Restaurants & Served Food

An outbreak of Salmonella infections has been linked to alfalfa sprouts in sandwiches served at Jimmy John’s restaurant locations, according to preliminary results of an investigation by the Food and Drug Administration. The source of the alfalfa sprouts is Tiny Greens Organic Farm of Urbana, IL, just eight miles from the headquarters of Jimmy John’s [...]

Sally Jackson Cheeses, an Oregon-based farm which produces and distributes products to 16 states and Washington, DC, is recalling all of its cheeses due to the possibility of E. coli contamination. The Food and Drug Administration says that certain Sally Jackson Cheese products might be a source for eight cases of E. coli 0157:H7 in Oregon, Washington [...]

The U.S. government and some local fishermen disagree on whether seafood from the Gulf of Mexico is safe, even as the cleanup from the BP oil disaster continues. On its web site, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration states that consumers can once again enjoy eating seafood caught from the Gulf. “Although crude oil has [...]

SILVER SPRING, Md., July 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says that as many as 79,000 illnesses and 30 deaths due to consumption of eggs contaminated with the bacterium Salmonella Enteritidis may be avoided each year with new food safety requirements for large-scale egg producers. The new food safety requirements become effective [...]

About 66,000 lbs. of ground and tenderized bison beef are being recalled due to possible E. coli contamination, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS). The recalled beef is produced by Rocky Mountain Natural Meats of Henderson, CO and sold under four different brands. The FSIS, in conjunction with [...]