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List of unsafe hand sanitizers now stands at 165

At this point, it seriously might be easier to just start writing about which hand sanitizers are safe instead of which ones are not. This realization comes after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration added a few more sanitizers to their ‘Do Not Use’ list, ultimately bringing the total to…

Add Bayshore Pharmaceuticals to the list of recalled diabetes drug companies due to NDMA

Bayshore Pharmaceuticals is the sixth metformin manufacturer to issue a recall due to a possible NDMA contamination. The recalled products were manufactured in Bangladesh in June of 2019, and distributed across the United States. If you've purchased any of the recalled medications, you should return them to your retailer or…

Could the hand sanitizer methanol contamination have been a ‘deliberate decision’ to cut costs?

We’ve written almost a half a dozen times the last couple months about the hand sanitizer recalls due to the presence of methanol. Now some experts are warning that this all could have been avoided if companies hadn’t “deliberately substituted ingredients that are harmful in order to cut costs.”

It’s…

Listeria contamination leads to lemon, lime, orange, and potato recall

Freshouse II LLC and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration have announced a recall of some of their products following an internal inspection revealed a piece of equipment was contaminated with listeria.

Recalled Products:

Freshouse limes

Nature’s Promise Organic limes

Fresh from the Start red potatoes

Fresh…

Salmonella concerns lead to expanded onion recall at Trader Joe’s, Walmart, and other retailers

An onion recall issued at the beginning of August has now been expanded to nearly all 50 states. Initially the recall only focused on red onions from a single supplier in California. However, the recall now includes red, yellow, white, and sweet yellow onions. The onions were distributed across the…

Hand sanitizer sold at Target and Walmart added to FDA recall list

87. The list of recalled hand sanitizers potentially containing methanol (wood alcohol) now stands at 87. The latest recall includes hand sanitizers sold in Walmart and Target stores nationwide. 4E Brands, as well as Resource and Recovery Trading hand sanitizers are the latest to be recalled. 

According to the U.S.…

Hand sanitizer recall reaches new milestone, 75 sanitizers now recalled

The 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 consumers unsure of what products are safe when trying to keep their hands clean. And when nearly 80% of those surveyed “regularly use…

Potential cyclospora contamination leads to recall of Fresh Express bagged salads

If 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 the case. We unfortunately couldn’t make it out of July without another bagged salad recall. Fresh Express is again recalling some of their bagged…

FDA adds “import alert” to fight against toxic hand sanitizer

The 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 of recalled hand sanitizers, a number of them are now included on an “import alert” that was released on Friday, July 17,…

USDA goes on the attack against organic food fraud

Greed. 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 than a year removed from what was the first case of its kind. Randy Constant, a farmer in Missouri, was sentenced to more than…