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CDC says deadly outbreak over; Dole, FDA silent on salad plant
Dole Food Co. and the FDA remain mum on the status of a salad processing facility linked to a deadly international Listeria outbreak, which began in May 2015 and wasn’t declared over until this week....
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Dole restarts salad facility; mum on Listeria cleaning process
The salad production facility in Springfield, OH, was highlighted in Dole’s 2010 corporate report. Dole Fresh Vegetables Inc. has resumed production at a salad facility that was linked to a deadly...
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FDA report shows Dole officials knew about Listeria in facility
Company officials knew a Dole salad plant was contaminated with Listeria for a year and a half before they shut it down — then they only took action after the U.S. and Canadian governments traced a...
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Dole salad scandal spurs calls for stronger FDA
Reactions have been varied to the news that Dole Food Co. knowingly produced and shipped salads from a contaminated facility, ranging from criticism of the FDA to an admission by Dole’s management that...
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Publisher’s Platform: What do Dole, Blue Bell, Bidart and Chipotle have in...
Yes, they are all under criminal investigation. Over the last week I have been in New York, Dallas, Phoenix, Boise, Fayetteville and San Francisco – and I was supposed to go to Chicago. I really need...
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Publisher’s Platform: Will the Justice Department look at Dole’s history of...
In a press release last week Dole announced that it had “recently been contacted by the Department of Justice in connection with its own investigation, and we will be similarly cooperating with the...
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Letter From the Editor: The New Normal
Not so long ago, errant food industry managers and executives did not have to worry about going to jail. But they do now. The government once did not have any intentions, plans or strategies for...
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CDC adds salad to Listeria questionnaire in wake of outbreak
The investigation into a multi-year, multi-state listeriosis outbreak traced to package salads from Dole might have yielded results several months earlier had sick people been asked if they had eaten...
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Biofilms with Listeria pose persistent threat in food production
It doesn’t matter how big or influential a company is, bacteria and biofilms don’t discriminate between multinationals like Dole with its tens of thousands of employees and operations like Hudson...
View ArticleDole recalls fresh, packaged spinach salads in Canada for Listeria risk
Dole Fresh Vegetables Inc. is recalling an undisclosed amount of baby spinach packaged salad because Canadian officials found Listeria monocytogenes contamination in a sample. The company distributed...
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