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  FDA Tells Hope Food Supply to Shut Down
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ContentType Food Poison Blog | 05/16/08 18:12

We've been watching the Houston area media today for reports on the Hope Food Supply, which has been shutdown on the order of the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA).  But, we ain't seen much.There's been no comment out of Hope Food Supply, which has also been ordered to recall all its dried smoked catfish steaks...

  U.S. Military Defends Against Attack by E coli On Elite Bases
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ContentType E. coli Blog | 05/16/08 15:57

The United States Department of Defense is taking---well some defense against E. coli O157:H7---by mounting a recall of all 85 percent lean ground beef sold during May in commissaries on certain military bases around the country.DOD issued the recalled after conducting lab tests on one beef supplier to the military. ...

  FDA Shuts Down Seafood Processing Company, Requires Products Be Recalled (May 16)
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ContentType Food and Drug Administration--Recalls | 05/16/08 8:44

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration directed Hope Food Supply Inc., a Pasadena, Texas, food processing company, to shut down and immediately recall all products manufactured from its Texas facility since 2007.

  Atrium Initiates Voluntary Recall Action Regarding HYDRAGLIDE Brand Heparin-Coated Thoracic Drainage Catheters used for Autotransfusion during Cardiopulmonary Bypass Surgery (May 12)
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ContentType Food and Drug Administration--Recalls | 05/15/08 20:59

Atrium Medical Corporation today announced that it is initiating a voluntary and precautionary recall of selected lots of HYDRAGLIDE Brand Heparin-Coated Thoracic Drainage Catheters. Limited lots of Atrium heparin-coated Hydraglide Thoracic Catheters were manufactured with heparin found to have been contaminated with oversul...

  Multistate Outbreak of Human Salmonella Infections Caused by Contaminated Dry Dog Food --- United States, 2006--2007
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ContentType Salmonella Blog | 05/15/08 16:43

This is a first.   Dry dog food did cause a Salmonella outbreak in humans.  That according to today's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Further,  dry dog food may be an under-recognized source of illness in people, especially small children,...

  Sweetwater Valley Farm, Inc. Recalls Tennessee Aged Black Pepper Cheese (May 15)
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ContentType Food and Drug Administration--Recalls | 05/15/08 13:34

Sweetwater Valley Farm, Inc. is recalling Tennessee Aged Black Pepper Cheese because it has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The cheese, Lot Number 616-361 was distributed in 5, 7, and 10 ounce bars through our retail store in Philadelphia, TN and a Winery in Portland, TN.

  Sweetwater Valley Farm Cheese Recalled Due to Possible Contamination with Listeria
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ContentType Food Poisoning Law Blog | 05/15/08 13:20

Yet another Listeria recall this month. Sweetwater Valley Farm, Inc. of Philadelphia, Tennessee has recalled Tennessee Aged Black Pepper Cheese.  The recalled Tennessee Aged Black Pepper Cheese is Lot Number 616-361 (consumers check the lot number on your Sweetwater Valley Farm cheese to see if it is part of the...

  Medtronic Initiates Voluntary Field Actions for Selected Heparin-Coated Products Used During Cardiopulmonary Bypass (May 7)
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ContentType Food and Drug Administration--Recalls | 05/14/08 16:30

Medtronic, Inc. announced that it is initiating a voluntary and precautionary recall of selected products featuring the Carmeda BioActive surface. The affected devices are disposable products used during cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) for heart surgeries. Affected products include blood oxygenators, reservoirs, pumps, cannulae,...

  Your Chance Of Picking Up The Wrong Pound of Ground Beef: 1 in 400.
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ContentType E. coli Blog | 05/13/08 17:22

We've been reading through some of the written comments the United States Department of Agriculture received in conjunction with the big April meeting on E. coli 0157:H7.We found a letter from Dr. Harry F. Hull,  a pediatrician from St. Paul, most interesting.  Dr. Hull's career highlights includes stints as state...

  Listeria Recalls Cause for Concern
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ContentType Food Poisoning Law Blog | 05/13/08 12:18

This month there have been at least three recalls of food products due to possible contamination with Listeria monocytogenes, a foodborne pathogen that can cause serious illness and death. Listeria contamination almost always involves ready-to-eat products, which are marketed as not needing to be cooked by the consumer.&...

  
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