Recently, Navitas Organics voluntarily recalled certain lots of 8 oz. organic chia seeds based on potential contamination with Salmonella. The recall is part of precautions taken after the company’s chia seed supplied initiated a recall. The affected chia seeds were distributed across the country through Whole Foods Market and other…
Recently, unsanitary conditions were discovered at a storage facility, causing the recall of hundreds of products that were distributed to 50 stores in North Dakota, Minnesota and Indiana. These conditions included contamination from rodent urine and feces and bird droppings in locations where many different kinds of products, including drugs,…
Recently, the manufacturer Medtech Products Inc., a Prestige Consumer Healthcare Inc. company voluntarily recalled five lots of the popular, widely used Little Remedies Honey Cough Syrup for children because the bacteria Bacillus cereus (B. cereus) was discovered. B. cereus can cause two kinds of food-borne illnesses. Parents trust that medicines…
A tomato recall was announced in May in connection with possible salmonella contamination. It affects three states, and recently was upgraded to Class I recall, which is the highest recall designation for health dangers. It means that the FDA believes that there is a reasonable probability that the recalled product…
The FDA has warned consumers not to sell, serve or eat the distributor August Egg Company’s brown cage free and brown certified organic chicken eggs—1.7 million of them been recalled. The recalled eggs should no longer be placed on sale. They were sold under many different brand names at stores…
The Centers for Disease Control has announced a multistate outbreak of E. coli O121 infections linked to supplier Grimmway Farms bagged recalled, organic carrots and baby carrots, which were sold under several brand names. One person has died and at least 38 people have become ill after the outbreak. The…
The United States Department of Agriculture has announced a recall of almost 10 million pounds of meat and poultry produced by BrucePac, which makes pre-cooked meat, due to concerns that it is contaminated with listeria monocytogenes. A routine test found evidence of the listeria on BrucePac’s product and, importantly, when…
During recycling, according to a recent study, toxic flame retardants used to prevent fires in electronics are getting into the black-colored plastic that’s commonly used in takeout containers, children’s toys, kitchen utensils and grocery meat and produce trays. The most dangerous flame retardants were the ones used in the electronic…
A new study has found that dark chocolate and other similar cocoa items are contaminated with cadmium and lead. These metals are neurotoxins and they’ve been linked to developmental issues in children, chronic diseases, and cancer. In a sense, because they are in the soil where crops are grown, these…
There have been three deaths and fifty illnesses requiring hospitalization nationwide in a listeria outbreak tied to Boar’s Head deli meats that started in May. In response to reports that health officials had tested Boar’s Head liverwurst samples and confirmed that the same strain of listeria existed in both, on…