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Grimmway farms recalls a few varieties of packaged carrots due to salmonella concernsAnother week, and another round of salmonella related recalls. Last week it was prepackaged salads. This week it’s the carrots that just may go into those… BrightFarms recalls prepackaged salads due to salmonella concernsAfter 8 Americans were sickened with salmonella, linked to BightFarms’s prepackaged salads, Bright Farms and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration initiated a… 5 varieties of Johnson & Johnson owned aerosol sunscreens recalled due to elevated benzene levelsParent company Johnson & Johnson and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a recall for 5 varieties of aerosol sunscreens after testing revealed… Tyson Foods Inc. recalls nearly 9 million pounds of chickenNearly 9 million pounds of frozen ready-to-eat chicken, 8,955,296 pounds to be exact, has been recalled by Tyson Foods Inc. over Listeria monocytogenes concerns. The… Circle K branded chicken salad sandwiches recalled due to listeria concernsLSG Sky Chefs produce chicken salad sandwiches for Circle K in Phoenix, AZ and Southern California. Today they and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced a… Organic farmers happy their competition will finally be playing by the same rulesIn 2017, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack issued the 2017 Organic Livestock Poultry Practices rule under the direction of then president Barack Obama. The rule… Salmonella concerns lead to Avanti frozen shrimp recallAvanti Frozen Foods Pvt. Ltd, has issued a voluntary recall of 9 varieties of frozen shrimp over salmonella concerns after half a dozen customers were sickened by… Public Health Alert issued for various Lil Hatch productsA public health alert has been issued by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Interstate Food Products, LLC for 5 different Lil Hatch foods in 7 states. The alert… Dole blueberries recalled over possible cyclospora contaminationThe possible presence of Cyclospora has led to the recall of what’s being called “a limited number” of Dole Fresh Blueberries. The recalled… Troubling PFAS study leads to introduction of new legislationA recent study, published in the Environmental Science & Technology Letters journal, found that more than 50 percent of 231 American and Canadian cosmetics tested… Toxins are still being found in products sold at the Dollar Store and Dollar TreeA new study released by the Campaign for Healthier Solutions found that more than half of the products sold at Dollar Store and Dollar Tree contain toxic chemicals.… Carcinogen benzene found in nearly 80 lots of sun care productsIn late May, independent pharmaceutical watchdog Valisure petitioned the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to recall sun care products they say contain unhealthy…
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