Tip Top Poultry of Rockmart, Georgia, is recalling an undetermined amount of ready-to-eat poultry products that may be adulterated with Listeria monocytogenes bacteria. These products were sold under many different brand names. There have been no confirmed reports of illness due to the consumption of these products. The frozen cooked, diced, or shredded ready-to-eat chicken products were produced between January 21, 2019 and September 24, 2019. Some of the brand names and descriptions of the recalled products include Butterball Cooked Pulled Turkey, Tip Top Diced Cooked Chicken, Perdue Diced All White Meat, Sysco Diced Chicken White Meat, West Creek 1/2" White, GFS Cooked Chicken, H. Walker Foods Pulled Chicken Meat, among others. You can see the three pages of recalled products at … [Read more...]
How to Report a Problem With Food to the FDA and USDA
Most Americans have had food poisoning at one time or another, giving that 48,000,000 Americans contract this form of illness every year. Most people think they have the "stomach flu" or a "24 hour bug" when they actually have food poisoning. How do you report a problem with food? What do you do if you think you have food poisoning? First, know the symptoms of food poisoning for various pathogens: E. coli, Listeria monocytogenes, and Salmonella. You can report your illness to the government if you think that a problem with food (such as the Northfork Bison E. coli outbreak) purchased from a store is the problem. First, call your doctor to get necessary treatment. Many foodborne illnesses can have long term health complications and this should be noted on your medical … [Read more...]
