The FDA this week announced that Tuffy’s Pet Foods is recalling about 1,600 cases of their Pure Vita Salmon Entree dog food. The recall is because the packages in question may have elevated levels of Vitamin D. While it’s worth noting that there have been no reports of dogs getting sick, the recall is being …
The FDA this week announced a food recall involving four Nestlé Professional products due to a potential mislabeling error involving peanuts. The four products in question, which we’ll get to in a minute, caused some allergic reactions even though peanuts aren’t listed as an ingredient. And seeing as how peanut allergies can sometimes be incredibly …
Due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, and the Delta variant in particular, grocery stores like Walmart are having problems stocking certain items. This is due to a number of varying reasons. For one, some consumers are still keen on hoarding essential products. Two, employers are having a tougher time hiring and keeping employees, a dynamic …
Mysterious seeds from China have been shipped to Americans in all 50 states, an investigation discovered. The recipients got various types of seeds, some of them being harmless, common seeds that one might plant in their garden. Others were harmful to the soil. The mystery appears to have been a vast scam targeting people whose …
Fromm Family Foods recently issued a recall that involves more than 5,500 cases of Fromm Shredded can Entrée dog food. The recall was issued because an examination found that the cans contained elevated levels of Vitamin D. Fromm Family Foods is located in Wisconsin and the product in question was sold at pet stores all …
For everyone who’s hyper-focused right now on stimulus checks and all manner of payments from the federal government, there’s at least one demographic that’s racing to win a chunk of federal money that has absolutely nothing to do with stimulus payments. The window is now open for prospective as well as current college students to …
As far as food recalls go, this one involving SunTree Snack Foods is particularly alarming. A few days ago, the FDA published a notice warning consumers that certain brands of packaged cashews may contain glass shards. A customer allegedly found a piece of glass in a snack bag this month. The nuts recall was subsequently …
Nestle is recalling a whopping 14 tons of frozen DiGiorno Crispy Pan Crust pepperoni pizza due to a misbranding issue. According to an announcement from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), the product above doesn’t mention that it contains textured soy protein. And seeing as how soy is an allergen, …
Earlier this week, the FDA announced a recall involving milk from Green Field Farms Dairy. The milk at issue is being recalled because an examination of the product revealed that it wasn’t properly pasteurized. Green Field Farms Dairy is located in Fredericksburg, Ohio and the determination was based on findings from the Ohio Department of …
Earlier this week, the FDA announced that Pfizer was voluntarily recalling all lots of Chantix 0.5mg and 1mg tablets. The drug recall is due to the presence of N-nitroso-varenicline. In large enough quantities, N-nitroso-varenicline can be a carcinogen. If this recall sounds at all familiar, it’s because Pfizer back in August issued a similar recall …
We’ve seen listeria-based food recalls in the past, and now we have another one involving bagged packages of Kale from Kroger. The national supermarket chain announced a voluntary recall a few days ago with respect to its 16-ounce bags of Kale. During regular testing, listeria monocytogenes were found in some bags.
Dole is certainly no stranger to recalls. For instance, Dole famously issued a nationwide recall of contaminated Dole brand lettuce in 2005 after dozens of people fell seriously ill due to an E. coli outbreak. All told, the recall impacted nearly 250,000 bags of lettuce. More recently, Dole and the FDA issued a recall for …
