FDA's Howard Seltzer recounts two botulism cases in which shoppers left soup labeled KEEP REFRIGERATED out for a day or a week, reheated it, tasted it and were hospitalized. He urges readers to treat handling instructions on food labels as binding.
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Kiss the Cook & The Farmer Too (Event)
An invitation to a $150-a-ticket farm-to-table benefit evening at Hillside Gardens in Mill Valley, California, for Kiss the Cook & The Farmer Too, a 13-part public television series on cooking and sustainable agriculture, with local food, live music and a preview of the pilot.
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Ready Pac® Delivers Deli Solutions at IDDBA 2011 (PR)
A press release announcing Ready Pac's Salad Singles deli bowl salads at the IDDBA exhibition in Anaheim, June 5-7, 2011 — four varieties, each under 200 calories, at a suggested retail price of $2.99.
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How to cook with Style, AP Style
The 2011 AP Stylebook adds a 16-page food, wine and spirits section with 140 new entries and more than 400 consolidated food terms, from locavore and amuse-bouche to blind bake, ghee, huitlacoche and which pear varieties to capitalize.
Food
A new papaya variety with a competitive edge (PR)
A news release from Tex Starr Distributing LLC of Alamo, Texas announcing Royal Star Papaya, a proprietary hybrid the company says is sweeter and juicier than most papayas and will be widely available year-round from July, backed by a summer marketing push.
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California Firm Recalls Deli Meat Products for Possible Listeria Contamination
Rose & Shore Meat Co. of Vernon, California recalled about 15,900 pounds of ready-to-eat pastrami and roast beef produced April 5, 2011 over possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination. The products went to food service in five Western states, with no retail sales.
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Mann Packing Reissues and Expands Voluntary Recall of Party Trays and Snacks
Mann Packing is expanding its voluntary recall of vegetable platters and Snacks on the Go items because the grape tomatoes in them may carry Salmonella. Safeway's Eating Right Veggie Party Platter and a 3.5-lb Mann's Vegetable Platter join the list, which covers the US and Canada.
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Cinderella Sweets Issues Allergy Alert Passover Cookies
Cinderella Sweets of Woodmere, NY is recalling four Shabtai Gourmet Kosher for Passover cookie and macaroon items distributed nationwide because the packaging is marked egg free when the products contain egg. No illnesses have been reported.
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Phoenix Import & Distribution Announces Recall Of Pentrexyl Forte Natural
Phoenix Import & Distribution is recalling Pentrexyl Forte Natural, a dietary supplement sold in Texas retail stores, because its packaging can be confused with an antibiotic. The capsules contain no antibiotics, and use by ill people could delay treatment for serious illness.
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Party Trays And Snacks Recalled
Mann Packing expanded its voluntary recall of vegetable platters and Snacks on the Go containing grape tomatoes that may carry Salmonella, adding Safeway's Eating Right Veggie Party Platter. It follows Six L's recall of one lot; no illnesses were reported.
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Brownie Fudge Twirl Ice Cream Quarts Recalled
Oberweis Dairy recalled quarts of Brownie Fudge Twirl ice cream, sold almost entirely through its own stores and home delivery, because the packaging did not declare eggs. The company's own packaging review caught the error and no illnesses were reported.
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Entenmann’s Bagged Pop’ems Donuts And Bimbo 8 Pack Donitas Donuts Recalled (PR)
Bimbo Bakeries USA is recalling Entenmann's bagged Pop'Ems and Bimbo 8-pack Donitas donuts sold in several western states because they may develop an uncharacteristic smell and become moldy within the product code. Affected sizes, UPCs and printed dates are listed.
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Michigan firm recalls beef
Tri-City Cheese and Meats of Kawkawlin, Mich. is recalling about 252 pounds of Troll Smokehouse kippered beef that contains sodium nitrite not listed on the label. FSIS found it during a routine label review; the beef sold in Michigan online and at retail. No reactions reported.
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Del Monte Fresh Produce N.A. Inc. Voluntarily Recalls Grape Tomatoes Grown
Del Monte Fresh recalled 63 cases of Roche Bros. vegetable trays sold in Massachusetts because grape tomatoes grown in Florida by Six L's Packing may be contaminated with Salmonella. No illnesses had been reported.
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Arkansas Recalls Bottled Water
The Arkansas Department of Health said tests found biological contamination in certain lots of Mountain Pure 16.9-ounce bottled water, prompting a voluntary recall of bottles coded 2200 through 0400. Officials call illness unlikely in healthy people but flag weakened immune systems.
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Safeway Recalls Kabobs Made with Grape Tomatoes in Several States (PR)
Safeway is recalling fresh kabobs made with grape tomatoes sold at meat counters in ten states between April 26 and May 3, 2011. The tomatoes came from Taylor Farms and grower Six L's, whose products were recalled over possible Salmonella contamination.
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Fox Packaging Launches new web site highlighting benefits of their packaging line (PR)
A press release announcing Fox Packaging's new website, foxbag.com, which details its CLAF mesh and poly/mesh produce bag lines and adds a link for reordering.
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Savings News May 01, 2001
A promotional listing of retailer coupon codes and discounts, covering mattresses and bedframes, Mother's Day sales, meal-delivery plans, a press release service and cell phone offers.
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