Boar’s Head recalls 7 million pounds of meat, poultry products due to possible Listeria risks

WASHINGTON—Boar’s Head is expanding its July 26 recall of deli meat products that may be contaminated with Listeria, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced this week. The establishment is recalling approximately 7 million additional pounds of ready-to-eat meat and poultry products. Whole genome sequencing results show that a liverwurst sample collected by the Maryland […]

Boar’s Head recalls liverwurst, other deli meat products over Listeria fears

UPDATE: This recall has been expanded. Original story below… BALTIMORE, MD—The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has issued a recall of 207,528 pounds of deli meat sold nationwide by Boar’s Head Provisions Co., Inc. The recall was prompted by the discovery of Listeria monocytogenes in a sample of liverwurst produced by the company. The bacteria […]

Ready-to-eat chicken products recalled due to Listeria risk

WASHINGTON— Al-Safa US LLC, the importer of record located in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, is recalling approximately 2,010 pounds of imported frozen ready-to-eat chicken products that may be adulterated with Listeria monocytogenes, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced. The frozen ready-to-eat chicken products were produced on June 5, 2024, in Canada and imported to the […]

FDA recalls Classic Delight sandwiches over Listeria concerns

BALTIMORE, MD—The FDA has issued a recall of Classic Delight sandwiches over concerns of Listeria contamination. The recall affects individually wrapped sandwiches shipped to distributors in Arkansas, California, Maryland, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Texas. According to the FDA, the recall was initiated after environmental samples tested positive for Listeria monocytogenes, an organism that can cause serious an sometimes fatal infections […]

Over 1.2 million lights sold at Lowe’s, Ace Hardware, Amazon recalled due to fire hazard; 1 death reported

Washington, D.C.—The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Good Earth Lighting Inc. are announcing the recall of more than 1.2 million Good Earth Rechargeable Integrated Lights following the report of a consumer who died, and another who was treated for smoke inhalation when the product overheated and caused a fire in their home last year. Good Earth Lighting is aware […]

Cucumbers shipped to Maryland recalled due to possible Salmonella risk

WASHINGTON—Fresh Start Produce Sales Inc. of Delray, Florida, is recalling whole cucumbers shipped to certain states from May 17th through May 21st, 2024, due to the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. Salmonella is an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Healthy persons infected […]

Nissan issues urgent ‘Do Not Drive’ warning for certain models with recalled Takata air bags

WASHINGTON, DC—Nissan issued a “Do Not Drive” warning on Wednesday for 83,920 model year 2002-2006 vehicles equipped with recalled, unrepaired Takata air bags. Motorists who own one of these vehicles should not drive it until the repair is completed and the defective air bag is replaced. The warning covers certain model year 2002-2006 Nissan Sentra, 2002-2004 Nissan Pathfinder, and 2002-2003 […]