Food Supply

NBC News reports: Some ready-to-eat chicken fettuccine Alfredo meals are being voluntarily recalled by food manufacturer FreshRealm following a nationwide listeria outbreak linked to 17 illnesses and three deaths. FreshRealm issued the recall Tuesday for refrigerated chicken fettuccine Alfredo meals sold nationwide at Kroger and Walmart stores under Marketside and Home Chef brand names, the U.S. Agriculture Department’s Food Safety …

NBC News reports: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration are investigating a multistate Salmonella outbreak linked to at least 1.7 million eggs, according to a news release issued on Saturday. The brown cage-free and brown certified organic eggs were distributed by the August Egg Company from Feb. 3 through May 15 to …

Fox News reports: A public health alert has been issued for organic ground beef products that reportedly could be contaminated with E. coli, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has announced. The alert, issued by FSIS, applies to some Organic Rancher products distributed to Whole Foods Market locations nationwide. Here’s what to check for: 1-pound …

The New York Times reports: A salmonella outbreak linked to cucumbers has sickened at least 45 people across 18 states, health officials said Friday and they warned that the number of people infected was likely higher. Companies including Target have issued recalls for products with cucumbers that may be contaminated. The cases have been reported across the Midwest and East …

The Wall Street Journal reports: Cattle futures, wholesale beef cutout prices, and retail prices are all soaring heading into the summer months. The average cost of one pound of ground beef reached a record-high of $5.80 in April, according to numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up nearly 50% from five years ago. On the CME, live cattle …

Axios reports: Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announced the suspension of live cattle, horse and bison imports via the southern border “due to the continued and rapid northward spread” of New World Screwworm (NWS) in Mexico, effective immediately. This parasitic worm species’ infestation “occurs when NWS fly larvae infest the tissue or flesh of warm-blooded animals; on rare occasions this includes …