Posts tagged Food Poisoning

• Olive Recall Due to Food Poisoning Threat

  Shannon Weidemann | March 11, 2007 5:29 PM | 0 CommentsLong Beach, CA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Olives sold in Florida, Georgia, and New York were recalled due to potential contamination with clostridium botulinum. The bacteria can cause food poisoning. Flora Foods, of Pompano Beach, has recalled its 25 ounce jars of "Cerignola Olives", because they could be contaminated with clostridium botulinum, which can cause potentially fatal form of food poisoning.The recalled olives were...

• New Salmonella And Botulism Scare

  IB Contributor | February 18, 2007 2:31 AM | 0 CommentsLong Beach, CA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Salmonella in cantaloupes and botulism in baby food. The scare of tainted food continued in a more widespread way Saturday with the recall of fresh cantaloupe and selected jars of organic baby food manufactured by Dole Fresh Fruit Co.The company recalled thousands of cartons of imported cantaloupes after the fruit tested positive for salmonella, the same type of bacteria involved in the...

• Salmonella Peanut Butter Contamination

  IB Contributor | February 15, 2007 9:06 PM | 1 CommentLong Beach, CA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Hundreds suffer food poisoning from tainted peanut butter.Consumers are being warned by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) not to eat certain jars of Great Value or Peter Pan peanut butter due to a risk of contamination. The peanut butter my be contaminated by a bacterium that causes foodborne illness, Salmonella Tennessee.The suspect jars of Great Value and Peter Pan peanut butter were...

• Taco John Food Poisoning Connected to Central Valley

  Christina Cole | January 12, 2007 1:00 AM | 0 CommentsLong Beach, CA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says they are closer to finding the source of illness for the Taco John E. coli outbreak late last year - the answer may be a farm field in Central Valley.The FDA reports, health officials have DNA- matched the strain of E. coli bacteria that was is associated with the outbreak with two samples gathered from dairy farms near a lettuce growing area in...