Select lots of Gyro Family Kits were recalled from Sprouts stores on 12/06/2024 after being alerted by their supplier Reser’s Fine Foods, Inc. of potential Salmonella contamination of the cucumbers within the tzatziki sauce. No illnesses have been reported to date. Salmonella can cause serious and...
Written by: Brad Buck Brad is a senior public relations specialist for UF/IFAS Communications. A huge Gator fan, Brad grew up in Gainesville, loves movies, sports and finding great stories to tell.Intermittent irrigation can save strawberry growers as much as 67% on water, maintain yield. As we...
About Marion Nestle Marion Nestle is Paulette Goddard Professor of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health, Emerita, at New York University, which she chaired from 1988-2003 and from which she officially retired in September 2017. In 2023, she was awarded The Edinburgh Medal (for science and...
Celebrating Health-Conscious Brands & Supporting Local Communities with 600,000 Meals This Giving Tuesday, Healthy Family Project and Lowes Foods are announcing the launch of the 2024 A Season of Sharing campaign, helping to provide an incredible 600,000* meals to Second Harvest of Northwest...
Baker Farms is recalling their Baker Farms Curly Mustard, 16 oz. plastic bags with BEST BY 11-21-2024, UPC: 8 13098 02018 4, Lot Code: bak144-6806 due to contamination of Listeria monocytogenes. Listeria monocytogenes, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young...
A new study on behalf of Trace One has identified the potential impact of import tariffs and foreign good shortages on the U.S. food supply. Donald Trump’s recent plan to impose a 25% tariff on imports from Mexico and Canada, along with an additional 10% tariff on goods from China, could have...
SunFed Produce, LLC (SunFed) is recalling all sizes of whole fresh American cucumbers packaged in bulk cardboard containers labeled with the “SunFed” label or in a generic white box or black plastic crate with a sticker that provides the implicated grower’s name, “Agrotato, S.A. de C.V.,” (photos...
GRASP is an add-on to GLOBALG.A.P.’s flagship standard, Integrated Farm Assurance (IFA), that evaluates workers’ health, safety, and welfare at farm level. The newest versions of these standards – IFA v6 and GRASP v2 – are now available for audit. With this combined solution, producers can achieve...
Written by: Megan Winslow, Public Relations Specialist, UF/IFASThe USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) has selected a UF/IFAS-run center for food safety training to coordinate similar facilities across the country. The USDA’s decision means the Southern Center for Food Safety...
Report co-authored by UTSW culinary medicine expert outlines competencies to teach physicians how to advise patients about healthy eating Poor diets have been linked to seven of the 10 leading causes of death in the United States, from heart disease to diabetes and certain types of cancer. Yet...
