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USDA~ FSN ~ Eating Well – June 2025 -Recalls – Food Safety Alerts – Previous Month & last day of prior month updates

05/16/2025 Nativegrl77

** Chinese researchers charged with smuggling crop fungus, raising food safety concerns

By Jonan Pilet on June 6, 2025

Federal authorities have charged two Chinese researchers with smuggling Fusarium graminearum — a fungus that threatens crops and food safety — into the United States, raising concerns about risks to the food supply.

Yunqing Jian, 33, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Michigan, and her boyfriend, Zunyong Liu, 34…Continue Reading

** Trump golf resort kitchen gets 32 out of 100 on health inspection report card

By Coral Beach on June 6, 2025

Inspectors found multiple food safety violations in May at a golf course resort kitchen owned by President Trump.

The inspectors from Somerset County Department of Health found the kitchen at…Continue Reading

** Salmonella contamination sparks the tehini recall

** Diced chicken recalled in Canada because of bone fragments

**Publix recalls baby food because of lead contamination

** Consumer’s allergic reaction to undeclared milk spurs recall of breading mix

** FDA issues public health alert for food from Kentucky importer

** Hormel recalls more than 250,000 pounds of canned stew after consumer complaints

** The Coastal Companies recalls multiple products containing cucumbers because of Salmonella risk

** FSIS issues public health alert for chicken soup products because of misbranding and undeclared wheat allergen

Reptile food recalled because of potential Salmonella contamination

** Aldi brand fresh salmon recalled because of undeclared soy

** Isabelle’s Kitchen Inc. Recalls Refrigerated Deli Salads Containing Fresh Cucumbers Because of Possible Health Risk

**Supreme Service Solutions LLC Voluntarily Recalls Supreme Vegetable Products Because of Possible Health Risk

** RECALLED CUCUMBERS: Marketside , Snowfruit & Snowfox , East Coast Fresh, TOPS, Wellsley Farms, WEIS, AHOLD, Jack and Olive, Created Fresh, Spring and Sprout ,

** Haribo recalls sweets due to cannabis finding What to know: Haribo has recalled sweets in the Netherlands because of potential contamination with cannabis.The Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) said there are packs in circulation with sweets that can lead to health complaints, such as dizziness, when consumed.

Food Recalls ~ FSN

U.S.-Based Recalls:

* E. coli illness link prompts raw milk recall
* Ukrop’s Homestyle Foods recalls Marinated *Cucumber Salad because of Salmonella risk
* Yummi Sushi products sold at Kroger stores in *Florida recalled for Salmonella risk
* Made-to-order subs, wraps and paninis recalled in *Massachusetts and Connecticut because of Salmonella risk
*More cucumbers from Bedner Growers recalled because of link to Salmonella outbreak
* California firm recalls imported oysters because of possible contamination with norovirus

* Bourgeois Smokehouse recalls Smoked Andouille Sausage products after testing finds Listeria contamination
* Kasundi Peeled Mango Pickle recalled over elevated lead levels
* Bengal King Family Pack Vegetable Singara recalled because of undeclared peanuts
* Fijian Import & Export Co. Inc. recalls meat pie products for lack of import reinspection
* Bedner cucumbers are back, making people sick once again

More cucumbers from Bedner Growers recalled because of link to Salmonella outbreak

Made-to-order subs, wraps and paninis recalled in Massachusetts and Connecticut because of Salmonella risk

Spanish firm denies link to Listeria cheese recall

** Filipino testing finds Salmonella in onions from China

By News Desk on May 13, 2025

Testing in the Philippines of smuggled vegetables has found they were positive for heavy metals and Salmonella.

Agriculture Secretary Francisco P. Tiu Laurel Jr. led the inspection of two container vans carrying an estimated 34 metric tons of white onions from China.

Testing was conducted by the Bureau of Plant…Continue Reading

** Tahini recalled in Canada because testing showed Salmonella contamination

Afghani Corn Bread “Doda” recalled because of undeclared sesame and wheat

Hak brand kale and spinach recalled in Canada because of rubber pieces

Mini Éclairs recalled in Canada after testing finds E. coli

** FDA solves Listeria outbreak after yearlong investigation; 86 products recalled

By Coral Beach on May 11, 2025

An FDA outbreak investigation that began in 2024 has finally revealed that the cause of Listeria infections is ready-to-eat foods.

Sandwiches and snack foods from Fresh & Ready Foods LLC of San Fernando, CA, have been found to be the source of the pathogen that has sickened 10 people in…Continue Reading

** Las Vegas-area health officials investigate illnesses linked to South Korean oysters

Optimal Carnivore recalls Bone & Joint Restore Capsules because of possible Salmonella contamination

** SIS Issues Public Health Alert for Ready-To-Eat Chicken and Bacon Wrap Products Due to Possible Listeria Monocytogenes Contamination

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing a public health alert for ready-to-eat (RTE) chicken and bacon wrap products due to concerns that the products may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. A recall was not requested because the affected products are no longer available for purchase.

** Lamb Weston recalls 34,801 cases of hashbrown products because of plastic contamination

** Al Kanater Tahini recalled in Canada because of Salmonella contamination

** Lil’ Juan’s and Lucia’s Mexican Style Pork Carnitas recalled in Canada because of wood fragments

** FSIS Issues Public Health Alert for Bismillah Halal Meats Ground Beef Due to Possible E. Coli O103 Contamination

WASHINGTON, May 1, 2025 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing a public health alert for retail ground beef products sold by Bismillah Halal Meats, a retail market in Marietta, Ga., that may be contaminated with E. coli O103. FSIS is issuing this public health alert to ensure that consumers are aware that these products should not be consumed. A recall was not requested because the products are no longer available for purchase.

** Smith Packing, LLC Recalls Sausage and Sliced Meat and Poultry Products Due to Sodium Nitrite Levels in Excess of Regulatory Limit

Smith Packing, LLC, a Utica, N.Y. establishment, is recalling approximately 18,792 pounds of various ready-to-eat sausage and sliced meat and poultry products due to sodium nitrite levels that exceed the regulatory limit, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.

** Upper Crust Bakery recalls bread products because of glass contamination

** Marie Sharp’s Original Garlic Habanero Pepper Sauce recalled in Canada because of spoilage

** USDA issues public health alert for halal ground beef

By News Desk on May 1, 2025

The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing a public health alert for retail ground beef products sold by Bismillah Halal Meats, a retail market in Marietta, GA., that may be contaminated with E. coli O103.

The FSIS is issuing this public health alert to ensure that consumers…Continue Reading

** Valley Fine Foods recalls Chile Verde Egg Bites because of foreign material contamination

By News Desk on May 1, 2025

Valley Fine Foods Co., Inc., of Benicia, CA, is recalling 646 cases of its Chile Verde Egg Bites because of potential contamination with foreign materials.

The recall, initiated on April 3, 2025, is classified as a Class II recall, indicating a low risk of serious health consequences, though temporary or…Continue Readin

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This amendment could kill food safety

01/10/2014 Nativegrl77

U.S. Congress: Stop the King Amendment to the 2013 Farm Bill

By Campaign for Safe Food

Los Angeles, California

Right now, a House and Senate conference committee is hashing out the details of the 2013 Farm Bill.

Within the House version of the bill is an amendment offered by Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) that has the potential to wipe out states’ rights to label genetically modified organisms (GMOs).

The amendment includes sweeping language about states’ rights to regulate food and farming, and could nullify a wide range of state and local measures regarding food safety, labeling, environmental requirements, humane treatment of farm animals, labor standards, and other important issues.

The amendment could also overturn current bans on dangerous agricultural chemicals like methyl iodide, and allow a flood of these pesticides into our food supply.

But there’s still time to keep this dangerous amendment out of the final version of the Farm Bill. Please sign and share our petition today!

To read more about this flawed and potentially disastrous amendment, click here.

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Order Your Free Copy of 4 Basic Steps to Food Safety at Home

09/10/2012 Nativegrl77

Each year millions of people get sick from food illnesses. Clean, cook, separate and chill to keep food from spoiling and causing people to get sick.

Download and order your free copies of 4 Basic Steps to Food Safety at Home

Find more food safety publications at Publications.USA.gov

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Does Monsanto tell you what to eat?

12/07/2010 Nativegrl77

CREDO Action | more than a network. a movement.

Fix our broken food system.

Stop Big Food.

Urge the Department of Justice and Department of Agriculture to break up the agribusiness giants.

Note: Along with our allies, CREDO has gathered over 240,000 comments against consolidation in the food industry. Our friends at Food Democracy Now! are delivering them at a special meeting with the USDA this week. As consumers, we have a vested interest in the future of our food system. Can you help us get to 250,000?

America’s supermarket bounty is deceiving. Of those hundreds of brands on grocery store shelves, the vast majority are owned by a handful of industrial food companies like Kraft, Conagra and General Mills.

This concentration of power in the hands of a few large corporations is repeated in all sectors of the food system — from Monsanto’s stranglehold on seeds, to Dean Foods and Dairy Farmers of America‘s control over our milk, to Smithfield, JBS and Cargill’s near total dominance of meat processing. But there was nothing inevitable about this kind of corporate control of our food. Decades of deregulation and governmental inattention to industrial consolidation brought us our broken food system, one that features non-stop food safety recalls, an obesity epidemic and the hollowing out of rural America as family farmers are forced to sell out to corporate interests.

It’s time to stop letting Big Food control what we eat. Urge the Obama administration to fix our broken food system.

The Departments of Justice and Agriculture have convened a set of “workshops” over the last few months to discuss potential antitrust practices by the agribusiness giants who control of the food industry. Family farmers were finally able to air some of their grievances against the abusive practices by large food corporations. Though only a baby step, these workshops represented one of the first admissions from the US government that its past policies have weakened, rather than strengthened, our food system.

Please sign the letter thanking Holder and Vilsack for the workshops and demanding they follow up with real action on antitrust enforcement. The era of Big Food must come to an end.

Thank you for working to break up the food monopoly.

Adam Klaus, Campaign Manager
CREDO Action from Working Assets

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weekend review &some News

12/05/2010 Nativegrl77

Sunday Buzzzzz … A good day to reach for the sky while breathing deeply through your nose then slowly exhale through your mouth while slowly lowering your arms, head, shoulders, chest and waist bend knees -repeat when needed …

Tired of “the media” BS yet? and can i just say the only grown-ups on the floor of Congress on Saturday were from the Democratic party but hey that is just my opinion. In his latest commentary, Bloomberg states the President needs better advisors even though President Obama has kept more than half of his campaign promises made to the 53% that voted for him in 2008. I wonder if that information has been readily available in your State.I would like to thank our President for doing such a great job despite the 24/7 News cycle bashing him and the obstructionist called the Republican Tea Party. I would ask our President to keep his campaign promises and heed this alert: the Low Information Voters are not tuning in or paying attention so get out there because according to reports they made up 10% of those that decided to lean right. I say folks have to remember that President Obama does not make, create or pass legislation into laws, our Congress does so all complaints about bills not getting on the floor of Congress should be directed at Republican Tea Partiers who have held most if not all of them up or blocked, stalled and just said no to.

FYI President Obama signs major trade pact agreement with S.Korea -which is a big deal though “The Media” has chosen to ignore it as well as signing the bill to avert a government shut-down.

Today I got up early to see the Bush tax giveaways also called procedural votes on the Senate floor and was quite sad but of course, the media predicted the defeat before hand and unfortunately, they were correct. The point was to get it on the record while showing Americans just what and who they voted for in the Mid-term elections. It is a sad day to realize that a Political Party would put their ideology above the needs of their fellow Americans but the Republican Tea Party did without flinching, thinking of their constituents I guess and all for the love of money. The Bush Tax Cuts of 2001&2003 were given, scheduled to expire 12/31/10 and unpaid for a long with the two wars waged which cost Americans trillions of our money. The fact is the tax cuts, 2Wars, Wall Street bets, AIG insurance selling banking products as well as too much deregulation sent our economy over the cliff -sigh

In great news, The President secured a trade agreement with S.Korea that all Americans should be proud of though if you listen to the News that trade agreement is not as important at least not to “the media” as the defeat or votes against the Obama Administration coming from the cables. Is it just me or does anyone else feel like it is un-American to see so many in the news waiting to report a defeat or any other negative item regarding President Obama. In a time when things are so tough and a large number of voters leaned left we all see the Republican Tea Party gain strength tell the public lies and now the joke is on all of us. They say their focus is on Jobs, economy and doing the work of the People yet RTP continue to vote against UI stating people on UI do not look for jobs. I have to say every time one of them makes a statement that is obviously negative I wonder where the outrage is. I wonder what will be enough BS in order for people to March on DC the reports are that there are five people applying for one job and while members of RTP Congress have jobs it is clear they are all out of touch, engage in elitist behavior and decided a long time ago that not only would they refuse to cooperate with the First Black President they will do whatever is necessary to bring him down even if it means taking us all down and today provided an insight to the horrible people that obviously fooled Americans into voting for them on Nov.2 and that is quite sad.

So, it’s Friday and very cold but we def are not snowbound like the east coast …a lot has happened and it’s only 10am here in the 206. I am hoping the President’s trip goes well and is def a safe one. The debating and or voting going on in Congress today will continue into the weekend and it has my blood boiling. Hopefully, our Democratic Party will hold firm and show Americans the truth of how the Republican Tea Party just is not who the claim to be as shown to us all with the letter stating they will not cooperate unless they get their Bush tax giveaways. If nothing else this should be the evidence Americans need to show they had no intention of focusing on jobs our economy or doing the peoples business. The last two years the focus has been on obstruction, ruining the governing party and President Obama. The jobs numbers tell me that Corporate America has a long and complicit relationship with the Republican Tea Party that is long, deep, probably cannot be broken and or completely be reformed unless and until ALL Americans see the trouble the Republican Tea Party will be and put the Democratic Party back in control…in both Chambers of Congress.

This week the lame duck session restarted on a positive note with a vote of 73-25 passing the Food Safety Bill that will when put into implementation keep most Americans Safe. Unfortunately, due to a Senate error this Bill was put on hold and is probably going to be held hostage along with other legislation that would not only protect Americans it could have been a bill that passed with bipartisanship but that was clearly too much to ask for. While that was taking place, we all waited for the DADT report and most if not all reports were that the response had been better than anticipated. Reports were that 70% were okay with repealing DADT but folks in the Marines were not as responsive. The comments made by Gen.Gates about dadt were definitely positive. It would seem like an easy task to just take the vote and pass dadt but the Republican Tea Party who supported the repeal of DADT now have flip flopped by deciding the reports from Generals were not good enough. Again, my question is where is the outrage from people who support the repeal and or gays who know the impact the repeal would have on so many because contrary to folks out there it is Congress who has the responsibility to make it a law not the President who is getting the blame.

I am quite sure the START treaty is not only a National Security issue but is and has always been a bipartisan issue but is being used by the Republican Tea Party along with other legislation as pawns to again-get those Bush giveaways or else. This kind of behavior is childish and

In other News, our President had his first of many meetings to come with Republicans and the first documented outcome of that meeting by President Obama is below:

Though our President held a positive press conference concerning the meeting with Republicans, it is unfortunate that the Republican Tea Party thumbed their noses at our President and continue to be the Party of No by blocking unemployment today to several million. The Republican Tea Party continues want those Bush tax give always before they will cooperate on the floor of Congress, which Americans or most Americans feel we cannot afford to give them right now. At what point during the course of the lame duck Session in Congress will Republican constituents finally see the carpetbaggers for what they are?

The President has asked the Middle lower class to sacrifice again by freezing federal salaries for two years now he must make the rich sacrifice as well because they have not.

Other News

**If you order online on or before Dec.17th most will offer free shipping -called free shipping day

**A grocery workers have ratified their contract in king, kitsap, snohomish counties and covers indpdt grocery workers as well 95% voted yes

**SKnight was arrested on parole violation

**Did you know the RNC is in debt -15million w/about 2million banked the DNC is in debt -15million but has about 10million banked

** http://www.king5.com/home/Late-TD-gives-Washington-35-28-win-over-WSU-111332549.html <<< copy & paste link for the story

**President Obama secures major trade pact with S.Korea

**The President signs bill that will avert government shut down

**President Obama is met with newly elected Gov. -told them to call w/any and all probs they don’t want to hear it on tv first -sigh-

**Health Care Premiums have gone up 41%

**Alan Simpson debt comm vote to bring there legislation to the floor of Congress needs 14 votes they have 7 at this time. The final vote was 11-7 and failed to get to the flr of Congress

**Temp Fed spending FY 2011 239-178 -with 8Democrats voting No and 2Republicans voting yes

**Rangel censure vote will happen on Thursday with a full Censure

**Food Safety bill may be held up by the House GOP due to Senate errors

**Mid-Class tax cut vote may take place today-Steny Hoyer might allow them

**The START treaty is being debated in the Senate but who knows when the vote will be

**Kathleen Kennedy Townsend has put together a group to battle against the big money used in the Mid-terms

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