UPDATE Cantaloupe death toll hits 14 and still rising

As many as 14 people may be dead in a still-widening outbreak of listeria food poisoning tied to contaminated cantaloupes, according to a tally of state health officials' counts, and unfortunately that number is going up and it's not only the "un cut Cantaloupe" that is under recall.....MORE

RECALL: 13,000 Cases Pepperidge Farm Natural Baked Sesame Sticks

10.2oz Boxes of Baked Naturals Sesame Sticks due to the possible inclusion "for free" of thin pieces of wire that consumers have reported The affected product is marked with a yellow 20% More! banner across the top of the package and has the following codes on the top package flap:

W07*1781 Sell by 11/20/2011
W07*1891 Sell by 11/27/2011
W07*1921 Sell by 12/4/2011
W07*2041 Sell by 12/11/2011
W07*2061 Sell by 12/13/2011
W07*2221 Sell by 1/1/2012

MORE

RECALL: 40,000 Pounds Ground Beef Possible E.coli

Palo Duro Meat of Amarillo Texas Recalling 40,000 Pounds of Ground Beef Sent to Georgia for further distribution to institutions including six school districts in the National School Lunch Program each bears "Est. 7282" inside USDA mark of inspection and a production code of 19110 MORE....

CANTALOUPE RECALL EXPANDS TO CA

The whole cantaloupes in question were shipped between July 29th, 2011 and September 10th 2011, and distributed to the following states: IL, WY, TN, UT, TX, CO, MN, KS, NM, NC, MO, NE, OK, AZ, NJ, NY, PA. AND Now California has been added. The whole cantaloupes have a green and white sticker that reads: Product of USA- Frontera Produce-Colorado Fresh-Rocky Ford-Cantaloupe or a gray, yellow, and green sticker that reads: Jensen Farms-Sweet Rocky Fords. If the whole cantaloupe is unlabeled, please contact your retail store for sourcing information. Jensen Farms is requesting any consumer that many have one of these cantaloupes to please destroy the products.

RECALL: Cantaloupe at Least 17 States Involved

Rocky Ford Cantaloupe shipped from July 29 through September 10, 2011, and distributed to at least 17 states with possible further distribution. • The recalled cantaloupes have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria and may be linked to a multi-state outbreak of listeriosis. • The CDC reports that at least 22 people in seven states have been infected with the outbreak-associated strains of Listeria monocytogenes as of September 14. • Patients reported eating whole cantaloupes they purchased from grocery stores marketed from the Rocky Ford growing region of Colorado. • While all people are susceptible to Listeria, older adults, persons with weakened immune systems and pregnant women are at particular risk....MORE

RECALL: Avocado Halves and Pulp possible Listeria

Fine Mexican Food Products, Inc. (FMP) located in Ontario California is recalling 1,423 Cases of 12/2 lb. Frozen Avocado Pulp and 1,820 Cases IQF 8/3 lb. IQF Avocado Halves as distributed since June/2010 because of the possibility to be contaminated with Listeria Monocytogenes, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections Frozen avocado pulp and IQF avocado halves were distributed to distributors in California since June 2010.

These 2 products are identified as FMP white label on the corrugated shipping carton and pack size is 2.2 lb. /bag 12 per shipping carton and Product code 00115 for Frozen Avocado Pulp.

Pack size is 3 lb. /bag 8 bags per shipping carton and Product Code 00131 for 3 lb. IQF Avocado Halves respectively with expiration dates of June/July/August 2012....MORE

RECALL Nationwide 185,000 LBS of Ground Turkey Salmonella

Cargill the Same Plant that had the 36 Million LB Turkey Recall in August has another one this month 185,000 LBS of Ground Turkey Sold as Fresh Ground Turkey Tray, Patties and Chunks,

Kroger, Honey Suckle, are a couple of the Brands involved to date......MORE