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Oklahoma Prepared Foods Firm Recalls Frozen Pork Loin Product

AdvancePierre Foods Inc., an Enid, Oklahoma food company, is recalling approximately 4,137 pounds of pork loin steak fritter product that may be contaminated with hard pieces of plastic. The problem was discovered after the firm notified federal food safety officials …

Crum & Forster Acquires Aspen’s Food and Beverage Product Recall Business

Specialty insurer Crum & Forster (C&F) has acquired the renewal rights of Aspen’s U.S. food and beverage product recall insurance portfolio written primarily through the excess and surplus lines market. The company said the Aspen underwriting team servicing this portfolio, …

Fareway Chicken Salad Produced at Iowa Processing Plant Recalled

The federal government issued a recall of chicken salad made by an Iowa processing company and distributed by Fareway Stores which has now sickened more than 100 people in five states and prompted lawsuits in Illinois, Iowa and South Dakota. …

Mississippi Business Recalls 130K Pounds of Frozen Meat, Poultry Products

A Mississippi-based business is recalling about 130,000 pounds of meat and poultry frozen entree products due to bacterial contamination. Listeriosis, the infection caused by the listeria bacteria, can cause fever and muscle aches, often with other gastrointestinal symptoms. The U.S. …

Ironshore Product Recall Coverage for Food Industry Covers Rehabilitation, Loss of Income

Ironshore Pembroke Managing Agency Ltd. is offering Product Contamination Recall Insurance, focusing on risk exposure within the food and beverage industries. Contamination and subsequent recall occurrences can be triggered by accidental human error, malicious product tampering and product extortion throughout …

Perdue Foods Issues Recall of Georgia-Made Chicken Nuggets

Georgia says the Gainesville, Ga.-based Perdue Foods is recalling about 4,530 pounds of chicken nuggets. A statement from the state agriculture department says the nuggets were made in Georgia and are being recalled because they may include plastic. The products …

Chicken Company Recalls 550K Pounds of Products from Mississippi Plant

Sanderson Farms, Inc. is voluntarily recalling 551,090 pounds of chicken products produced at its plant in Hazlehurst, Miss. Officials say a sample of the products analyzed by a customer of the company and the USDA was found to contain foreign …

More People Sickened by Listeria Linked to Blue Bell Ice Cream

An outbreak of a food-borne illness linked to some ice cream products made by Texas-based Blue Bell Creameries has grown to include three people in Texas who became ill, according to federal health authorities. Carol Crawford, a spokeswoman for the …