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The investigation into the E. coli outbreak in McDonald's Quarter Pounders that has killed at least one person and sickened nearly 50 others increasingly points to the slivered onions served on the hamburgers. The onions in question, according to a McDonald’s spokesperson, come from a single source and are then sliced and packaged as raw vegetables in individual bags and sent to restaurants. State health officials alerted the CDC about an unusual uptick in E. coli cases on Oct. 10. There is no indication that diced onions on other McDonald’s menu items are part of the outbreak. "While the slivered onions are the likely source, FSIS continues to verify the safety of the ground beef used," the spokesperson said.

Persons: McDonald's, Matt Wise, Rachel Herlihy, “, ” Herlihy, Lowell Schiller, it's, Schiller Organizations: Mayo Clinic, Centers for Disease Control, Prevention, NBC News, CDC, Food and Drug Administration, FDA, Safety, Inspection Service, Agriculture Department Locations: Greeley , Colorado, Colorado, Mesa County, . Nebraska, Iowa , Kansas , Missouri, Montana , Oregon , Utah , Wisconsin, Wyoming, Chipotle

☆ Boar's Head recall expands to include 7 million pounds of deli meat over listeria concerns
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-31 | by ( Marlene Lenthang | Aria Bendix | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

A recall of Boar's Head products has expanded to include a whopping 7 million additional pounds of deli and poultry items in a deadly multistate outbreak of listeria infections. As of Tuesday, 34 people have gotten sick across 13 states in the outbreak — including 33 hospitalizations and two deaths. Last week, the deli meat company had recalled more than 207,000 pounds of deli meat, including liverwurst and ham products, because they may contain the bacteria Listeria monocytogenes. Boar's Head has now expanded that recall, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced in a press release Tuesday. Boar's Head said in a statement on its website that it had initiated the recall after a liverwurst sample collected by the Maryland Department of Health had tested positive for listeria.

Persons: Boar's Organizations: U.S . Department of Agriculture's, Inspection, Brand, Maryland Department of Health, The Maryland Department of Health, Baltimore City Health Department, Centers for Disease Control, Mayo Clinic, CDC Locations: Montebello , California, Illinois, New Jersey, Cayman Islands, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Panama, Virginia, U.S

☆ Tyson recalls 30,000 pounds of Dino Chicken Nuggets
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-05 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

The logo of Tyson Foods is seen in Davos, Switzerland, May 22, 2022. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsNov 5 (Reuters) - U.S. food company Tyson Foods (TSN.N) has said it was voluntarily recalling approximately 30,000 pounds of frozen, fully cooked dinosaur-shaped chicken “Fun Nuggets” or Dino Chicken Nuggets. The company said the recall includes Tyson brand fully cooked “Fun Nuggets” sold to retailers in 29-ounce packages. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) said Tyson food is recalling around 30,000 pounds of fully cooked breaded chicken in a release on Saturday. It said it has received no additional reports of injury or illness from consumption of these products.

Persons: Arnd, Dino, Tyson, FSIS, Scott DiSavino, Aurora Ellis Organizations: Tyson Foods, REUTERS, U.S . Department of Agriculture’s, Inspection, Thomson Locations: Davos, Switzerland

☆ Tyson recalls almost 30,000 pounds of dinosaur-shaped chicken nuggets after consumers found metal pieces in them
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-05 | by ( Polly Thompson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Tyson recalled almost 30,000 pounds of its Fun Nuggets on Saturday, saying they could contain metal. AdvertisementAdvertisementTyson Foods has recalled almost 30,000 pounds of its frozen dinosaur-shaped chicken nuggets amid fears that they could contain metal pieces, the US Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced Saturday. The FSIS said that Tyson had recalled around 29,819 pounds of the dinosaur-shaped nuggets, which is around 16,500 packets. In September, the US Department of Labor announced they were investigating Tyson Foods and Perdue Farms, another major poultry producer, over the reports. The Tyson family has become one of the country's richest families, but Tyson Foods announced earlier this year that it was shutting four of its chicken plants as it sought to cut costs amid falling demand.

Persons: Tyson, —, Tyson Foods, Tyson Fresh Organizations: Nuggets, Service, US Department of Agriculture's, Inspection, US Department of Labor, Tyson Foods, Perdue Farms Locations: Arkansas, Alabama , California , Illinois , Kentucky, Michigan , Ohio , Tennessee, Virginia, Wisconsin, Texas

☆ Tyson is recalling nearly 30,000 pounds of its dinosaur-shaped nuggets
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-05 | by ( Rebecca Cohen | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

A bag of Tyson Foods Inc. frozen chicken is arranged for a photograph in Tiskilwa, Illinois, U.S., on Thursday, May 5, 2016. Tyson Foods is recalling nearly 30,000 pounds of one of its products — dinosaur-shaped chicken nuggets — after some consumers reported finding small metal pieces, the Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service announced Saturday. The recall is specifically for the 29-ounce plastic bags of the product officially called Fully Cooked Fun Nuggets Breaded Shaped Chicken Patties, the FSIS said in a release. Approximately 29,819 pounds of the Fun Nuggets are impacted, according to the release. FSIS is urging anyone who might be keeping a bag of the Fun Nuggets in the freezer to throw them out and to avoid eating them.

Persons: Tyson, Tyson Foods, FSIS Organizations: Tyson Foods Inc, Tyson, Department of Agriculture's, Inspection Service, Nuggets Locations: Tiskilwa , Illinois, U.S, Alabama , California , Illinois , Kentucky, Michigan , Ohio , Tennessee, Virginia, Wisconsin

☆ Organic? Free range? What do food labels actually mean?
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-07 | by ( Danielle Wiener-Bronner | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

New York CNN —Navigating the grocery aisle is overwhelming, especially when trying to make sense of food labels. Shoppers who want to know where their food comes from, or how long it will last, have to work even harder. Government agencies have strict guidelines for food safety and nutrition labels on packaged foods. But other information like sell-by dates or animal welfare labels are less regulated — and some are effectively meaningless. Here’s how to know what you’re looking at when you’re reading food labels.

Persons: Scott Olson, “, ”, “ FSIS, Dena Jones, Jones Organizations: New, New York CNN, Nutrition, Shoppers, Government, USDA, ” Companies, Safety, USDA’s Agricultural Research Service, Animal Welfare Institute, Global Animal Partnership Locations: New York, Chicago

☆ Fact Check-No evidence lab-grown meat authorized in the US contains human cells
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-17 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Regulators told Reuters that they had ensured the product labels stating the contents are made from chicken cells are “truthful.” Both companies deny that any human cells are involved in their products’ manufacture. “This claim is completely false,” Good Meat spokesperson Carrie Kabat said in an email. “Good Meat cultivated chicken is made from chicken cells and does not use human cells in any stage of our process.”Upside Foods spokesperson Brooke Whitney also said by email: “This claim is false. Reuters has previously addressed a satirical claim that human meat is being grown in the lab (here). Companies, regulators, and a Reuters reporter describe lab-grown chicken products approved for sale in the U.S. as made from chicken cells, not human cells.

Persons: Carrie Kabat, Brooke Whitney, it’s, Leah Douglas, Douglas, FSIS, Read Organizations: Reuters, U.S . Department of Agriculture, U.S . Food, Drug Administration, FDA, Regulators, Food Safety, Inspection, USDA, Safety, Federal, Poultry, Foods Locations: U.S

☆ Cultivated chicken debuts in San Francisco restaurant
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-01 | by ( Danielle Wiener-Bronner | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

New York CNN —Chicken made from cultivated cells is officially on the menu at Bar Crenn in San Francisco. On Saturday, cultivated chicken tempura will be on Bar Crenn’s menu, served with a burnt chili aioli and garnished with greens and edible flowers. Ujpside Foods' cultivated chicken is on the menu at Bar Crenn. UPSIDE FoodsAfter Saturday, there will be other opportunities to try cultivated chicken at Bar Crenn, but not right away. Cultivated meat at scale could use far less land and water than conventional agriculture, experts say.

Persons: hasn’t, José Andrés, it’s Organizations: New, New York CNN, US Department of Agriculture, Foods, Innovation, Food and Drug Administration, FDA, Service Locations: New York, San Francisco, Washington, China

☆ Lab-grown meat is coming. Here’s everything you need to know
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-23 | by ( Danielle Wiener-Bronner | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

New York CNN —Soon, Americans are going to able to try chicken that comes directly from chicken cells rather than, well, a chicken. On Wednesday, the USDA gave Upside Foods and Good Meat the green light to start producing and selling their lab-grown, or cultivated, chicken products in the United States. In a nutshell, lab-grown meat — or cultivated or cell-based meat — is meat that is developed from animal cells and grown, with the help of nutrients like amino acids, in massive bioreactors. Meat eaters who are concerned about those types of risks might prefer cultivated meat. Eat Just Inc's Good Meat cultivated chicken.

Persons: New York CNN —, It’s, don’t, Andrew Noyes, Noyes, ”, Bruce Friedrich, Friedrich, Julia Horowitz, ” Noyes, José Andrés, Ivy Farm, That’s, Noyes didn’t, Matthew Walker, Walker, won’t, “, — CNN’s Kristen Rogers Organizations: New, New York CNN, USDA, Inc, Good Food Institute, Impossible Foods, CNN, Ivy Farm Technologies, Service, FDA, British, Ivy, Companies, Foods Locations: New York, United States, Agriculture, British, Italian, Singapore, Washington, San Francisco

☆ Lab-grown meat is cleared for sale in the United States
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-21 | by ( Danielle Wiener-Bronner | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

New York CNN —Cultivated meat, also known as lab-grown meat, has been cleared for sale in the United States. Good Meat, which is owned by plant-based egg substitute maker Eat Just, said that production is starting immediately. Good Meat, which has been selling its products in Singapore, advertises its product as “meat without slaughter,” a more humane approach to eating meat. Wednesday’s move follows a series of previous approvals which have paved the way for sales of cultivated meat in the US. That letter states that the administration is satisfied that the product is safe to sell in the United States.

Persons: ”, José Andrés, we’re, Josh Tetrick, Wednesday’s, —, Katie Hunt Organizations: New, New York CNN, US Department of Agriculture, Inspection, Food and Drug Administration, FDA Locations: New York, United States, Singapore, Washington

☆ This company could take lab-grown meat mainstream thanks to a green light from the FDA
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-19 | by ( Natasha Piñon | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +14 min

Upside Foods' pivotal moment also comes at a key moment in the alternative meat industry. The cultivated-meat industry could have a wider consumer base than previously introduced alternative meat products, because unlike plant-based meats, it's "real" meat — minus the slaughtered animals. And, accordingly, some traditional meat companies have expressed interest in the burgeoning cultivated-meat industry, which one day could become a competitor. The cultivated-meat industry will need a similar boost if it's ever going to become a grocery store staple, Swartz said. The FDA's clearance was a voluntary premarket consultation, which means the agency has no further questions about the safety of Upside's products.

But to reach its ultimate destination - supermarket shelves - cultivated meat faces big obstacles, five executives told Reuters. California-based cultivated meat company GOOD Meat already has an application pending with the FDA, which has not been previously reported. Regulatory approval is just the first hurdle for making cultivated meat accessible to a broad swath of consumers, executives at UPSIDE, Mosa Meat, Believer Meats, and GOOD Meat told Reuters. But it will take hundreds of millions of dollars for GOOD Meat, for example, to build bioreactors of the size needed to make its meat at scale, Tetrick said. But cultivated meat companies have the advantage that they can claim their product is real meat, Tetrick said.

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