Organic food news

• Tiger Brands mulls sale of processed meats operations

  09-11-2019 06:05
  
  Tiger Brands is considering selling its processed meats business that was identified as the source of the South African Listeria outbreak in 2017 and 2018.
  The company said as part of a strategic review it had been looking at the possibility of selling its Value Added Meat Products (VAMP) business, which includes Enterprise Foods, in 2017. However, the outbreak and closure of manufacturing facilities delayed the evaluation.
  The listeriosis outbreak began at the start of 2017 and was declared ove
  
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• FSIS issues public alert because of recalled vegetable ingredients

  09-11-2019 03:53
  
  Ready-to-eat entrees, including some packaged for Quick & Easy and others for amazon go, are the subject of a public alert from the USDA because they contain vegetables recalled by Mann’s Packing because of potential Listeria contamination. 
  The alert from the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) tonight says the products contain recalled ingredients that fall under the jurisdiction of the Food and Drug Administration. The products listed by the FSIS in the alert
  
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• Company recalls imported fish; inspectors say catfish labeled as tilapia

  09-11-2019 03:29
  
  A New York importer is recalling an undetermined amount of frozen catfish that is incorrectly labeled as tilapia. Some of the fish has sell by dates as far away as January 2021.
  Inspectors from the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service discovered the problem during routine surveillance activities, according to the recall notice posted by the federal agency. The fish, imported from Hong Kong, was not presented for FSIS import re-inspection.
  You Chang Trading Inc. reported shipping
  
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• CDC says mystery Listeria outbreak is over in U.S.; Canada says chicken was cause there

  09-11-2019 01:06
  
  A deadly, international Listeria outbreak that Canadian officials linked to diced chicken appears to be over in the U.S., according to federal officials who will not name any entity or food as having any connection with the 13-state outbreak.
  Two people died in the United States during the 18-month outbreak. It sickened at least 24 people, with 22 of them admitted to hospitals, according to an update posted today by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
  The U.S. patients were conf
  
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