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Hand sanitizer recall reaches new milestone, 75 sanitizers now recalledThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced over the weekend that a total of 75 hand sanitizers containing methanol have now been recalled. The recalls have left… Potential cyclospora contamination leads to recall of Fresh Express bagged saladsIf it seems like the last few months have been full of nothing but COVID-19 news and hand sanitizer & salad recalls...it’s because that’s mostly been… FDA adds “import alert” to fight against toxic hand sanitizerThe number of hand sanitizers the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is concerned about due to methanol contamination now stands at 75. In addition to the growing list… USDA goes on the attack against organic food fraudGreed. It’s what takes something that should be a benefit for the whole of society like organic foods, and instead leads to widespread fraud. We’re less… Up to date list of FDA recalled hand sanitizersWe've written here numerous times the last few weeks that there are serious concerns right now for any consumers purchasing hand sanitizers. As the days and weeks… The FDA continues to add to its list of recalled hand sanitizersWe’re back with another hand sanitizer recall blog post. This week we have another update from the United States Food and Drug Administration regarding… June’s hand sanitizer warnings from the FDA have now reached more than 2 dozen varietiesA little over two weeks ago we wrote about the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s release of a list of 9 brands of hand sanitizer to avoid because they may… J.M. Smucker Company recalls cat food due to elevated levels of choline chlorideDick Van Patten’s Natural Balance Chicken & Liver Paté canned cat food, has been recalled by the J.M. Smucker Company due to “elevated levels of… Fresh Express recall expanded again, now includes Walmart and ShopRite storesWe’ve written twice in the last 2 weeks about the Fresh Express salad recall. What began on June 18th as a recall due to undeclared ingredients that posed an… Fresh Express expands their salad recallWe wrote last Friday, June 19th of a recall by Fresh Express of their Southwest Chopped Salad Kits due to undeclared ingredients. The ingredients included wheat, soy,… Two huge beef recalls announced by FDA within days of each otherNext weekend is the 4th of July. If there is one day during the calendar year when more Americans will be cooking and eating beef, we’d like to hear it.… FDA releases list of nearly a dozen hand sanitizers with a potentially fatal ingredientCOVID-19 has turned 2020 into the year of face masks and hand sanitizer. There’s been such increased demand for both that local governments have had to step in…
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