The Food Safety and Inspection Service, which is part of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), recently issued a pork recall for more than 10,000 pounds of pork pellet products from Evans Food Group. The products in question were brought into the US in mid-September. Much of the pork was processed into snacks like …
An alert regarding a massive recall of frozen chicken products has just been issued by the US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service. The recall is due to possible contamination from a nasty bacteria that can cause severe and even life-threatening symptoms in some individuals. However, unlike many such recalls, this alert doesn’t …
Product recalls due to foreign matter contamination are some of the more serious recalls that come through the FDA or USDA. A new recall of 4,200 pounds of ground pork sausage has been issued due to the presence of blue rubber in the meat. The recall affects multiple states in which the pork sausage was …
A large-scale meat recall has been issued by a Philidelphia-based company that apparently didn’t get its meat inspected before it was sent to retailers and customers. The establishment, CLS Gourmet CL Saigon Food Company, is recalling 128,841 pounds of a bunch of different meat products because federal inspection never took place. The meats were sold …
Lean Cuisine prepared frozen meals are being recalled due to the potential for foreign matter contamination. The meals, which were shipped and sold across the United States in a variety of stores, and have a “Best Before” date of October 2021. The foreign matter is a white plastic that was apparently part of a conveyor …
Mr. Wok Foods, Inc., has to recall a whopping 200,000 pounds of meat after inspectors found undeclared allergens in various food products. The allergens include things like milk, soy, and peanuts, among others. If someone with a serious allergy mistakenly eats one of the products without knowing of the allergens present, their health or life …
Oftentimes when a product recall warrants a health risk rating of “High” by the U.S. Government the food contains something dangerous. Sometimes it’s foreign matter, like wood or rubber, which could cause some serious issues if consumes. However, unintended ingredients can be just as dangerous, especially if a person is allergic to whatever accidentally found …
Remember back in January when Perdue was forced to recall a whole bunch of chicken because there was wood in it, and then Tyson one-upped the company by recalling 36,000 pounds of chicken because there was *checks notes* rubber in it? What a week that was! You might imagine that after defeating Perdue in The …
It was just last week that the USDA announced a massive recall of nearly 70,000 pounds of chicken nuggets due to foreign matter contamination. The nuggets were apparently laced with wood, and the manufacturer, Perdue, warned customers against eating them. Now, another chicken nugget recall is being announced by the USDA, and foreign matter contamination …
Food recalls are nothing new, and there’s plenty of reasons that a company might need to issue a recall of a consumable product. Sometimes food is contaminated during manufacturing or contains traces of another food product that could trigger allergies in unsuspecting consumers, but a recent recall of chicken nuggets comes with a bizarre twist. …
