Food Poisoning News & Features

The possibly affected products had expiration dates of February 16, 2020, and May 4, 2020. The products are sold only at Costco stores in San Diego, Los Angeles and Hawaii.

Tyson Foods, Inc., is recalling ready-to-eat chicken fritter products because they may be contaminated with hard plastic.

The FDA is warning consumers that frozen berries sold at Kroger stores as "Private Selection," brand are contaminated with hepatitis A.

The recall is limited to 41 Whole Foods stores in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Rhode Island. The two products are Whole Foods made-in-house basil pesto and made-in-house sundried tomato pesto.

The Wisconsin-based company's sausages were shipped nationwide and internationally. The FSIS says Johnsonville flagged the problem after a consumer complained about finding green-colored plastic in one of the now-recalled products.

The recall follows customer complaints that the fully cooked chicken products contained pieces of bone, according to the recall notice posted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

The strain of E. coli found in the flour is closely related to a bug that has already sickened 17 people in eight states.

Backyard flocks of live poultry have been linked with salmonella outbreaks that have sickened 52 people in 21 states, the CDC says.

Researchers in the UK were surprised to find cocaine, ketamine and other substances in fresh water shrimp that had tested for chemicals.

The illnesses in the outbreak, which first began more than two years ago, have been reported in Michigan, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania.

A salmonella outbreak linked to frozen, raw ground tuna from Jensen Tuna has sickened 13 people in seven states, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says.

The mysterious E. coli outbreak that has sickened dozens of people across six states may be linked to ground beef, according to the CDC.

Although no deaths have been reported, 11 people have been hospitalized because their cases have been so severe, the CDC said.

A specific food item, grocery store, or restaurant chain has not been identified as the source of infections, the CDC said.. States affected are Georgia, Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee and Virginia.

This is the third major recall of a Tyson product this year. In January, the company recalled 5-pound plastic packages of chicken nuggets because they might have been contaminated with pieces of rubber and in March it issued a recall for nearly 70,000 pounds of chicken strips.

The products, more than 95,000 tons of them, were sold in stores around the U.S. and have the establishment number “EST. 795” inside the USDA inspection mark.

Butterball is recalling more than 78,000 pounds of ground turkey because it may be contaminated with Salmonella, the USDA says.

If you’ve purchased the recalled flour, return it to the store where you bought it for a full refund.

The frozen, not ready-to-eat boneless pork rib patties were produced on various dates between Dec. 7, 2018 and Feb. 15, 2019.

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Cases have been reported in 41 states and the District of Columbia, and 107 people have been hospitalized. One death was previously reported in California.

There is no evidence the disease can spread to people, the CDC said, but hunters should be careful around potentially infected animals.

The chicken nuggets were shipped to stores across the U.S.

The recall of 5-pound bags of unbleached flour was issued after sampling of the product bags revealed "the potential presence" of salmonella bacteria, according to General Mills

The Wisconsin-based sausage maker recalled nearly 70,000 pounds of frozen patties.