Outbreaks & Recalls

Bagged Salads Cyclospora Outbreak – Aldi, Hy-Vee, and Jewel-Osco Implicated

The CDC and FDA announced their investigations into a Cyclospora outbreak linked to bagged salads containing carrots, red cabbage, and…

4 years ago

Legionnaires’ Disease and COVID-19

Schools, gyms, and businesses have sat mostly empty for the past two months. They’ve been mostly quiet while everyone was…

4 years ago

Food Poisoning and Foodborne Outbreaks are Still Here (We Just Don’t Hear About Them)

COVID-19 has impacted so many aspects of our lives.  Most notably, how we eat and even the safety of the…

4 years ago

Ground Beef Ecoli Recall – This Time 40,000 Pounds Worth

Guess what? There is yet another Ground Beef Ecoli Recall in the news today. This time, Lakeside Refrigerated Services is…

4 years ago

Raw Macadamia Nuts Salmonella Recall

ON June 12, 2020, the FDA and NOW Health Group, Inc. announced a Raw Macadamia Nuts Salmonella Recall on the company's…

4 years ago

David B’s Custom Meats Ground Beef Linked to Non-O157 Ecoli Outbreak?

The Illinois Department of Agriculture issued a public health alert this week citing ground beef from a Macoupin County, Illinois…

4 years ago

The DOJ Wraps Up Cases Against Blue Bell

The Department of Justice has announced that they’re wrapping up two important food safety related cases. They’ve reached resolutions with…

4 years ago

Hepatitis A in Sea Salt Lobster Restaurant Worker

By Jory Lange A Sea Salt Lobster Restaurant employee was diagnosed with Hepatitis A.  According to Maine CDC, “restaurant patrons…

4 years ago

E. coli in Plants

Coming under fire in the past few years have been E. coli outbreaks and where they originated. Officials have been…

4 years ago

Coronavirus Grocery Shopping Safely

Now, that we are all well into the COVID-19 quarantine, there are a few topics that we need to be…

4 years ago