Category Archives: Food & Drug Recalls

Busch’s Fresh Food Market Voluntarily Recalls Deli Products Containing Peeled Whole Yellow Onions

Busch’s Fresh Food Market today is announcing the voluntary recall of products processed between the dates of July 20 through July 27, 2012 that contain onions produced by Gills Onions of Oxnard, California. The recall is in connection with an expanded voluntary recall announced by Gills Onions, LLC. of their Peeled Whole Yellow Onions due to possible contamination with Listeria Monocytogenes.

Food Safety Guides for Groups Most Vulnerable to Foodborne Illness Now Available

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) and the Department of Health and Human Services’ Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have partnered to create six booklets with food safety advice for populations that are most susceptible to foodborne illness. The booklets in this “at-risk series” are tailored to help older adults, transplant recipients, pregnant women, and people with cancer, diabetes or HIV/AIDS reduce their risk for foodborne illness.

Ken’s Foods, Inc. Issues Voluntary Recall of a Limited Number of Branded Food Service Dressings and Sauces Containing Onions Because Of Possible Health Risk Due To Gills Onions Recall

The manufacturer of Golden Corral Tartar Sauce, Dickey’s BBQ Bean Sauce, Lee’s Cole Slaw Dressing, Fatz Tartar Sauce, Ken’s Tartar Sauce. These items contain onions from Gills Onions, which may have been contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people and others with weakened immune systems. 

Garden Fresh Foods, Inc. Recalls Specific Packages Of Products Containing Onions Because Of Possible Health Risk Due To Gills Onions Expanded Recall

Garden-Fresh Foods is initiating a voluntary recall on various ready-to-eat salads, slaw, salsa, bean and dip products sold under various brands and code dates (see attachment). The products may contain onions from Gills Onions, which may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism that can cause serious and sometimes-fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems.

FDA warns consumers not to eat cantaloupes from Burch Equipment LLC of North Carolina

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers not to eat whole cantaloupes from Burch Equipment LLC, of Faison, N.C., because of possible contamination with Listeria monocytogenes (L. mono). The company had shipped 580 cases of whole cantaloupes on July 15, which were then distributed to retail stores in New York and Maine. Consumers who may have cantaloupes with a red label displaying the words Burch Farms and referencing PLU #4319 should discard them as a precautionary measure. Cantaloupes from the North Carolina firm tested positive for L. mono following sampling carried out in New York, as part of sampling conducted through the USDA Microbiological Data Program. On July 28, 2012, Burch Equipment LLC issued a voluntary recall of the 580 cases of whole cantaloupes. No known illnesses have been reported that are linked to consumption of these cantaloupes.