Public Health Alert For Ready-To-Eat Poultry Products Containing FDA-Regulated Dairy Products
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing a public health alert for meat and poultry products containing Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulated dairy products that have been recalled by Rizo-Lopez Foods, due to concerns that the products may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. FSIS is issuing this public health alert […]
Adair County Health Department is the 2023 LCDHD County of Excellence
The Adair County Health Department has been named the 2023 County of Excellence by the Lake Cumberland District Health Department. The Lake Cumberland District is comprised of ten counties in southern Kentucky. Throughout the year, each county is measured in 36 categories of standards that the district established for local departments. These criteria include areas […]
Trader Joe’s Recalls Certain Products Containing Cotija Cheese Because They May Be Contaminated With Listeria Monocytogenes
Trader Joe’s of Monrovia, CA is recalling certain products containing cotija cheese, as the cheese used to make these products has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Healthy individuals may […]
FDA warns consumers not to purchase or use Neptune’s Fix or any tianeptine product due to serious risks
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Jan. 28, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Neptune Resources, LLC is voluntarily recalling All lots of Neptune’s Fix Elixir, Neptune’s Fix Extra Strength Elixir, and Neptune’s Fix Tablets to the consumer level. Neptune Resources LLC’s distribution channels have not reported any adverse events from the use of its products. The products are being recalled […]
Update: Quaker Issues Revised Recall Notice with Additional Products Due to Possible Health Risk
The Quaker Oats Company today announced an expansion of the December 15, 2023, recall to include additional cereals, bars and snacks listed below because they have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Healthy persons […]
Public Health Alert for Raw Frozen Pork Dumpling Products Produced without Benefit of Inspection
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18, 2024 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing a public health alert because Dim Sum Factory Inc., a Flushing, N.Y., establishment, produced and distributed raw, frozen pork dumpling products without the benefit of federal inspection. A recall was not requested because the products are no longer […]
Recall: Busseto Foods Brand Ready-to-Eat Charcuterie Meat Products Due to Possible Salmonella Contamination
Editor’s Note: FSIS and our public health partners, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and state public health officials, are investigating a Salmonella outbreak. The unopened, intact, charcuterie sampler that led to this recall was tested by the state of Minnesota and the results showed it was positive for the outbreak strain. Further […]
Boil Water Advisory for all of Pulaski County has been lifted
The City of Somerset has lifted the county wide boil water advisory for ALL water systems in Pulaski County.
TGI Fridays Boneless Chicken Bites Recall Due to Possible Foreign Matter Contamination
Simmons Prepared Foods Inc., a Van Buren, Ark. establishment, is recalling approximately 26,550 pounds of TGI Fridays boneless chicken bites products that may be contaminated with extraneous materials, specifically pieces of clear, hard plastic, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. The boneless chicken bites items were produced on […]
Lake Cumberland District Health Department receives grant to expand distance learning, telemedicine in rural KY
U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development Kentucky State Director Dr. Tom Carew today announced over $2.3 million in grants awarded to three recipients in Kentucky. The grants announced today were made through the Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grant Program and are expected to benefit almost 220,000 rural Kentuckians. “The COVID-19 pandemic taught us how important […]