Asia Cash & Carry Inc. in Maspeth, New York, has recalled 34 cases of CROWN FARMS brand “KESKI” Frozen Fish (Bangladeshi Freshwater Fish) in 300gm packages with production code JULY 2008 because the product has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. CROWN FARMS brand “KESKI” (Bangladeshi Freshwater Fish) Fish was distributed to retail stores [...]

The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) has issued a public health order shutting down the Kinikin Corner Dairy LLC after 11 people were sickened by campylobacter, a common food-borne bacteria.  State health officials say at least 10 people who have gotten sick since March 10 reported drinking raw milk, eight of them getting milk [...]

We talk with people every day who want to know whether they may have a viable food poisoning case.   Here is how we go about answering that question for them. First, it is important to understand that most food poisoning illnesses are never specifically identified.   Almost everyone has suffered from food poisoning at one time or another in their lives.   [...]

Federal officials confirmed Monday they have found salmonella in a central California processing plant that sparked a nationwide 2,000,000 pound pistachio recall.  The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said state and federal inspectors discovered the bacteria in “critical areas” at Setton Pistachio of Terra Bella, Inc., the second-largest pistachio processor in the United States. FDA officials also [...]

Several of my clients - along with members of the media – have asked the legitimate question “How will the victims of the peanut butter salmonella outbreak be compensated if Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) is in bankruptcy?”  Well – here is the answer. PCA has $24,000,000 in insurance from The Hartford Insurance Company which is specifically [...]

I just returned from Georgia after meeting with two of my all-time favorite clients – Barbara and Claude Ivester.  Claude is 74 years old and has been married to Barbara for 50 years.  They live in a little town named Dewy Rose, Georgia, which is about 115 miles east of Atlanta. We were all asked to give [...]

Union International Food Co. (UIFC) is further expanding the recall of Lian How brand and Uncle Chen brand dry spices to include ALL types of dry spice products in 15-pound and smaller containers (boxes, plastic bags & wide mouth jars) and 30-pound boxes and smaller packages of crushed chili because of salmonella contamination. The following additional [...]

The current Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) peanut butter / peanut product recall is eerily similar to the ConAgra / Peter Pan peanut butter recall of 2007.    So why did Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) fail to learn from the prior outbreak?   Just look at the similarities: Both involve peanut manufacturing plants in rural Georgia. Both involve [...]

 The AP reported today that Setton Pistachio now claims that Kraft Foods Inc. detected salmonella in Setton’s pistachios more than six months ago but did not inform Setton until last week.   In response, Kraft said the food products giant did not know until recently that pistachios were the cause of salmonella contamination in a trail mix and promptly informed Setton. So who [...]

The Nebraska Department of Health (NDH) is currently investigating an outbreak of Salmonella St. Paul linked to alfalfa sprouts.  The sprouts were raised and distributed by local grower C.W. Sprouts of Omaha.    So far, NDH has found 84 lab-confirmed cases, with 15 more considered probable.  Information about the counties in which the sickened persons reside has been released, as shown [...]