News Related to Food Poisoning

1. E. coli Risk Prompts Beef Recall
   

   May 19, 2008 -- JSM Meat Holdings Company of Chicago is recalling certain beef products because of risk of E. coli contamination. No illnesses have been reported in connection with the voluntary recall, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). E. coli bacteria can cause diarrhea, which ma

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2. Listeria Risk Spurs Meat, Poultry Recall
   

   May 5, 2008 -- Gourmet Boutique, a company based in Jamaica, N.Y., is recalling about 286,320 pounds of fresh and frozen meat and poultry products that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes bacteria. No illnesses linked to the recalled foods have been reported, according to the U.S. Depart

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3. Salmonella Sickens at Least 23
   

   April 14, 2008 -- Cereal recalled last week may have sickened at least 23 people in 14 states. Malt-O-Meal voluntarily recalled its unsweetened puffed rice and puffed wheat cereals with "Best If Used By" dates ranging from April 8, 2008 (coded as "APR0808") to March 18, 2009 (coded as "MAR1809"). Th

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4. U.S. Hasn't Put Lid on Food Poisonings
   

   April 10, 2008 -- Efforts to improve U.S. food safety have not yet borne fruit, a new CDC report shows. The CDC's Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network, called FoodNet, began tracking cases of food-borne illnesses in 1996 in 10 U.S. states. The idea is to track infection trends for the 10 m

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5. Salmonella Risk Spurs Cereal Recall
   

   April 8, 2008 -- Because of salmonella risk, Malt-O-Meal is recalling its unsweetened puffed rice and puffed wheat cereals with "Best If Used By" dates ranging from April 8, 2008 (coded as "APR0808")  to March 18, 2009 (coded as "MAR1809"). Salmonella bacteria can cause symptoms including diarrhea,

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6. FDA Warning for Honduran Cantaloupes
   

   March 24, 2008 -- Got any cantaloupes in your kitchen? Due to salmonella risk, the FDA wants you to call the store where you bought the cantaloupe and ask if it came from Agropecuaria Montelibano, a Honduran growing and packing company. If the cantaloupe came from that company, the FDA says to throw

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7. Pass the Veggies; Hold the Viruses
   

   March 18, 2008 -- Contamination of fresh, leafy green vegetables with disease-causing bacteria and viruses is definitely on the rise, a CDC study shows. Why? That's not clear, says study leader Michael Lynch, MD, a medical epidemiologist at the CDC. But the study, which looks back to 1973, shows tha

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8. Warning on Banquet Pot Pies
   

   Oct. 10, 2007 -- Check your freezer for Banquet or generic store-brand turkey or chicken not-ready-to-eat pot pies with "P-9" printed on the side of the package. If you have any those pot pie products, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) says to throw them out or don't eat them as health offic

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9. Topps Expands Ground Beef Recall
   

   Oct. 1, 2007 -- For the second time in a week, health officials are urging consumers to check their freezers for recalled frozen ground beef products from Topps Meat Co. Topps on Saturday expanded its Sept. 25 ground beef recall. The Topps recall now includes 21.7 million pounds of frozen hamburgers

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10. Ground Beef Recalled Due to E. coli
    

    Sept. 26, 2007 -- Topps Meat Co. has recalled more than 331,000 pounds of its frozen ground beef patties because of possible contamination with E. coli bacteria.  According to news reports, the CDC says that two people in New York and one in Florida have been confirmed to have fallen ill due to E. c

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