Trader Joe's Recalls Its House Peanut Butter
Trader Joe's is recalling its house brand of peanut butter over fears of possible salmonella contamination. The voluntary recall of Trader Joe's Creamy Salted Valencia Peanut Butter was announced on...
View Article76 Products Added to Peanut Butter Recall
It turns out the Trader Joe's peanut butter recall was just the tip of the iceberg. Sunland, the New Mexico-based company that produces Trader Joe's Creamy Salted Valencia Peanut Butter, today expanded...
View ArticleConsumer Reports Finds Widespread Pork Threat
Much of the US pork supply is tainted with dangerous bacteria, and the antibiotics given to pigs could be boosting drug-resistant germs, a Consumer Reports study finds. Some 69% of 198 tested pork...
View ArticleCandy Egg Ingredients: Marshmallow, Salmonella
A few batches of Zachary Confections' Easter candies are filled with yummy marshmallow ... and not-so-yummy salmonella. The candy company is recalling several batches of its Chocolate Covered...
View ArticleSalmonella Hits 18 States —With CDC Shut Down
A salmonella outbreak involving chicken has sickened about 300 people in 18 states, most of them in California, reports the AP . Authorities issued an alert for chicken packaged at one of three Foster...
View ArticleCDC Recalls Workers as Salmonella Outbreak Gets Scary
The salmonella outbreak that has sickened almost 300 people in 18 states appears to involve much tougher strains of the disease than usual, according to some of the few Centers for Disease Control and...
View ArticlePlants Tied to Salmonella Outbreak Can Stay Open
The three California processing plants linked to the salmonella outbreak that has sickened nearly 300 people in 18 states will be allowed to stay open, the AP reports. USDA inspectors will conduct...
View ArticleDonor Breast Milk Rife With Nasty Bugs
With the rise of sharing breast milk, a disturbing new study finds that 72% of samples bought online contained bacteria that could cause infections and 21% contained viruses. In 74% of the 101 samples...
View Article12% of Your Spices May Be Contaminated With 'Filth'
Great, the FDA has identified one more thing for people to worry about in the kitchen: spices. The most comprehensive testing yet finds that 7% of spices imported into the country are contaminated with...
View ArticleUSDA Shuts Poultry Plant Over Cockroach 'Infestation'
"Cockroach" and "infestation" are two words you don't want anywhere near your dinner, but the USDA says it encountered just that at a California poultry plant that it wasted no time in shutting down...
View ArticleShut Up and Eat That Raw Cookie Dough
Despite oft-heard and dire warnings from your mother about why you shouldn't eat raw cookie dough, admit it—you eat it anyway, and you've probably never gotten salmonella poisoning. In Slate , LV...
View ArticleNo. 1 Source of Salmonella Cases: Not Meat
Salmonella might be an illness you think about when you're tempted to eat cookie dough ; it's probably not something that worries you when picking out zucchini. But in fact, seeded vegetables were the...
View ArticleSushi Linked to 9-State Salmonella Outbreak
A salmonella outbreak likely linked to raw tuna has sickened 53 people in nine states, health officials say. Most of the cases—31—are in California, according to state officials. Other affected states...
View ArticlePeanut Exec Faces 'Absurd' Sentence Over Salmonella
Federal court officers are recommending a life sentence for a peanut executive convicted in a salmonella-poisoning case. Former Peanut Corporation of American owner Stewart Parnell was convicted last...
View ArticleDon't Wash Your Spinach? You May Not Want to Read This
If you don't wash the pre-washed spinach you buy from the store, you may want to stop reading. Actually, even if you do wash your spinach, you still may want to stop here. According to new findings by...
View ArticleCucumbers Suspected in Deadly Salmonella Outbreak
Salmonella-tainted cucumbers are believed to be responsible for killing a 99-year-old San Diego woman and sickening 285 other people across 27 states over the past two months. Andrew & Williamson...
View ArticlePeanut Exec Could Get 803-Year Sentence Today
Three words helped seal the prosecution's case against former peanut company boss Stewart Parnell—and they may send him to prison for the rest of his life. "Just ship it," wrote Parnell in 2007 to a...
View ArticleEx Peanut Exec Gets 28 Years for Salmonella Outbreak
A former peanut company executive was sentenced today to 28 years in prison for his role in a deadly salmonella outbreak, the stiffest punishment ever handed out to a producer in a foodborne illness...
View ArticleChipotle Employees Will Now Get Paid Sick Leave
It looks like one good thing might come out of the various Chipotle outbreaks that sickened dozens of people across nine states at the tail end of 2015. Consumerist reports the restaurant chain will...
View ArticlePeople Are Getting Sick From Kissing Their Chickens
Backyard chicken-keeping is on the rise, and the CDC now finds it necessary to warn people that puckering up to poultry is a big no-no. The warning comes via a study on the rise in salmonella outbreaks...
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