Tag: food safety

Gills Onions of Oxnard, CA is voluntarily recalling Gills Onions branded fresh diced onions products because they have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella.

Baker Farms of Norman Park, GA is voluntarily recalling a single production run of Kroger 16-ounce bagged Collard Greens, due to possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination.

FDA deputy commissioner Jim Jones discusses the new FDA framework for guaranteeing the nation's food safety.

The products were distributed between September 5th -16th in California, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Washington D.C. and sold in various retail supermarkets.

Heartland Produce Company, provider of the highest quality produce available for retailers and consumers, has adopted an automated solution to collect and maintain compliance documentation, demonstrating a commitment to food safety and enabling suppliers to meet the company’s standards more easily.

Safeway Fresh Foods of Vineland, NJ, is recalling its 32-oz. Diced Organic Butternut Squash product as it has the potential to be contaminated with Escherichia coli O45. E. coli O45 causes a diarrheal illness often with bloody stools.

The produce industry might want to distinguish what it wants in the farm bill from what it can get.

iFoodDS, the leading provider of connected traceability, quality, and food safety solutions for the food supply chain, today announced that renowned food safety expert Frank Yiannas has been appointed to the company's Board of Directors.

I see that the FDA’s appointment of James Jones as the agency’s first deputy commissioner for human foods has been greeted warmly by a number of organizations and individuals, including Western Growers, the Consumer Brands Association, and the American Frozen Foods Institute.

The new executive position will lead the charge in setting and advancing priorities for a proposed unified Human Foods Program (HFP).