2012

It’s finally here, the moment that people from across the entire country have been waiting for:  football season is upon us!  This weekend saw the NFL kick into gear with a number of high-quality games, and the NCAA season is already a couple weeks old.  The onslaught of football also brings a tradition just as… read more

The second annual edition of the United States Food and Drug Administration’s Reportable Food Registry review was released recently. The Reportable Food Registry is a program requiring food manufacturers and distributors producing or importing food in the United States to report any potentially harmful food products currently being sold in the country. The review lists… read more

Another company is having its production shut down due to widespread safety issues that contributed to the contamination of their products. This time, the firm in question is Yamaya USA, a Torrance-based importer and producer of a variety of fish items.  That company has entered into what’s known as a consent decree with the Food… read more

Another plant is being shut down by the Food and Drug Administration until they can correct numerous safety flaws. This time, the factory in question is a seafood processing plant in Portland, Maine.  The aptly named Portland Shellfish company based out of that city was shut down by the FDA because the company has exhibited… read more

A Washington manufacturer that fell afoul of the Food and Drug Administration has agreed to keep its products away from consumers until the items can be proven safe again. Beginning in 2009, the Washington State Department of Agriculture and the FDA uncovered a wide variety of sanitary issues at a processing facility run by Del… read more

Sometimes product recalls can become just plain nutty. Today, Kraft Foods has announced a recall of 3,000 cases of Planters Cocktail Peanuts.  The affected items were available in 12 ounce containers and had a UPC of 2900007212.  The date on the bottom of the package should read January 9, 2014. These items were available in… read more

The presence of carbendazim, a fungicide prohibited by American health regulations, has prompted the United States Food and Drug Administration to prevent just three additional shipments of imported orange juice within the past month. In total the FDA has prevented 30 orange juice shipments from being imported into the United States since the government health… read more

With all the national recalls that get announced on a regular basis, we mustn’t lose sight of the fact that local recalls can affect consumers as well. Mansfield, New Jersey, is the site of one such local recall.  Specifically, the ShopRite in that area has announced a recall of all ground beef products made in… read more

Food and cleaning solutions do not mix. This combination can be deadly if not corrected, and today Montreal-based Saputo has announced a recall of a milk product sold in Ontario and Aylmer, Quebec, because the product in question may be contaminated with a cleaning solution. The recalled item is called Neilson Trutaste two percent Microfiltered… read more

I have another recall to report to you this morning, this one involving a possible contamination of a food product, which makes it an especial cause for concern. According to reports, the M.E. Thompson Company of Jacksonville, FL., has announced a recall of a sandwich product called Anytime Deli Turkey and Ham Sub Footlong Sandwiches. … read more

1.6 oz bottles of Jones’ Mock Salt Original and Jones’ Mock Salt Spicy Southwest Blend (each considered an organic salt free seasoning) have been voluntarily recalled due to a possible salmonella contamination of the product. The press release was posted to the FDA.  The celery seeds used in the blend are the ingredient that faces… read more

Various news outlets have reported that pine nuts distributed by the Badia Spices Company must be recalled. The announcement from the company exposes the risk of Salmonella contamination being allegedly too great. According to the news article, the manufacturer will recall 3,800 lbs. of pine nuts. The possibly contaminated items were distributed to retail stores… read more