Latest Listeria monocytogenes Stories
OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Sept. 12, 2008) - Audio clips available at www.inspection.gc.ca/english/corpaffr/ relations/indexaude.shtml The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and Private Recipes Ltd. are warning the public not to consume the Private Recipe brand Creamed Salmon frozen entree described below because the product may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The affected product, Private Recipe brand Creamed Salmon with Mashed Potatoes & Glazed Carrots is a 370 g...
OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Aug. 31, 2008) - Audio clips available at www.inspection.gc.ca/english/corpaffr/ relations/indexaude.shtml. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and King Bean Wholesalers are warning the public not to serve or consume certain King Bean Wholesalers sandwiches described below because these products may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. This recall is being initiated as these sandwiches contain a ready-to-eat deli meat product recalled by...
OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Aug. 30, 2008) - Recent news about an outbreak of listeria may have raised concerns about your pregnancy and the safety of the food you eat. Listeriosis is a rare but serious infection that is caused by consuming a type of bacterium called Listeria monocytogenes (commonly called listeria) that is sometimes found in food, water and soil. Pregnant women are at far greater risk of developing listeriosis than most adults. A woman who develops listeriosis during...
OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Aug. 30, 2008) - Audio clips available at www.inspection.gc.ca/english/corpaffr/relations/ indexaude.shtml. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and Country Traditions Frozen Foods are warning the public not to consume kielbassa sausage cuts because the products may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. This recall is being initiated as these sausages were products recalled by Maple Leaf Consumer Foods, Burlington, ON. The following sausages sold...
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency and Lucerne Foods have warned the public not to serve or consume certain Safeway brand and TakeAwayCafe brand sandwiches as they may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. A total of 28 varieties of Safeway brand Gold Standard sandwiches and TakeAwayCafe brand Mac's sandwiches have been recalled. The Safeway brand sandwiches have been distributed in Alberta and Saskatchewan through Safeway stores. The TakeAwayCafe brand sandwiches have been...
Advaxis Inc., (OTCBB: ADXS), a developmental biotechnology company, received comments from the U. S. Food & Drug Administration (the "FDA") regarding its Investigational New Drug ("IND") application for Lovaxin C, the Company's lead drug candidate, which was filed with a proposed Phase II study for the treatment of Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia ("CIN"). The FDA's first written response letter, received last week, addressed preclinical, manufacturing, microbiologic, immunologic and...
Dr. John Rothman CEO of Advaxis Inc., (OTCBB: ADXS), a developmental biotechnology company, is scheduled to present at the BIO International Convention (BIO) today, Wednesday, June 18, 2008, at 1:00PM PDT in the GEN Theater. Dr. Rothman's presentation, entitled "The Use Of Bioengineered Listeria Monocytogenes As A Live Cancer Vaccine," will detail how modified live Listeria bacteria is being used as the vector to target cervical and prostate cancer. The world's largest gathering of the...
Researchers have developed a new technology that can simultaneously screen thousands of samples of food or water for several dangerous food-borne pathogens in one to two hours. The technique, which has potential biosecurity and food safety applications, also can estimate the amount of microbes present and whether they pose an active health risk. This could help neutralize potential threats and improve food processing techniques, said Arun Bhunia, a professor of food science at Purdue...
SAN FRANCISCO -- Jamba Juice Co. is warning consumers in the Southwest that smoothies containing strawberries might have been contaminated with a potentially deadly bacterium.The warning, issued in consultation with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, applies to smoothies sold at Jamba Juice stores in Arizona, southern Nevada and Southern California from Nov. 25 to Dec. 1The company said it had not received any reports of confirmed illnesses.San Francisco-based Jamba Juice issued the...
French scientists have learned how Listeria monocytogenes, which causes a major food-borne illness, commandeers cellular transport machinery to invade cells and hide from the body's immune system. They believe that other infectious organisms may use the same mechanism. The Listeria bacterium, found in soil and water, can be transmitted to humans via undercooked and unpasteurized food, causing flu-like symptoms or gastrointestinal distress. For individuals with weakened immune systems,...
