By Daisy Luther If you turn to pre-packaged salads for a healthy meal on the go, you may want to find another quick and healthy meal. As well, if you make the salads yourself, you may want to eschew romaine lettuce. (Again.) Nearly 100,000 POUNDS…
By Dagny Taggart Surprise! There is another foodborne illness outbreak making the rounds. Some of the details surrounding this one are particularly disturbing. This time, the offending pathogen is a nasty strain of Salmonella. From Food Safety News: Officials say another person is among the…
By Daisy Luther This recall is a beast of epic proportions. You may have thought the recent apple recall was crazy but wait until you see the massive scope of this one. More than one hundred vegetable products have been recalled by Mann Packing Company…
By Sandra D. Lane On October 25th, 2019 North Bay Produce Inc. voluntarily issued a recall of certain varieties of fresh apples due to the potential of being contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The recall was initiated as a result of a product test that revealed…
By Dagny Taggart Over 90 percent of people who become infected with it are hospitalized. It carries a mortality rate of 20 to 30 percent. Symptoms can appear as early as the same day of exposure, or as late as 70 to 90 days after…
By Daisy Luther General Mills is voluntarily recalling its 5-pound bags of Gold Medal Flour because the product may be contaminated with E.coli 026. 300 tons of Gold Medal All Purpose Unbleached Flour is subject to the recall. On Sept. 16, 2019, General Mills released…
By Daisy Luther A mysterious new beef recall has taken place because the meat is “unfit for human consumption.” According to Food Safety News: Chino, CA-based American Beef Packers, Inc. late Saturday recalled approximately 24,428 pounds of raw beef products that are deemed unfit for…
By Daisy Luther It seems like every week we report on yet another recall (if not more than one) here at The Organic Prepper, and this week is no different. Today’s recall is something you’ll find in many preppers’ stockpiles – Ragú pasta sauce. Mizkan…
By Daisy Luther Yep, another recall. A number of fresh vegetables sold by stores like Trader Joe’s and Food Lion have been recalled after state inspectors discovered Listeria monocytogenes in a sample. Growers Express LLC launched a recall of the products in question from various…
By Cat Ellis Have you noticed that there seems to be another major food recall every week or so? With the recent food recall over E. coli in three different brands of flour, the one over frozen berries with hepatitis, and the one over beef…
By Daisy Luther Attention Scratch Cookers and Bakers: You’re going to want to spread this information far and wide. The latest potentially tainted food being recalled is…flour. Multiple brands are pulling flour off the shelves around the country due to the possibility of E. coli…
By Daisy Luther Another week, yet another recall in the American food supply. Grocery stores across the country are pulling frozen berries from the shelves after the FDA discovered the presence of the Hepatitis A virus during routine testing. So far, no one has reported…
By Dagny Taggart If you are planning to throw some beef on the grill Memorial Day weekend, there’s a new recall you need to know about. On May 22, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced that Aurora Packing Company,…
By Dagny Taggart If you have any ground beef in your refrigerator or freezer, there are three serious alerts you need to know about. The first is an expanding E. coli outbreak. Here’s an overview from Food Safety News: Ground beef, consumed at home or…
By Daisy Luther If you have any ground turkey in your freezer, you need to check to see if it’s among the more than 78,000 pounds of meat that has just been recalled. Produced by Butterball, LLC, in Mount Olive, N.C, the turkey was sold…
By Daisy Luther Yet another recall has hit the shelves of a store near you. This time, it’s something really surprising. It’s fresh fruit. The FDA has announced that peaches, nectarines, and plums sold in more than a dozen states could potentially be tainted with Listeria monocytogenes. Jac….
By Lisa Egan What’s with all the produce recalls lately? Recently, lettuce growers in California announced a major lettuce recall due to an E.coli outbreak. It seems food recalls are a news staple these days. In fact, the CDC estimates that 1 in 6 Americans gets sick…
By Heather Callaghan, Editor Today, Conagra brands just announced a recall of about 725,000 lbs of Chef Boyardee, Libby’s, and other brands‘ spaghetti and meatballs products due to “misbranding and undeclared allergens.” The undeclared allergens? “Undeclared milk.” Undeclared milk allergens on the label can pose a major danger…
By Amando Flavio A fake and poisonous rice has been discovered by officials; smuggled into the Nigeria by unscrupulous businessmen. This goes in the record year of seizures of food and drink products seized across the world. Nigeria’s border officials have confirmed the seizure of rice…
By Vandita Nestlé lost at least $277 million in missed sales, and over $200 million in brand value. Another $70 million was spent to execute one of the largest food recalls in history. Nestlé spent three decades building a beloved noodle brand in India. Then the…
