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What is it with Cantaloupe and Bacteria?

Bill Marler

December 2017 – At least 20 people are sick with Salmonella Newport infections linked to pre-cut watermelon and cantaloupe that was sold up to and including today at various grocery stores.

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FDA Issues Warning Letter to SC Processor for Continued Listeria Presence

Penn State Food Safety Blog

monocytogenes isolate obtained from Chipotle Chicken Salad collected by FDACS in 2017. monocytogenes over multiple years indicates that there has been a resident pathogen in the facility since at least November 2017. monocytogenes in a retail sample of your Chipotle Chicken Salad in 2017. monocytogenes. monocytogenes.

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New & Notable: TEAM Schostak Celebrates 40, AI in Food Service and Beachy Tech

Modern Restaurant Management

Sandy is a graduate of Walsh College with a Bachelor’s of Accountancy and accomplished the designation of Certified Scrum Master in 2017. Bill directs all operational and strategic planning and execution for the Applebee’s, Del Taco, MOD Pizza, Wendy’s and Olga’s Kitchen brands. William (Bill) M.

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FDA Cites California Seafood Processor After Inspection Yields Listeria Positive Environmental Samples

Penn State Food Safety Blog

Most notably, one of these strains was identified in twenty-eight (28) isolates and matched four (4) clinical isolates (2017, 2018, 2019, and 2023), indicating that this strain is known to cause human illness, however, no epidemiological data was available to link the clinical isolate to your facility." Kim CEO Ocean Group Inc.

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Warning Letter to Cheese Operation Highlights Insufficient Cleaning Items That Support Harborage of Listeria

Penn State Food Safety Blog

In brief, they were found to have an ongoing Listeria issue as identified in 2 023 recall situation for Listeria as well as an recall in 2017. monocytogenes positive swabs was collected from the food contact surface of a cutting board that was being used to cut RTE Jersey Girl cheese. Of the positive findings, one (1) of the L.

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FDA Warning Letter to NV Spice Company for Inadequate Supply Chain Preventive Controls

Penn State Food Safety Blog

Reno, NV 89506-2600 United States Issuing Office: Division of Human and Animal Food Operations West V United States WARNING LETTER July 8, 2024 WL CMS# 677503 Dear Mr. Raju: The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) inspected your ready-to-eat (RTE) spice facility, located at 12101 Moya Blvd., 12101 Moya Blvd.

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A Salmonella, Hepatitis A and E. coli weekend

Bill Marler

coli outbreaks that occurred in 2017 and 2018 that were linked to romaine lettuce. Food service and institutional food operators should not sell or serve the fruit mix with cantaloupe, honeydew, pineapple, and grapes prepared by Tailor Cut Produce. This is the fifth E. and Canadian consumers in the last two years.