Nationwide recall of Whole Foods Market Red Lentil Dal over Listeria contamination

Bakkavor USA immediately ceased the production and distribution of the Whole Foods Market Red Lentil Dal containing the pickled curry cauliflower. The product was distributed to Whole Foods Market stores in nearly all U.S. Symptoms of Listeria infection can include vomiting, nausea, persistent fever, muscle aches, severe headache, and neck stiffness. Pregnant women, the elderly, […]

Illegal cannabis edibles trend in UK ‘concerning,’ says CIEH | Food Safety News

Various police forces have warned about the products as they not allowed in the UK. The Home Office handles licensing applications from those in England, Wales and Scotland who want to produce, supply, cultivate cannabis plants and import or export controlled drugs. If they were being sold in the high street there would be a […]

Illegal cannabis edibles trend in UK ‘concerning,’ says CIEH | Food Safety News

Various police forces have warned about the products as they not allowed in the UK. The Home Office handles licensing applications from those in England, Wales and Scotland who want to produce, supply, cultivate cannabis plants and import or export controlled drugs. If they were being sold in the high street there would be a […]

Rodent infestation and Salmonella prompt Tiger Nut recall | Food Safety News

Consumers should check to see if they have the recalled products in their homes or establishment. Infants, children, seniors, and people with weakened immune systems are at higher risk of serious illness because their immune systems are fragile, according to the U.S. Sick people should tell their doctors about the possible exposure to Salmonella bacteria […]

Clams recalled for botulism risk after being sold unrefrigerated | Food Safety News

Food contaminated with Clostridium botulinum toxin may not look or smell spoiled but can still make you sick. Symptoms in adults can include facial paralysis or loss of facial expression, unreactive or fixed pupils, difficulty swallowing, drooping eyelids, blurred or double vision, difficulty speaking, including slurred speech, and a change in the sound of a […]

California bets its egg and pork markets will attract the compliant | Food Safety News

Today Proposition 12, passed by voters on Nov. Further, the law prohibits a business owner or operator from knowingly engaging in sales within California of shell eggs, liquid eggs, whole veal, or pork meat from animals housed in a non-compliant manner. Warnings have since gone out to anyone who operates a restaurant or is a […]

Canadian market recalls clams in jars because of botulism risk | Food Safety News

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is conducting a food safety investigation, which may lead to the recall of other products. About botulism While a variety of illnesses can result from eating under-processed food, one of the most dangerous is botulism poisoning. “In foodborne botulism, symptoms generally begin 18 to 36 hours after eating contaminated food. […]

Canadian market recalls clams in jars because of botulism risk | Food Safety News

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is conducting a food safety investigation, which may lead to the recall of other products. About botulism While a variety of illnesses can result from eating under-processed food, one of the most dangerous is botulism poisoning. “In foodborne botulism, symptoms generally begin 18 to 36 hours after eating contaminated food. […]

FSAI warns of cannabis in sweets ahead of Halloween – Food Safety News

The agency urged people to be vigilant due to the dangers of consumption, particularly by children, of products such as jelly sweets containing the psychoactive cannabis component known as tetrahydrocannabinol . Officials said there was a growing availability in Ireland of food products containing significant amounts of THC. People falling sick This year, six children […]

WHO Europe offers guidance for safe food in traditional markets

The report contains guidance on the promotion of safe and healthy food in traditional markets in the World Health Organization European Region. Such markets are important sources of food for millions in the WHO European Region but they have also been associated with foodborne and zoonotic outbreaks, including COVID-19. In traditional markets, the food sold […]

Publisher’s Platform: Hey FDA, Leafy Green Industry, please don’t forget those you should have …

Although nearly 500 miles apart as the crow flies, the two regions share a notorious history of sickening consumers with a particularly lethal strain of Escherichia coli – O157:H7 – known to strike, and sometimes kill, the most vulnerable among us – children, elderly, and the immunocompromised. As Salinas winds down its 4-month growing season […]