Dive Summary:
- A new report from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Reportable Foods Registry lists sliced onions recalled for possible Listeria contamination and imported mangoes potentially carrying Salmonella as manufacturers' most commonly reported foods between September 2011 and September 2012.
- The RFR is an online forum that allows companies to notify the agency of foods distributed that might have undeclared allergens or be contaminated, and the majority of products reported tend to be subsequent entries containing a food produced by a different company.
- Out of a total of 1,095 entries, the RFR received 136 submissions resulting from a July 2012 recall of sliced onions from Gill's Onions of California, and 107 entries as a result of a Salmonella contamination in Mexican mangoes from Agricola Daniella.
From the article:
... In total, 1,095 entries were submitted to the Registry between September 8, 2011 and September 7, 2012, or Year 3 of data collection, reported the agency. That number reflected a significant increase from the 882 foods reported during Year 2. The agency says Year 1 was much higher, with 2,240 products reported, because the discovery of Salmonella in a flavor enhancer led to 1,071 subsequent reports to the RFR. ...
