Jamba Juice’s Stand-up Attitude
Out-Shines Lysteria Problem
An excellent contrast to the odd way Taco Bell has been handling its E. coli problem is the more exemplary way that Jamba Juice has been handling its problem regarding frozen strawberries. First, right on the front page of its website it has a notice Jamba Juice Issues Alert Regarding Stawberry Smoothies DETAILS This means […]
Will Green Onions Ever Get
Back On The Menu Of Taco Bell?
The New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services was out first with the official news: Laboratory tests at the Department of Health and Senior Services have confirmed that 11 of 33 people with culture confirmed cases of E coli 0157 likely have the same strain of the disease. Only one test result has been […]
A Reminder That More Than Food
Is Perishable…
“We’re like the dodo bird. We’re almost extinct.” — Mal Middlesworth President Pearl Harbor Survivors Association Mal Middlesworth is 83 years old now, but he was an 18-year-old Marine serving on the U.S.S. San Francisco on December 7, 1941, during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The Pearl Harbor Survivors Association just held what is […]
Pundit’s Mailbag —
One-Voice Plea On PMA/United Merger Issue
We last spoke with John R. Baillie of the Jack T. Baillie Co., Baillie Family Farms and Tri-County Packing back in early October. John is the legacy of a long family tradition of farming, and while spinach crisis was in full swing, he gave a spirited defense of farmers, the Salinas Valley and of family […]
Pundit Rewind XLI
The Pundit originally ran the Pundit Rewind on September 21, 2006. We continuously update it in order to keep everyone organized with respect to reference material on this subject; we have updated it with new items and run it again today. Spinach Crisis Summary With so much having been written in so short a time, […]
Botulism And Carrot Juice Summary XXXI
We’ve been asked to make available in one place our coverage of the recall by Wm. Bolthouse Farms of certain 100% carrot juice products and the broader implications of this issue for food safety. This piece is updated regularly and will be re-run to include new coverage of this outbreak and issue. We initiated our […]
Buyer-led Food Safety Initiative Recap XIII
There is an ad-hoc group that started it all, the National Restaurant Association has its group working on a program and the Food Marketing Institute has a conference planned. All these buyer-led initiatives can get confusing, so to assist the trade in keeping track of them all, we are publishing this recap of coverage all […]
Central Market And Whole Foods
Open In Dallas
A hat tip to Karen Silverston, Contributing Editor, PRODUCE BUSINESS and DELI BUSINESS for letting us know about the same day opening of new stores in Dallas by both HEB’s Central Market concept and Whole Foods. Looks like the Pundit will have to visit Dallas shortly. In the meantime, The Dallas Morning News had this […]
Green Onions Removed From Taco Bell
First it was an outbreak of unknown origin, then we learned some of those sickened were vegetarians. Now Taco Bell has issued a statement explaining that it had removed green onions from its restaurants: December 6, 2006 — Taco Bell Corp. announced today that it has removed green onions at all of its approximately 5,800 […]
FMI Meeting On Food Safety:
More Questions To Be Answered
FMI, the supermarket industry association, held its conference, Leafy Greens: Building Confidence in a Safer Product, in Phoenix and reports are starting to come in. One large chain retailer explained his take this way: I heard a lot of good ideas that should go to improve production methods of leafy greens and spinach. (At least […]
