Health

California plant recalls nearly 9 million pounds of uninspected, unsound beef

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service recently announced that a California plant had to recall nearly 9 million pounds of beef processed from “diseased and unsound animals.” The beef was produced by Rancho Feeding Corporation – based in Petaluma, Calif. In addition to using diseased and unsold animals, a news release on the recall also stated that the products were shipped out to stores without the benefit of a full federal inspection, making them “unfit for human food.

Health

Millions of pounds of meat recalled in late January

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Government food safety agencies announced more than a dozen recalls throughout the end of January. Most notably, more than 3.2 million pounds of meat products had to be recalled, including tens of thousands of pounds of meat from an Illinois facility.

Health

Two hospitalized from Salmonella contamination at Tennessee correctional facility

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Recall announcements from this month reported that mechanically separated chicken produced by Tyson Foods recently caused seven people at a Tennessee correctional facility to become sick. Two of those people had to be hospitalized. The recall announcements also reported that a series of products had to be recalled because they were mislabeled and contained undeclared allergens.

FDA

Mislabeled chocolate Santas and contaminated chicken recalled in late December

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Federal food-safety agencies announced half a dozen recalls at the end of December, including recalls for chicken contaminated with potentially dangerous bacteria and for chocolate-Santa candy with undeclared allergens. The recalls come only a couple weeks after a Colorado company recalled more than 90,000 pounds of poultry and meat because of rodent problems.

FDA

Rodents cause 90,000-pound meat recall

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Among early-December recalls, food-safety officials announced that more than four tons of meat and poultry products would be recalled because they were produced in “insanitary conditions.” Other recalls were for undeclared allergens in chicken noodle soup, dried dates and chocolate-covered nuts.

Agribusiness

Beef suppliers settle lawsuit over abuse, slaughter of sick cattle

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Last month, former beef suppliers to the National School Lunch Program reached an agreement with the United States government and The Humane Society of the United States to settle allegations of mistreating downer cattle at the suppliers' Chino, Calif., slaughter operation. The settlement concluded a nearly five-year legal battle that started in 2008, which also involved the largest meat recall in U.S. history.

Health

Thousands of pounds of meat recalled across U.S.

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Thousands of pounds of meat had to be recalled because of possible Listeria monocytogenes contaminations and an E. coli contamination. The U.S. Department of Agriculture labeled the recalls as "Class I" and called them "high" health risks.