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Bacon jam recalled in Alberta due to Clostridium botulinum risk
Bacon jam (a Canadian phenomenon) hasn’t had a good year. A version of the spreadable meat was the source of an outbreak of Staphylococcus aureus affecting over 200 people at Toronto’s Canadian...
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UK bacon producer fined 18,000 for illegally selling hams
When food safety types arrived for a routine inspection at a bacon producer on Dec. 17, 2009, they found the company had started cooking and selling hams at the premises. The Wiltshire Gazete and...
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The essence of bacon – in a spray? Ninety years ago, Parisian butcher John Fargginay accidentally came across an aroma. After mixing a top secret recipe of eleven different pure essential oils with the...
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Best-before labeling done right
There are lots of stories about best-before and use-by labels being altered at retail to sell shoddy goods to unsuspecting consumers. But this is a note about labeling gone right. Grocery shopping in...
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