"food recall" news and stories

Yup, another food recall because of possible E coli contamination.

Orval Kent Foods has recalled 23,000 pounds of its Amish Macaroni Salad. The packages being recalled include five pound containers with the Orval Kent Amish name (June 12 expiration date) and one, two, and five pound containers sold under the brand name of Yoder's (June 7 expiration date). The salad was sold in nine states, including Pennsylvania and New Jersey (sorry, can't find any info on what the other states are).

There are no reports of any sickness yet, but the company doesn't want to take any chances so they have issued the recall.

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I think it's been a while since we had a beef recall. And by "a while" I mean about a week.

JSM Meat Holdings and the USDA have issued a recall for meat that was distributed to 11 states. The beef was distributed in 30 pound, 60 pound, and 47 gallon containers (the beef was used in ground products). The containers are labeled with the words "Morreale Meat" and the number "EST 6872." They could possibly be contaminated with e.coli.

The states affected are Pennsylvania, Florida, Massachusetts, Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Michigan, Missouri, Georgia, Nebraska, and Wisconsin.

Do you like hard plastic on your hamburgers? I'm a mustard guy myself, so I wouldn't want these.

Price Chopper is recalling packages of hamburgers and ground meat because they might contain small pieces of plastic. The meat being recalled is in various forms, so take note: four packs and eight packs of 80% lean ground chuck, 85% lean ground round patties, and four packs of 90% lean ground sirloin. The packages have a date of May 13 on them.

A bakery in Haverfordwest has issued a recall on rolls and baguettes because of a production error.

Snowdrop Bakery says that some of the filled rolls and baguettes that they sell did not have a label on them warning customers that the product contains milk and soya (is that the same as soy?). They ask that customers not eat the rolls and return them to the store for a refund. The breads have a use by date on or before April 22, 2008.

They company is also calling stores that might have the food on their shelves, including stores in Pembrokeshire, Swansea, Carmarthenshire, and Ceredigion.

Shayna told you last week about the recall involving Malt-o-Meal cereal because of possible salmonella contamination. Now comes word that people might have actually gotten sick from the cereal.

Officials are investigating 23 cases of people getting sick from the same strain of salmonella that affected the cereal. The cereal recalled was distributed across the country under the Malt-O-Meal name as well as other names, including Acme, America's Choice, Food Club, Giant, Hannaford, Jewel, Laura Lynn, Pathmark, Shaw's (yikes, that's where I shop!), ShopRite, Tops and Weis Quality.

The people who got sick are from 13 different states.