Dole Fresh Vegetables is recalling a small lot of its Seven Lettuces bagged salad product, said the Food and Drug Administration yesterday. About 756 cases of the Dole bagged salad may be contaminated with salmonella.
Kraft Foods Global is recalling 4 million T Discs, the small single-serving packages used with Tassimo coffee brewers. According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Health Canada, the Tassimo T Discs can become clogged during brewing and spray hot liquid and coffee grounds onto consumers and bystanders.
A House bill introduced today aims to limit levels of arsenic and lead in fruit juices. When the bill was announced, the sponsors cited Consumer Reports’ investigation into the issue, which found high levels of arsenic and lead in the juices we tested.
Jammy Sammy Strawberry Jam & Peanut Butter Snack Size Sandwich bars are being recalled by its maker, Nest Collective, said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. According to the food safety group, some of snack bars are individually wrapped with incorrect labels that do not warn the product contains peanuts, which can be a life-threatening allergen to consumers with severe food sensitivities.
The Food and Drug Administration has issued a recall alert today for soup produced by Blount Fine Foods of Fall River, MA. Cans of Rip Roar'N are being recalled from consumers and retailer shelves "because of undeclared milk, wheat and crab allergens," says the FDA.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a recall warning for shrink-wrapped bundles of Martinelli's Gold Medal Sparkling Cider. The 250-mL sized bottles of sparkling apple cider have defect seals "that could break when opening," said the federal agency.
Bacteria-tainted food, flawed vehicles, smelly bottles of medicines... 2011 could be considered the year of really awful consumer product news, judging by the amount of safety recalls made by regulatory agencies. But which product recall of 2011 really lit the fire for online searches in the U.S.?
The U.S Food and Drug Administration has issued a safety recall of 12-ounce bottles of Tejava Premium Iced Tea sold nationwide. Certain lots of the bottled beverage may contain glass fragments which could be harmful if swallowed by consumers.
Ocean Spray has expanded last month's recall of Craisins dried cranberry products, said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration today. An additional five lots of the packaged food were found to have also been contaminated with tiny metal fibers.
Ocean Spray has issued a recall of its Craisins Dried Cranberry product after the company discovered certain lots of the dried cranberries may contain "very small hair-like metal fragments."
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a recall alert for canisters of GFS brand sugar made by Diamond Crystal Brands in Savannah, Ga. The 12-ounce canisters are not filled with sugar but with a powdered non-dairy creamer, which may cause serious or life-threatening reactions among consumers with sensitivity to milk products.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has announced a recall warning for Smucker's Natural Peanut Butter Chunky over concerns that Salmonella bacteria may have contaminated the sticky food.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Rite Aid are announcing a recall of 85,000 tins of butter cookies that may be contaminated with Bacillus cereus, a bacteria that may cause diarrhea, nausea and vomiting.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety Inspection Service is warning against certain "ready-to-eat" beef and shredded pork products made by E-Z Shop Kitchens in Fremont, Ohio. The meat products were apparently made and sold without federal inspection.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration along with Kraft Food Global Inc. issued a recall of Kraft's Velveeta Shells & Cheese Single Serve Microwaveable Cups for possible presence of "small, thin wire bristle pieces."