New Year, Same Old Food Recalls

We begin this new year with more news of food recalls.

Do You Really Use A Food Thermometer?

With holiday dinners coming, it’s really important to follow food safety rules, and that means using a thermometer to make sure food reaches a safe temperature.

Kermit Talks Food Safety

Yes, even frogs must be concerned about food safeety these days. So, let’s follow the Swedish Chef as he prepares his turkey for the holiday dinner. UL & Muppet Safe Cooking

Avoid These Fins, Your Life May Depend On It

Some environmental organizations are advocating taking fish off the menu, but that’s throwing the baby out with the bathwater. Still, we should heed the warnings of the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF).

Another Ground Turkey Recall

Once again, ground turkey products are being recalled because of posible Salmonella contamination. Cargill, which distributes the Honeysuckle White ground turkey, says tests at its Springdale, Arkansas plant showed positive for Salmonella.

Killer Cantaloupes

The Colorado Department of Health has confirmed that an outbreak of Listeria, which caused at least one death, has been caused by contaminated cantaloupes.

Del Monte Fresh: Fruit Mobster

Del Monte Fresh’s suit against Oregon is a frivolous shakedown.

Food Safety News Update: Mid-August

I haven’t posted a lot about the food recalls and safety news lately because there’s just so much of it. But there’s been another rash of stories, so we’ll cover them briefly. Sequim Bay in Washington has been closed to shellfish harvesting because of Diarrhetic Shellfish Poisoning. Three people in the Seattle area have been [...]

What A Waste of Time, Effort, Money

The Food and Drug Administration has launched a new advertising campaign to encourage consumers to observe food safety handling rules.

Sprouts’ Bad News Keeps Coming

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says that sprouts from Evergreen Produce should not be eaten. Twenty cases of salmonella poisoning have been reportedly connect to that company’s alfalfa sprouts.