INDUSTRY MOURNS BOB BACKOVICH NEWARK, Del. Robert G. Backovich, decorated U.S. Marine and 40-year veteran of Safeway Stores, who retired as the company's vice president of produce and floral in 1993, died on June 30 at the age of 76. An...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Friday that it will begin publicly disclosing the names of supermarkets and other retail outlets that have received recalled meat or poultry whenever the USDA announces a Class I recall.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service has announced that beef supplied by Nebraska Beef Ltd. of Omaha with sell-by dates between May 21 and July 5 is most likely responsible for at least 40 cases of E. coli...
LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J. — The Product Recall Collaboration Zone, an online industry portal that will allow communication of recall information between manufacturers and retailers, will include enhanced recall capabilities for fresh food products...
The steep increase in reported cases of salmonella infections linked to contaminated tomatoes since June 10 is most likely due to better surveillance and reporting by state health departments, and has not been caused by a large number of new...
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced this week that outbreaks of E. coli in Michigan and Ohio are linked, and were likely caused by contaminated ground beef.
New York City health officials yesterday confirmed six new cases of salmonella linked to contaminated tomatoes.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has cleared most Florida-grown tomatoes for sale and consumption, as investigators closed in on the source of the salmonella outbreak affecting at least 17 states. The announcement was especially welcome news...
In response to the estimated 900 product recalls that have taken place in the past 18 months, the Food Marketing Institute and GS1 US plan to launch an online portal by late summer that is designed to allow rapid and secure communication of...
A cow has tested positive for brucellosis, a serious livestock disease that had been declared nonexistent in U.S. cattle earlier this year, according to a published report.