WASHINGTON—The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service is issuing a public health alert for ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli. FSIS is issuing this public health alert to ensure that consumers are aware that these products should not be consumed. A recall was not requested because the products are no longer available for purchase. The raw […]
BALTIMORE, MD—Safeway Fresh Foods 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. Although most healthy adults can recover completely within a week, some people develop a form of kidney failure called Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome. HUS is […]
WASHINGTON—American Foods Group, LLC, doing business as Green Bay Dressed Beef, LCC, is recalling approximately 58,281 pounds of ground beef products that may be contaminated with Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) O103, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has announced. The raw, ground beef items were produced on Aug. 14, 2023. The following products are […]
WASHINGTON—Elkhorn Valley Packing is recalling approximately 3,436 pounds of boneless beef chuck product that may be contaminated with Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) O103, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced this week. The boneless beef chuck items were packed on Feb. 16, 2023. The following product is subject to recall [view label]: Various weights corrugated […]
WASHINGTON—The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service is issuing a public health alert due to concerns that ground beef products in HelloFresh meal kits may be contaminated with E. coli. A recall was not requested because the products are no longer available for purchase. The meal kits containing ground beef for this public health alert were shipped […]
TOWSON, MD—In response to recent public health concerns about water quality in sections of Back River, County Executive Johnny Olszewski has directed Baltimore County’s environmental health specialists and natural resource specialists to coordinate enhanced bacterial monitoring of Back River in the areas adjacent to and downstream from Baltimore City’s Back River Wastewater Treatment plant. In addition to routine seasonal sampling […]
WASHINGTON—Lakeside Refrigerated Services, a Swedesboro, N.J. establishment, is recalling approximately 120,872 pounds of ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O103, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced this week. The ground beef products were produced from February 1, 2022, through April 8, 2022. The complete list of products and product codes for […]
NOTTINGHAM, MD—An E. coli outbreak has sickened 16 people in 12 states, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The outbreak has also been linked to 7 hospitalizations. The CDC says sick people in this outbreak reported tasting or eating raw cake batter made from a variety of cake mixes. A single brand or type of cake mix has […]