I don’t know what a Ring Pop is but the candy (right) probably shouldn’t contain metal. “The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is investigating after a Calgary boy found pieces of metal in two Ring Pops bought at an Ogden corner store. Dean Anderson and his son Sloan, 11, stopped at the Bella Food Store on Ogden Rd. on Sunday to buy a Ring Pop candy.

San Antonio, TX -– C. H. Guenther & Son, Inc. today announced a voluntary recall of products containing a pepper ingredient that may have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. The products are part of the Sunbird Seasonings, Williams Wings Seasonings and Williams Gumbo Soup lines.

Lewis Center, OH -- As a result of a recall of Black Pepper by Mincing Overseas Spice Company, Spice Barn is recalling two lots of Black Pepper due to the possibility of contamination with Salmonella. Salmonella is a common food borne pathogen that can cause severe illnesses, including fever, abdominal cramps and diarrhea.

I used to go on this annual golf trip that originated out of Guelph and ended up somewhere in Virginia or North Carolina about this time of year because it was relatively warm to people from Ontario and ridiculously cold to people in the south. We got cheap rates. I don’t golf much anymore. I like my wife.

The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) today noted the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) study which has shown that there is a high level of Campylobacter contamination in poultry carcasses in slaughter plants throughout Europe, with the majority of carcasses in Irish plants having some level of contamination.

The most important public threat of disease in the 1900s was from the consumption of pathogen-carrying raw milk, before the Pasteurized Milk Ordinance was put in place in 1924. French chemist Louis Pasteur’s pasteurization technique developed in the 1860s has helped decimate foodborne illness in dairy products even to this day.

As part of the Salmonella Montevideo investigation, the Food and Drug Administration has been actively investigating the supply chain of black and red pepper supplied to Daniele International Inc., Pascoag, R.I. 

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For Immediate Release: Mar. 17, 2010 Media Inquiries: Thomas Gasparoli, 301-796-4737, thomas.gasparoli@fda.hhs.gov Consumer Inquiries: 888-INFO-FDA