food product safety News

USDA Rolls Out Rule to Stop Fraud in Organic Food Sales

The U.S. government plans to impose new regulations on food producers and handlers aimed at reducing fraudulent schemes in which non-organic products are sold as organic, one of the biggest changes to oversight of the industry in decades. A final …

Texas Company Recalls 690 Pounds of Beef Jerky

A South Texas company has recalled nearly 700 pounds (317.52 kilograms) of beef jerky after regulators say a consumer reporting finding hard metal in a product. The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Friday announced Junior’s Smokehouse Processing Plant in El …

Minnesota Company Recalls 27 Tons of Chicken

Minnesota-based GNP Company is recalling more than 27 tons of chicken after contaminants were detected. The company sells products under the Just BARE and Gold’n Plump brands. But it says the only affected product in grocery stores is the Just …

Court Orders Michigan Cheese Manufacturer to Stop Distributing Products

A federal court in Detroit, Mich., has entered an injunction against a suburban company to prevent the distribution of adulterated cheese products. The Justice Department says the injunction follows a court ruling last year involving S. Serra Cheese of Clinton …

Blue Bell: Listeria Likely Spread Through Oklahoma Plant Drainage System

Blue Bell Creameries told federal inspectors that it believes that listeria bacteria spread at its Oklahoma plant through a drainage system, but the company said it couldn’t identify a single source of listeria that contaminated equipment at its flagship facility …