brands’ private label.

The recall consists of nine Colby cheese products, including fixed-weight and bulk- cut, random-weight items. The products being voluntarily recalled are:

Bashas’ and Food City customers who have purchased these products between September 1, 2016 and February 21, 2017 can return them for a full refund. Customers with questions can call Bashas’ Family of Stores’ Customer Service Department at 480-883-6131.

Total Food Service 

With global temperatures on the rise, preventing temperature abuse is more important than ever.  I have several clients who have witnessed guests afflicted with scombroid poisoning right there in their dining room, during service. 

Scombroid fish, especially those as common as Tuna and Mahi-mahi, can produce a nasty combination of substances known as scombrotoxin, which, when consumed, can lead to scombroid poisoning. Scombroid poisoning, in turn, sickens your guest almost immediately, results in lawsuits or insurance claims, and the Dept of Health will dispatch their foodborne illness inspectors to conduct a thorough audit of your restaurant.