Food Service

Spreadable Cheese Recalled over HVP
03/10/2010 - Emmi-Roth Käse USA voluntarily is recalling all Spreadables brand Crab Creole and Shrimp Scampi cheese spreads that may be contaminated with Salmonella. The spreads contain hydrolyzed vegetable protein (HVP), which was recalled on March 4. ...

Beef Taquito, Chicken Quesadilla Recall
03/10/2010 - Windsor Foods, a firm with operations in Lampasas, Texas, and Oakland, Miss., is recalling approximately 1.7 million pounds of ready-to-eat (RTE) beef taquito and chicken quesadilla products that may be contaminated with Salmonella. The packages of beef taquito and chicken quesadilla products contain hydrolyzed vegetable protein (HVP) that was recalled March 4. ...

Ruiz Foods Recalls RTE Beef over HVP
03/10/2010 - Ruiz Foods, Inc., a Denison, Texas, firm, is recalling approximately 115,700 pounds of a ready-to-eat (RTE) beef product that may be contaminated with Salmonella. The packages of beef product contain hydrolyzed vegetable protein (HVP), which was recalled on March 4. ...

The 4 Ps of Foodservice Strategies
03/09/2010 - Speaking at the 2010 Annual Meat Conference, foodservice analyst Nancy Kruse reinforced the notion that restaurants must deliver value through innovation in order to survive tough economic times. ...

More Pepper Products Recalled
03/09/2010 - As a result of the FDA’s ongoing Salmonella Montevideo investigation, Mincing Overseas Spice Company, a  Dayton, N.J., firm; and Wholesome Spice Company, a Brooklyn, N.Y., are recalling a number of spice products. Both firms supply pepper to Daniele International, Inc., which recalled a variety of ready-to-eat Italian-style meats after Salmonella was associated with its products. ...

Fast-Food Prices Influence Weight, Diabetes
03/09/2010 - A new University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill study revealed a direct correlation between fast-food pricing and weight and risk for diabetes. The study, published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, found weight and diabetes risk decreased for people in communities where fast-food prices increased. Conversely, when fast-food prices fell, then consumption, weight and diabetes risks rose. ...

RTE Bacon Base Recalled over Salmonella
03/09/2010 - Nestlé Professional North America, a Cleveland, Ohio firm, is recalling approximately 6,000 pounds of a ready-to-eat (RTE) bacon base product that contain hydrolyzed vegetable protein (HVP) that may be contaminated with Salmonella. ...

Industry Offers Better School Beverages
03/08/2010 - The American Beverage Association (ABA) released the Alliance School Beverage Guidelines Final Progress Report that reveals the beverage industry's major companies and their school partners have delivered on a 3-year commitment with the Alliance for a Healthier Generation, a joint initiative of the American Heart Association and the William J. Clinton Foundation, to remove full-calorie sodas from schools and replace them with a range of lower-calorie, nutritious, smaller-portion choices. ...

Contaminated HVP Spurs McCormick Recalls
03/08/2010 - McCormick & Company, Inc., is recalling products manufactured with HVP (hydrolyzed vegetable protein) supplied by Basic Food Flavors of Las Vegas because the ingredient has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. ...