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Idaho Firm Recalls Fully Cooked Meat and Poultry Products Due to Potential Listeria Monocytogenes Contamination

Class 1 recall, heath risk high...

(WASHINGTON DC) - LJD Holdings, Inc., doing business as B and D Foods, a Boise, Idaho establishment, is recalling approximately 33,500 pounds of fully cooked meat and poultry products due to possible contamination with Listeria monocytogenes.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service made the announcement today.

California Firm Recalls Turkey Burger Product Due to Misbranding and Undeclared Allergen

The product bears the establishment number “P-157” inside the USDA mark of inspection. -Includes statement from Foster Farms-

(WASHINGTON DC) - Foster Farms, a Turlock, Calif. establishment, is recalling approximately 15,040 pounds of a turkey burger product because of misbranding and an undeclared allergen.

North Carolina Firm Recalls Diced Beef Products that May Contain Foreign Materials

The problem occurred as a result of a conveyor belt being damaged during production.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - RSW Distributors, LLC, is recalling approximately 3,104 pounds of seasoned diced beef products that may contain foreign materials, the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced today.

USDA Recalls Frozen Blueberries Distributed Through Food Bank

The recalled frozen blueberries are in three-pound, clear, plastic bags with no markings other than a small date stamp.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - USDA Food and Nutrition Service has issued a recall for frozen blueberries distributed in Oregon through the Emergency Food Assistance Program (EFAP).

Salmonellosis Outbreak Traced to Pepper Spices; Break Came in Testing at a Portland Restaurant

The contaminated pepper was packaged under the “Lian How” and “Uncle Chen” labels and sold to restaurant suppliers and markets – much of it going to Chinese and Vietnamese establishments.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Public health officials in Oregon and three other western states have tracked a multi-state outbreak of salmonellosis to ground pepper imported, packaged and distributed by a California company.

Union International Food Co. of Union City, Calif., immediately announced a voluntary recall of ground black pepper and white pepper as well as a number of other products that could have been cross-contaminated in its manufacturing facility.

Meadow Gold Dairy Recalls Ice Cream

Meadow Gold Dairy Recalls 56 Ounce Scrounds and Round Pints of Herd of Laughter Tin Can Alley Ice Cream Due to Expanded Recall by Peanut Corporation of America‏.

(OREM, Utah) - Meadow Gold Dairy in Orem, Utah is voluntarily recalling 56 ounce scrounds of Meadow Gold Herd of Laughter Tin Can Alley ice cream printed with a "BEST BY" date of January 1, 2008, or later (printed as MM/DD/YY) and a Universal Product Code (UPC) of 041191234805.

Also recalled are round pints of Meadow Gold Herd of Laughter Tin Can Alley ice cream printed with a "BEST BY" date of January 1, 2008, or later (printed as MM-DD-YY) and a Universal Product Code (UPC) of 041191033668.

Consumers Warned to Avoid Certain Cereals Made by the Malt-O-Meal Company

The recalled brands of unsweetened puffed rice and puffed wheat cereals include not only Malt-O-Meal's own label but Acme, America's Choice, Food Club, Giant, Hannaford, Jewel, Laura Lynn, Pathmark, Shaw's, ShopRite, Tops and Weis Quality.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Public health officials warned consumers not to eat certain unsweetened puffed rice and puffed wheat cereals made by the Malt-O-Meal company.

The cereal has been identified as the source of an outbreak of salmonellosis, with cases reported in a number of states.

Salmonellosis Outbreak Traced to Imported Cantaloupe

"If you have any of this kind of cantaloupe at home, we recommend that you throw it out," Dr. William E. Keene - Oregon Public Health Division.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Consumers are being urged to discard certain brands of fresh cantaloupe in the wake of a salmonellosis outbreak investigation, Oregon public health officials announced today.

UPDATE: 290 People Sick From Peter Pan, Great Value Peanut Butter Salmonella Outbreak

Forty six patients are known to have been hospitalized and there have been no reported deaths

(ATLANTA) - On Wednesday, the FDA advised consumers not to eat any Peter Pan peanut butter purchased since May 2006 and not to eat Great Value peanut butter with a product code beginning with "2111" purchased since May 2006 because of risk of contamination with Salmonella Tennessee.

Peter Pan, Great Value Peanut Butter Recalled for Possible Salmonella Contamination

Symptoms of foodborne illness caused by Salmonella include fever, diarrhea and abdominal cramps.

(ATLANTA ) - The Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers not to eat certain jars of Peter Pan peanut butter or Great Value peanut butter due to risk of contamination with Salmonella Tennessee (a bacterium that causes foodborne illness).