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More Peanut Butter Related Product Recalls

Kin — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 23:09:08 +0000

It seems like the recall of peanut butter products are never ending.

Turkey Hill has voluntarily recalled six ice cream and frozen yogurt products. Target recalled sixteen products that are sold under the Archer Farm and Market Pantry brands. Kashi is also recalling some of its granola bars and cookies.

Head on over to the FDA website for a comprehensive list of all products that have been recalled.

More Peanut Butter Product Recalls

Kin — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 01:37:51 +0000

More companies have joined the peanut butter recall list in the attempt to mitigate salmonella exposure to the public. General Mills Inc., Kroger Co., Safeway Inc., and Meijer Inc. are the recent addtions to the list. The source of the outbreak has been traced back to Peanut Corporation of America’s peanut butter and peanut paste plant in Georgia.

Head on over to the FDA’s website for a complete list of recalled products.

Full article here

More Food Safety News. I Just Want To Eat In Peace.

Kin — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 22:21:13 +0000

It’s disappointing that we live in a time where we still have to be vigilant of what we put into our mouths. More than ever, this is not the time to put your guard down. Seriously, becareful of what you eat, it might just kill you, give you explosive diarrhea, or vomit until you dry heave. Food recall news no longer come as a surprise and our faith in food safety regulation is waning, so will we ever regain our confidence in the food safety regulation industry?

The melamine contamination in China-based infant milk powders has spread to other milk-based products and has even been found in chicken eggs from China. Surely, this seems odd, after all, it seems unlikely that anyone would put such a chemical in the eggs. The eggs were discovered in Hong Kong and they contained almost twice the legal amount of 2.5 parts per million of melamine allowed in food. The culprit seems to be the melamine levels in the chicken feed. Since it is evident that the melamine can pass from the feed, to the chicken, and to the egg, Hong Kong has expanded their testing of melamine to meat products imported from China. I’ve already booked my ticket to go to Hong Kong next year, and while the country is heralded to be home of some of the tastiest cuisine, I can’t help but think of all the recent food scandals.

There was another food recall that happened last week that didn’t garner as much exposure and this time, it was in Japan. The Nissin Food Products Company has recalled 500,000 cups of instant noodles due to an insecticide contamination. The health office had discovered the chemical paradichlorobenzene in the cup noodle, yet remains dumbfounded on how it got into the food. From the article, it looks like the recall is localized to Tokyo and it’s neighboring area, so unless you live in that region, your cup noodles are ok. The contamination was discovered after a 67 year old woman fell ill after eating the product. In a related incident, Myojo Foods Company of Tokyo also discovered paradichlorobenzene and another bug repellant, naphthol in their instant noodles.

Sources

Melamine In Eggs

Cup Noodle Recall

~ Kin

Oh No! Not Aunt Jemima!

Kin — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 01:08:36 +0000

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Recall, recall, recall. Will this ever end? The latest recall victim is a lady who we’ve grown to love in our kitchen. No, not mom. I’m talking about Aunt Jemima! Quaker Oats Co is recalling a small number of Aunt Jemima Pancake & Waffle Mix products because of possible salmonella contamination.

A small quantity of the following products are being recalled: Aunt Jemima Pancake & Waffle Mix: Original, Original Complete and Buttermilk Complete.

Here are the other details:

2 pound and 5 pound boxes
Best-before dates of February 8, 2009 through February 16, 2009 that are stamped on the top

Source: msnbc.com