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In the News: Plan to Reduce Food Waste This Back-to-School Season

Food Recovery Network

Food and Drug Administration Aug 29, 2024, 10:00 ET SILVER SPRING, Md., 29, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- This back-to-school season is a great time to start thinking about how you and your family can reduce food waste. Packing a Lunch Check the fridge to see what needs to be used before going to the grocery store.

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CA Company Recalls Walnuts After Testing Finds Listeria

Penn State Food Safety Blog

These Walnuts were distributed to food bank warehouses in Texas and Arizona which further distribute to other distribution centers that can go to consumers, or smaller foods banks, school lunch programs, shelters, or prison food systems. link] Stutz Packing Co. To date, there have been no reports of illnesses related to this recall.

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Oregon Establishment Continues to Update Recall of RTE Meat and Poultry Products

Penn State Food Safety Blog

On October 17, a list of schools were updated that received the RTE meat products. The release stated, "The products that went to these schools were not part of USDA’s National School Lunch and Breakfast Programs; schools also purchase food directly from other vendors. 9, 2024 – BrucePac, a Durant, Okla.

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Are Food Safety Issues Getting Worse? No, Not Really.

Penn State Food Safety Blog

After looking at food-related outbreaks posted on CDC and FDA's website, there is no real increase in the number when looking at cases for the past several years, but there does seem to be a higher percentage of outbreaks where the causative agent has been identified. The recall was posted on the FDA website on 7/22/24.

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Another week of food recalls.

Food Safety Chat

A preliminary list of schools that received products that include BrucePac recalled ready-to-eat (RTE) meat and poultry have been added. The products that went to these schools were not part of USDA’s National School Lunch and Breakfast Programs; schools also purchase food directly from other vendors.