You don’t get indigestion from a 7-ELEVEN burrito, in Colorado, you may get listeria. That’s why the USDA (United States Department of Agriculture) issued a recall.
Burritos don’t agree with me anyway, and even if they did, a 7-ELEVEN burrito, I don’t think so. Some folks think that they are great. I’ll give the 7-ELEVENS the [...]
Archive for December, 2008
Recalled Missouri Sausage Located
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged FDA, federal, food, food safety, missouri, new year, recall, sausage, United States Department of Agriculture, USDA on December 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
US Food Safety.com has to report this. It confirms what the LA Times reported today . The FDA needs help and will be “backburnered” because the money is going elsewhere. This recall, however, came from the USDA ( United States Department of Agriculture), and effected one manufacturer that produced 750 pounds of contaminated sausage and [...]
Diet & Weight Loss Pills recalled
Posted in Uncategorized on December 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
US Food Safety Corporation ’s mission is to provide food safety alerts, recalls and information. Today, there has been an FDA ( Food and Drug Administration) health risk alert involving 25 diet pills and supplements. Diet pills are not food. We are alerting the public because diet pills and food are both ingested products.
Here is [...]
Parade Magazine’s Best of 2008: Food Safety
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged alerts, California, China, FDA, foo, lettuce, melamine, parade, radiation, recalls, restaurants, safety, trans fat, us food safety on December 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Food Safety on the Menu
Parade Magazine’s December 28, 2008 issue listed Food Safety in their Best & Worst of 2008. Here’s their list:
California became the first state to prohibit the use of trans fats in product sold by restaurants and bakeries.
The Food and Drug Administration approved the radiation of fresh lettuce and spinach to kill [...]
Diet Coke warning buried
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Coca-Cola, Coke, diet, Diet Coke, FDA, Food & Drug Administration, food recalls, food warning, minerals, protein, vitamins on December 23, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Diet Coke with Vitamins and Minerals really had me going until I read that they violated the FDA ( Food & Drug Administration) regulation of a nutrient content claim that did not meet the FDA’s criteria.
The warning letter went out to Coca-Cola on December 10 and the company has 15 days to reply. That makes [...]


