Haifa Smoked Fish, Inc is voluntarily recalling all Haifa Smoked Fish brand Cold Smoked Whitefish sold between December 7, 2008 and June 18, 2009.  The product is being recalled because it has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.  Listeria monocytogenes is an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young [...]

Simon & Luke continues to prosecute cases from the recent West Coast outbreak of rare Salmonella Rissen which has expanded to 5 states.  The current illness count is 79, and is distributed as follows:  California (63), Nevada (10), Oregon (4), Washington (1), and Idaho (1).   Illness onsets range from December 9, 2008 to April 29, [...]

King Soopers, Inc., a Denver, Colo., establishment, has recalling approximately 500,000 pounds of ground beef products that may be linked to an outbreak of salmonellosis, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. The products subject to recall include: 1-pound chubs of (93/7) ground beef. Each package bears the identifying [...]

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control (“CDC”)  has released new data from the Nestle Toll House cookie dough E. coli O157:H7 outbreak.  As of July 10, the CDC reports that 76 persons from 31 states have been infected with the outbreak strain (E. coli 0157:H7).  Thirty-five persons have been hospitalized, 11 with a severe complication called [...]

Sweet Superior Fruit LTD. Co. of McAllen, Texas has recalled 104 crates of fresh cilantro (coriander) because the product has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella.  The recalled fresh cilantro (coriander) was sold July 13-16, 2009 in 15 pound, black plastic crates to individuals and companies through cash sales at Sweet Superior Fruit LTD. [...]

Simon & Luke recently settled two cases for victims who contracted Salmonella  I 4,[5],12:i:- after consuming Banquet chicken pot pies manufactured by ConAgra Foods, Inc.  The cases were settled for confidential amounts. Between January and October 2007, 272 isolates of Salmonella I 4,[5],12:i:-  (commonly pronounced as “Salmonella eye four five twelve eye minus”) were collected from ill persons in 35 states: Arizona [...]

NEWS UPDATE:  Health officials continue to investigate the E. coli O157:H7 outbreak attributed to Nestle Toll House cookie dough.   Our original article on the outbreak can be found here. Current cookie dough outbreak statistics Current estimates place the number of illnesses with an identical E. coli O157:H7 DNA fingerprint at 74 in 32 states.  At [...]

The CDC, FDA, and state health departments are continuing their investigation of a multi-state outbreak of Escherichia coli O157:H7 that has sickened 23 persons in 9 states.   Our original article about this outbreak can be found here. On June 24, JBS Swift Beef Company recalled 41,280 pounds of assorted pieces of beef (beef primal products) [...]

Chaffee County Public Health Department personnel are working with the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment to investigate a new cluster of E. coli illnesses in Salida, Colorado. Two children were recently diagnosed with Escherichia coli and at least three others have reported symptoms that could indicate the illness. One child was hospitalized and [...]

The Food Safety and Inspection Service this morning released the retail distribution list for JBS Swift Beef Company products potentially contaminated with E. coli O157:H7.   Over 380,000 lbs of JBS Swift beef products have now been recalled. The products were distributed to the following retail outlets: Price Chopper, Hannaford, Stop & Shop, Kroger, Food 4 [...]