December 2011

Smith’s grocery stores in Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, and northern Nevada are pulling all Growers Express brand iceberg lettuce from its shelves after receiving a Class 1 recall last night. In addition, Kroger stores in North Carolina, Virginia, Eastern West Virginia, and Eastern Kentucky are also pulling the product.

The iceberg lettuce is being recalled

Green Valley Food Corp. is recalling 650 cases of alfalfa sprouts that may be contaminated with Salmonella.

In a news release, the company said a random sample of the sprouts collected on Dec, 12 from a customer tested positive for Salmonella. There so far have been no illnesses confirmed in connection with the sprouts, according

A bit(e) of history of Antibiotic-Resistant Salmonella Outbreaks.

122011-map-tn.jpgHannaford, a Scarborough, Maine-based grocery chain, last week recalled an undetermined amount of fresh ground beef products that may be contaminated with a strain of Salmonella Typhimurium.

This recall was initiated due to concerns about illnesses caused by an outbreak of salmonellosis that may be associated

chickenlivers-label.jpgIn August 2011, CDC identified a sustained increase in the number of Salmonella Heidelberg isolates with the outbreak strain reported to PulseNet from New York and New Jersey. Based on the previous 5 years of reports to PulseNet, New York and New Jersey would expect approximately 5 cases per month, but in June through August

Swanson Health Products says it is recalling some packages of organic celery seed because it has the potential to be contaminated with salmonella.

The recall affects Swanson Organic Celery Seed (Whole) packaged in plastic bottles with a net weight of 1.4 ounces. The product was sold between June 16 and Dec. 16

Swanson Health Products

hannaford-logo.jpgHannaford, a Scarborough, Maine-based grocery chain, is recalling an undetermined amount of fresh ground beef products that may be contaminated with a strain of Salmonella Typhimurium, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.

The products subject to recall are any size package of the following:

“73% Hannaford Regular Ground