** Four types of cheese have been “precautionarily” recalled due to a possible E. coli contamination ahead of Christmas Day. 

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) announced the recall for Mrs Kirkham’s Mild and Creamy Lancashire, Mrs Kirkham’s Tasty Lancashire, Mrs Kirkham’s Mature Lancashire and Mrs. Kirkham’s Smoked Lancashire on Christmas Eve.
The FSA said: “The products listed above might be contaminated with Shiga toxin-producing E. coli, (STEC). “Symptoms caused by this organism can be similar to flu and include high temperature, muscle ache or pain, chills, feeling or being sick, and diarrhoea. Story by Cormac Pearson

**  American Snuff Company Issues Voluntary Recall of Kodiak Premium Wintergreen Longcut Tobacco Due to Possible Health Risk

November 19, 2023 — American Snuff Company (ASC) is voluntarily recalling certain lots of Kodiak Premium Wintergreen Longcut Tobacco manufactured at ASCs facility in Clarksville, TN, and distributed in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, North Carolina, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Wisconsin, and West Virginia. ASC has notified the U.S. Food and Drug Administration of the voluntary recall and is working with the Agency on this matter. ASC initiated the recall of Kodiak Premium Wintergreen Longcut Tobacco after having identified the potential for certain lots of the product to contain foreign metal objects which may or may not be visible to the consumer. The recall was as the result of identifying an issue with manufacturing equipment during routine inspection that caused metal-to-metal abrasion; this abrasion could have caused metal shavings to come into contact with tobacco during the manufacturing process.

**  World Variety Produce, Inc. Recalls Kimchi Hot Because of Possible Health Risk

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – December 26, 2023 – World Variety Produce, Inc. of Los Angeles, CA is recalling Melissa’s Kimchi Hot 14 oz, because of mislabeling of allergen ingredient “Fish” was not listed in the ingredient panel within the allergen information panel. Food allergic reactions vary in severity from mild symptoms involving hives and lip swelling to severe, life-threatening symptoms, often called anaphylaxis, that may involve fatal respiratory problems and shock.

No illnesses have been reported to date.

The affected Kimchi Hot 14 oz were isolated to 420 cases from Lot # 48528201, 420 cases from Lot # 48858701, 150 cases from 49003901 & 130 cases from 49003901-W0 product of USA.

This recall extends only to Sun International stores in Florida,, Brookshire Brothers stores in Texas, OK Produce – Grocery Outlet in California. The affected Melissa’s Kimchi Hot 14oz were sold from bulk displays between the dates of December 15, 2023 through December 21, 2023.

**  By News Desk on December 29, 2023

Two brands of gorgonzola truffle cheese are being recalled in Canada because of contamination with Listeria monocytogenes.

The recall follows testing by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. Consumers are urged to check their homes for…Continue Reading

**  FDA steps up enforcement activities on imported cantaloupe and other foods

By News Desk on December 29, 2023

The Food and Drug Administration continues using import alerts to enforce U.S. food safety regulations for food from foreign countries. The agency updates and modifies the alerts as needed.

Recent modifications to FDA’s import alerts…Continue Reading

**  Study looks at using antimicrobials in coatings for stone fruits to make them safer and last longer

By News Desk on December 29, 2023

A new project explores the addition of food-grade antimicrobials to the wax and fungicidal coatings applied to stone fruit to reduce contamination risks and extend shelf life.

While stone fruit, fleshy fruit with a hard…Continue Reading

**  8th Avenue Pharmacy Issues Voluntary Nationwide Recall of Notoginseng Formula Special Gout Granule Due to the Presence of Hidden Drug Ingredients, Diclofenac and Dexamethasone

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – 12/14/2023 – Brooklyn, NY, 8th Avenue Pharmacy is voluntarily recalling all lots within expiry of Notoginseng Formula Special Gout Granule, distributed by 8th Avenue Pharmacy, to the consumer level.

The products have been found to contain undeclared diclofenac and dexamethasone from FDA laboratory analysis.  Diclofenac is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (commonly referred to as NSAIDs). NSAIDs may cause increased risk of cardiovascular events, such as heart attack and stroke, as well as serious gastrointestinal damage, including bleeding, ulceration, and fatal perforation of the stomach and intestines. This hidden drug ingredient may also interact with other medications and significantly increase the risk of adverse events, particularly when consumers use multiple NSAID-containing products.

**  Simmons Prepared Foods, Inc. Recalls Boneless Chicken Bites Products Due to Possible Foreign Matter Contamination

Simmons Prepared Foods Inc., a Van Buren, Ark. establishment, is recalling approximately 26,550 pounds of TGI Fridays boneless chicken bites products that may be contaminated with extraneous materials, specifically pieces of clear, hard plastic.

**  Dec. 22, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Insight Pharmaceuticals, a Prestige Consumer Healthcare Inc. company (“Insight”), is voluntarily recalling one lot of Americaine® 20% Benzocaine Topical Anesthetic Spray to the consumer level. While benzene is not an ingredient in any Americaine® 20% Benzocaine Topical Anesthetic Spray products, a recent review by our manufacturer and their third-party lab found that a sample from one lot of the product showed a low level of benzene came from the propellant that sprays the product out of the can. Importantly, no other lots of Americaine® 20% Benzocaine Topical Anesthetic Spray (either before or after this batch code) are in the scope of this recall and may continue to be used by consumers safely and as intended.

Samples of the recalled lot below have been found to contain trace levels of Benzene related to the propellant that sprays the product out of the can. Benzene is not an ingredient in any Americaine products.

Product	NDC	Lot Code	Expiration	Package Size
Americaine® 20% Benzocaine Topical Anesthetic Spray	63736-378-02	1A16420	01/25	2 oz / 57 g

The affected Americaine® 20% Benzocaine Topical Anesthetic Spray lot was distributed nationwide in the United States through a limited number of retailers and online. Consumers can contact Insight Pharmaceuticals via e-mail at medicalaffairs@prestigebrands.comExternal Link Disclaimer, through its website at https://www.prestigebrands.com/contactExternal Link Disclaimer, or by phone at (800) 344-7239 on Monday – Friday 8:30-5:30 eastern time to receive a full refund by providing a picture of the bottom of the can of the Americaine® 20% Benzocaine Topical Anesthetic Spray with the affected lot number.

**  Simmons Prepared Foods, Inc. Recalls Boneless Chicken Bites Products Due to Possible Foreign Matter Contamination

SIMMONS PREPARED FOODS, INC.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15, 2023 – Simmons Prepared Foods Inc., a Van Buren, Ark. establishment, is recalling approximately 26,550 pounds of TGI Fridays boneless chicken bites products that may be contaminated with extraneous materials, specifically pieces of clear, hard plastic, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food…

IMPACTED PRODUCTS

15-OZ. CARTON CONTAINING “TGI FRIDAYS BONELESS CHICKEN BITES HONEY BBQ CHICKEN” WITH LOT CODE KL3K03 AND BEST BY DATE OF 12/26/2024 LOCATED ON THE SIDE OF THE CARTON.

**  Scanga Meat Company, a Salida, Colorado establishment, is recalling approximately 563 pounds of ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O103, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.

The raw ground beef products were produced on December 11, 2023. The following products are subject to recall [view labels]:

• 6-lb. plastic tubes containing “It’s a treat to eat Scanga Meat OUR REGULAR GROUND BEEF” and may have lot code 3345 represented on the label.
• 6-lb. plastic tubes containing “It’s a treat to eat Scanga Meat OUR X-L GROUND BEEF” and may have lot code 3345 represented on the label.
• 1-lb. plastic chubs containing “SCANGA MEAT HAMBURGER” and may have lot code 3345 represented on the label.
• 1-lb. plastic trays containing “It’s a treat to eat Scanga Meat GROUND ROUND” and may have lot code 3345 represented on the label. 

The products subject to recall bear establishment number “EST. 6460” inside the USDA mark of inspection. These items were sold at the establishment’s retail location and shipped to restaurant locations in Colorado.     

Scanga Meat Company, a Salida, Colorado establishment, is recalling approximately 563 pounds of ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O103, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.

The raw ground beef products were produced on December 11, 2023. The following products are subject to recall [view labels]:

• 6-lb. plastic tubes containing “It’s a treat to eat Scanga Meat OUR REGULAR GROUND BEEF” and may have lot code 3345 represented on the label.
• 6-lb. plastic tubes containing “It’s a treat to eat Scanga Meat OUR X-L GROUND BEEF” and may have lot code 3345 represented on the label.
• 1-lb. plastic chubs containing “SCANGA MEAT HAMBURGER” and may have lot code 3345 represented on the label.
• 1-lb. plastic trays containing “It’s a treat to eat Scanga Meat GROUND ROUND” and may have lot code 3345 represented on the label. 

The products subject to recall bear establishment number “EST. 6460” inside the USDA mark of inspection. These items were sold at the establishment’s retail location and shipped to restaurant locations in Colorado.     

Media and consumers with questions regarding the recall can contact Ben Scanga, President of Scanga Meat Company, at 719-539-3511 or rbscanga@scangameat.com.

**  Quaker Oats recalled dozens of granola bars and cereal products across the U.S. on Friday, (December 15) due to the possibility of a salmonella contamination.

According to the US Food and Drug Administration, salmonella is defined as “an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems.”Symptoms among healthy individuals include fever, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain. If the bacteria finds its way into the bloodstream, infected individuals can also experience endocarditis and arthritis.

Quaker Oats released a statement regarding the recall, recommending that customers dispose of contaminated products immediately.

“The Quaker Oats Company announced the recall of specific granola bars and granola cereals because they have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. The products impacted are sold in outlets throughout the United States. Consumers should check their pantries for any of the products listed below and dispose of them.”

Possible contaminated products sold across Michigan include Chewy, Big Chewy, and Chewy Dipps granola bars, Puffed Granola, Protein Granola, and Ultimate Flavor Snack Care Packages to name a few.

View the full list on quakergranolarecall.com.

As of December 15th, no illnesses were reported as a result of the contaminated products.

**  The FDA announced the recall on Nov. 22nd, and urged customers not to ignore the warning, as an allergic reaction to peanuts can be fatal for some: “People who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to peanuts run the risk of serious or life-threatening allergic reaction if they consume these products.” Keep reading for more information on what you should do if you have one of these recalled products.

**  STATESVILLE, NC – December 21, 2023 – Blue Ridge Beef is recalling all lot numbers and used by dates between N24 1124 to N24 1224 of their 2 lb log of Kitten Grind UPC 8 54298 00101 6; 2lb log of Kitten Mix UPC 8 54298 00143 6 and their 2lb log of Puppy Mix UPC 8 54298 00169 6 due to contamination of Salmonella and Listeria monocytogenes. Salmonella and Listeria monocytogenes can affect animals eating the products and there is risk to humans from handling contaminated pet products, especially if they have not thoroughly washed their hands after having contact with the products or any surfaces exposed to these products.

On 12/15/2023 the firm was notified by the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services that one lot of each of the products were sampled and tested positive for Salmonella and Listeria monocytogenes. However, out of an abundance of caution the firm is recalling all lots with the used by dates between N24 1124 to N24 1224.

No illnesses have been reported to date.

The products were distributed between 11/14/2023 – 12/20/2023. These products were packaged in clear plastic and sold primarily in retail stores located in the states of: CT, MA, MD, NC, NY, PA & VA. Image of the products are below.

Products affected are:

Product	Size	UPC	All Lot #/Use By Dates Between
Kitten Grind	2lbs	8 54298 00101 6	N24 1124 to N24 1224
Kitten Mix	2lbs	8 54298 00243 6	N24 1124 to N24 1224
Puppy Mix	2lbs	8 54298 00169 6	N24 1124 to N24 1224

The lot numbers and used by dates are located on the silver tabs at the end of the tubes. 

Consumers who have purchased these products are urged to contact Blue Ridge Beef at blueridgebeefnc@yahoo.com for a full refund and destroy the food in a way that children, pets, and wildlife cannot access. Do not sell or donate the recalled products. Do not feed the recalled product to pets or any other animals. Wash and sanitize pet food bowls, cups, and storage containers. Always ensure you wash and sanitize your hands after handling recalled food or any utensils that come in contact with recalled food. Consumers with questions may contact Mr. Steven Lea at (704) 880-4500 Monday through Friday 8:00 am – 5:00 pm EST.

This recall is being made with the knowledge of the Food and Drug Administration.

**  ResMed Notifies Customers About Updated Instructions and Labeling for Masks with Magnets Due to Potential Interference with Certain Medical Devices

ResMed’s masks with magnets are safe when used in accordance with the updated Instructions for Use. SAN DIEGO, December 20, 2023 – ResMed (NYSE: RMD, ASX: RMD) is conducting a voluntary global field action to update its guides for all masks with magnets to inform users about potential magnetic interference when magnets are near certain implants and medical devices in the body. This voluntary field correction does not require a return of a mask with magnets unless the patient is contraindicated. All ResMed masks containing magnets are safe when used in accordance with the Field Safety Notice and updated Instructions for Use in the guides of affected masks.

**  Nestle recalls infant formula due to Cronobacter risk – FSN

**  Bean sprouts recalled after testing finds Listeria -FSN

**  Deadly onion outbreak declared over; E. coli outbreak of unknown source has also ended – FSN

By News Desk on Dec 21, 2023 12:05 am FSN

According to federal officials, a deadly outbreak of infections from Salmonella Thompson has ended. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that one person died and 80 were sickened in the outbreak. Eighteen patients had to be hospitalized. Outbreak patients were spread across 23 states. Illnesses started on dates ranging from Aug. 2 to… Continue Reading

**  Court Enjoins California food company from manufacturing and distributing adulterated food

By News Desk on Dec 21, 2023 12:04 am – FSN

A federal court has enjoined a California company to stop manufacturing and distributing adulterated food products that violate the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA). In a civil complaint filed on Oct. 11, 2022, the United States alleged that Cali Rice Valley Inc., along with its general manager and co-owner, Cuong T. Do, violated… Continue Reading

** Consumer Alert: Global Veg Corp Issues Alert on Undeclared Sulfites in Sundried Tomato Halves

Global Veg Corp, 20 W, 55th st – 7th fl. New York, NY 10019 is recalling all lots and codes of its 5 lbs packages of “AVIATOR brand Sundried Tomato Halves”, Lot#060923/1, because they may contain undeclared sulfites. People who have a severe sensitivity to sulfites run the risk of serious or life-threatening reactions if they consume this product.

The recalled “Aviator Sundried Tomato Halves” was distributed nationwide. The product comes in a 5 lb. vacuum bags. No illnesses or adverse reactions involving this product have been reported to date. The recall was initiated after routine sampling by New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets Food Inspectors and subsequent analysis by Food Laboratory personnel revealed that the sulfite containing product was distributed in packages that did not reveal the presence of sulfites.

**  Herolds Salads Inc. Voluntarily Recalls Assorted Deli Salads Due to Possible Contamination with Listeria monocytogenes.

Out of an abundance of caution Herold’s Salads of Cleveland is recalling assorted deli salads packaged in various sizes. Recalled products may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.

There have been no reported illnesses or adverse health effects reported to date, however, Herolds Salads Inc. is proactively recalling specific batches to which this risk applies. The following products should be disposed of immediately (label examples are included):

• Southern Potato Salad Best Before: 1/14/2024-1/16/2024
• Original Potato Salad Best Before: 1/14/2024-1/16/2024
• Original Potato Salad with Egg Best Before: 1/14/2024-1/16/2024
• Rotini Garden Medley Best Before: 1/14/2024-1/16/2024
• Greek Orzo Best Before: 1/14/2024
• Black Bean and Corn Salsa Best Before: 01/14/2024
• Fireland Deli Potato Salad Best Before: 01/26/2024
• Amish Macaroni Salad Best Before: 01/17/2024
• Amish Potato Salad Best Before: 01/17/2024
• Original Macaroni Salad Best Before: 01/14/2024-1/16/2024
• Poppyseed Pasta Salad Best Before: 1/6/2024
• Amish Wedding Rotini Garden Medley Best Before: 01/14/2024
• Amish Wedding Potato Salad Best Before: 1/24/2024
• Amish Wedding Macaroni Salad Best Before: 1/19/2024
• Amish Wedding Diced Cucumber Salad Best Before: 01/23/2024
• Amish Macaroni Salad (Dutch Valley) Best Before: 1/19/2024

Amish Potato Salad (Dutch Valley) Best Before: 1/19/2024

**  Chang Farm Recalls Nature’s Wonder Mung Bean Sprouts Because of Possible Health Risk

Chang Farm, Whatley, MA is recalling 12 oz Nature’s Wonder Mung Bean Sprouts, with the sell-by date of December 13th, 2023 because of the presence of Listeria monocytogenes (L. Monocytogenes).

Listeria monocytogenes is an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Although healthy individuals may suffer only short-term symptoms such as high fever, severe headaches, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea, Listeria infection can cause miscarriages and stillbirths among pregnant women.

The product has been distributed to retail stores and wholesalers throughout MA, CT, NY and MD. The affected product is packaged in 12 oz plastic bags (retail), ( the code for the product is 12/13 present in the back inside the white box) labeled under the Chang Farm Brand as Nature’s Wonder Premium Bean Sprouts and have a “Sell By” date of December 13th, 2023.

** Applesauce pouches that gave children lead poisoning may have been contaminated on purpose, FDA says https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/applesauce-pouches-that-gave-children-lead-poisoning-may-have-been-contaminated-on-purpose-fda-says/ar-AA1lBZBH?ocid=socialshare&pc=HCTS&cvid=32c1c5e3af714ddd8311c1063b7f6431&ei=9

**  Potato Salad Recall As Warning Issued Over Listeria Fears https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/nutrition/potato-salad-recall-as-warning-issued-over-listeria-fears/ar-AA1lDDKz?ocid=socialshare&pc=HCTS&cvid=f23022a9763a425189cd09403913c35c&ei=34

**  Global Veg Corp, headquartered in New York City, has issued a recall encompassing all lots and codes of its five-pound packages of “AVIATOR brand Sundried Tomato Halves”, specifically “Lot #060923/1” distributed in New Mexico. The reason behind this recall is the potential presence of undeclared sulfites in the product. This poses a risk to individuals with a severe sensitivity to sulfites, as consumption may lead to serious or life-threatening reactions.

**  Federal jury awards $17.7 million to Kraft, other suppliers after major price-fixing conspiracy

** Wayne Farms, LLC, Recalls Ready-to-Eat Chicken Breast Products That May Be Undercooked

Wayne Farms, LLC, a Decatur, Ala. establishment, is recalling approximately 1,377 pounds of ready-to-eat (RTE) chicken breast products that may be undercooked.

**  FDA issues public warning about Red’s Best clams harvest from prohibited waters

By News Desk on December 12, 2023

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is advising consumers not to eat, and restaurants and food retailers not to sell, and to dispose of certain Red’s Best chopped clams.

The recalled clams were illegally harvested…Continue Reading

**  More cantaloupe linked to outbreak recalled in Canada; death toll increases to 8 in bi-national outbreak

By Coral Beach on December 12, 2023

Twenty-eight more cantaloupe products have been recalled in Canada because of a link to a Salmonella outbreak that has killed five people in that country.

The new recall is for unbranded pre-cut cantaloupe sold nationwide…Continue Reading

** Garland Ventures Recalls Ready-to-Eat Chicken Fried Rice Products due to Possible Listeria Contamination

Garland Ventures, a Garland, Texas, establishment, is recalling approximately 13,842 pounds of ready-to-eat (RTE) chicken fried rice products that may be adulterated with Listeria monocytogenes.

** American Snuff Company Issues Voluntary Recall of Kodiak Premium Wintergreen Longcut Tobacco Due to Possible Health Risk

November 19, 2023 — American Snuff Company (ASC) is voluntarily recalling certain lots of Kodiak Premium Wintergreen Longcut Tobacco manufactured at ASCs facility in Clarksville, TN, and distributed in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, North Carolina, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Wisconsin, and West Virginia. ASC has notified the U.S. Food and Drug Administration of the voluntary recall and is working with the Agency on this matter. ASC initiated the recall of Kodiak Premium Wintergreen Longcut Tobacco after having identified the potential for certain lots of the product to contain foreign metal objects which may or may not be visible to the consumer. The recall was as the result of identifying an issue with manufacturing equipment during routine inspection that caused metal-to-metal abrasion; this abrasion could have caused metal shavings to come into contact with tobacco during the manufacturing process.

** GHGA, LLC, in Coordination with Sofia Produce, LLC DBA Trufresh, Voluntarily Recalls Select Fresh-Cut Fruit Products Due to Possible Salmonella Contamination

CONLEY, GA – November 29, 2023 – GHGA, LLC is voluntarily recalling select fresh-cut products made from whole cantaloupe subject to a previously announced product recall initiated by Sofia Produce, LLC dba Trufresh, due to potential Salmonella contamination.Salmonella is an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Healthy persons infected with Salmonella often experience fever, diarrhea (which may be bloody), nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain. In rare circumstances, infection with Salmonella can result in the organism getting into the bloodstream and producing more severe illnesses such as arterial infections (i.e., infected aneurysms), endocarditis and arthritis.

** Kwik Trip, Inc. Recalls Specific Fruit Cups and Trays Due to Potential Salmonella Contamination

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – November 27, 2023 – Kwik Trip, Inc. has initiated a voluntary recall of three varieties of fresh-cut fruit cup and tray products listed below because they contain cantaloupe from TruFresh which has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella.

Salmonella is an organism which can cause serious and sometime fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Healthy persons infected with Salmonella often experience fever, diarrhea (which may be bloody), nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain. In rare instances, infection with Salmonella can result in the organism getting into the bloodstream and producing more severe illnesses such as arterial infections (i.e., infected aneurysms), endocarditis and arthritis. Due to the now expanded recall of fresh, whole cantaloupes by TruFresh, Kwik Trip, Inc. is issuing this recall. Cantaloupes recalled by TruFresh were used as a raw material in Kwik Trip, Inc. fruit cup and tray products listed below.

** Sofia Produce, LLC dba Trufresh Expands Recall to Include Additional Order Numbers of Fresh Cantaloupe Because of Possible Health Risk Due to Salmonella

For Immediate Release, November 15, 2023 SOFIA PRODUCE, LLC, of Nogales, Arizona which does business under the name “Trufresh” (“Trufresh”) has expanded its recall of all sizes of fresh cantaloupes packaged in cardboard containers labeled with the “Malichita” label, to include the following additional sales order numbers distributed between October 16, 2023 and October 23, 2023 because they have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. The additional sales order numbers are: 128663, 128712, 128713, 128662, 128680, 225252, 225231, 419719, 419721, 419828, 419803, 612235, 612273.Salmonella is an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Healthy persons infected with Salmonella often experience fever, diarrhea (which may be bloody), nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain. In rare circumstances, infection with Salmonella can result in the organism getting into the bloodstream and producing more severe illnesses such as arterial infections (i.e., infected aneurysms), endocarditis and arthritis.

** Urgent Food Recall— Raspberry Crème Filled Cookie

Wine Country Gift Baskets is taking precautionary measures of voluntarily recalling all gift baskets produced with Acorn Baking Company raspberry crème filled cookies. During production, it was discovered that some packages of the raspberry crème filled cookies contained hazelnut crème filled cookies. Hazelnut is a tree nut and listed as one of the nine major food allergens. The allergen statement on each individual cookie package states “May Contain Traces of Peanuts, Hazelnuts, Almonds, Sesame, Sulphites” as these two cookies are produced in the same facility. People who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to tree nuts (hazelnuts) run the risk of serious or life-threatening allergic reaction if they consume these products. Wine Country Gift Basket/Houdini Inc. is committed to providing only the highest quality of product and is taking this action out of an abundance of caution in the interest of consumer protection.

** Pelleh Poultry Corp. Recalls Ready-To-Eat Beef and Poultry Products Due to Possible Listeria Contamination

Pelleh Poultry Corp., a Swan Lake, N.Y. establishment, is recalling approximately 708 pounds of ready-to-eat (RTE) beef and poultry products that may be adulterated with Listeria monocytogenes, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.

** Baxter Issues Urgent Medical Device Correction for Novum IQ Syringe Infusion Pump Due to Potential Impact of Downstream Occlusions on Infusion Volume

DEERFIELD, Ill., NOVEMBER 29, 2023 – Baxter International Inc. announced today it has issued an Urgent Medical Device Correction for the Novum IQ syringe infusion pump. The Correction is due to the potential for an incomplete infusion following one or more downstream occlusion alarms. Baxter notified impacted customers in October and is developing a software upgrade to resolve the issue. There have been no reports of serious injury associated with this issue to date. Baxter has identified that after one or more downstream occlusion alarms occur on the Novum IQ syringe pump, the pump may display an “Infusion Complete” alarm despite fluid remaining in the syringe. This could lead to an underdose and/or interruption of therapy. The difference between the remaining volume to be infused displayed on the pump and the volume left in the syringe is dependent on the number of occlusion alarms encountered during an infusion and the size of the syringe being used.

** Wilcox Ice Cream recalls all ice cream, yogurt, ice cream bars, and Leonardo’s Gelato

Wilcox Ice Cream made the decision to recall all of their ice cream, yogurt, ice cream bars, and Leonardo’s brand gelato that were manufactured on 9/15/23 after one lot of their Super Premium Mint Chip from that day tested positive for potential contamination of Listeria monocytogenes. The Vermont Department of Agriculture alerted them of the issue on November 14, 2023

** Bix Produce Issues Safety Alert on Cut Cantaloupe Products Due to Potential Salmonella Contamination

Little Canada, MN., Nov. 27, 2023 – Bix Produce of Little Canada, MN., is issuing a voluntary recall of Grab N’ Go containers of cut cantaloupe and mixed fruit cups due to the potential for Salmonella contamination in the products. These cantaloupe products were derived from cantaloupes that are involved in the recent Malachita cantaloupe recall.

• Consumers, restaurants, retailers, and wholesalers should not eat, sell, or serve recalled cantaloupe or recalled products containing cantaloupe.
• Consumers who may have frozen cantaloupe or cantaloupe products for later use should check their freezers and throw away any recalled products.

If you cannot tell if your cantaloupe is part of the recall, do not eat or use it. Throw it away

** More people sick in Salmonella outbreak as recalls of cantaloupe continue to expand

By Coral Beach on December 1, 2023

The number of people infected by Salmonella linked to cantaloupe continues to increase and the recall list continues to expand.

As of Nov. 30, there were 117 confirmed patients in the United States, up by…Continue Reading

** Another fruit company recalls cantaloupe products possibly linked to deadly outbreak

By FSN News Desk on December 1, 2023

Cut Fruit Express Inc. of Inver Grove Heights, MN, is recalling Caribou Coffee Fruit Mix CHPG 6.5-ounce, and Cut Fruit Express Brand of 6.5-ounce, 15-ounce, 16-ounce and 32-ounce packages of fruit mix that contain cantaloupe and food service packages of 5-pound trays, 10-pound bags and 25-pound pails, because they have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella.

Caribou Coffee Fruit Mix CHPG 6.5-ounce was distributed from Caribou Stores at the MSP Airport Caribou locations in the MSP Airport, Minnesota. The product comes in a clear plastic package. The use-by date was Nov. 4. The remainder of the recalled “Fresh Cut Fruit Mix containing Cantaloupes” under Cut Fruit Express and food service packaging was distributed through in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Illinois via retail and food service delivery. The use-by dates were Nov. 4 through Nov. 6.

The retail product comes in with use-by dates of Nov. 4 through Nov. 6 on the top label and food service product comes with a date label of Nov. 3 on the bag, tray or a label with use-by date on the pail. No illnesses have been reported to date in connection with this problem with our products.

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(Photo: Library of Congress/Associated Press)Sit-down strikers read newspapers at General Motors’ Fisher Body plant in Flint, Mich., in 1937. Their sit-down strike, which lasted six weeks, began on Dec. 30, 1936

In 1936, the United Auto Workers union staged its first “sit-down” strike at the General Motors Fisher Body Plant No. 1 in Flint, Michigan. (The strike lasted until Feb. 11, 1937.) In 1942, a near-riot of bobby-soxers greeted the opening of Frank Sinatra’s singing engagement at the Paramount Theater in New York’s Times Square

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1876 – All Native American Indians were ordered removed to reservations.

In a move that prevented open war across the Northern Plains, President Ulysses S. Grant issued an executive order extending the deadline set previously for all Native Americans to return to their reservations. The initial date for the deadline had been carefully calculated two months before by Grant and his generals Philip Sheridan, commander of the Division of the Missouri, and George Crook, commander of the Department of the Platte, to be unreachable by the Indians, who had settled into their winter quarters. When the Indians did not move (General Sheridan noted that the Indians would not move no matter the date, though Lakota leaders had already decided they would travel to the agencies that spring), they would march troopers into the Indian camps and force them into submissive positions on the reservations.

The matter at the core was gold. White encroachment on Indian lands had gone on for decades, and the Indians had gradually migrated and dealt with the growing White settlement. Several wars had raged, but none were as large as the surprise attack Sheridan and Crook were planning to clear the Indians quickly and effectively out of the Black Hills, where gold had been discovered by the Custer Expedition in 1874. A gold rush was in full sway and expected to boom. The Federal government had ended stopping trespassers onto the Sioux hunting grounds as an initial part of the plan and offered to pay the tribes $25,000 and reservations south in Indian Territory. Spotted Tail summarized the feelings of the Sioux leaders who had traveled to Washington with, “You speak of another country, but it is not my country; it does not concern me, and I want nothing to do with it. I was not born there.”

Yet, the land was needed both to open for the glut of would-be miners following the Panic of 1873 as well as for railroad projects. Grant had previously reversed the objectives of the Federal government, which had been anti-Indian since its founding. Johnson’s order to General Sheridan years before about the Cheyenne and Arapaho had been, “I want you to go ahead, kill and punish the hostiles, capture and destroy the ponies.” Grant later confronted Congress on the policies, saying, “Wars of extermination are demoralizing and wicked” and “A system which looks to the extinction of a race is too horrible for a nation to adopt without entailing upon itself the wrath of all Christendom.” Despite his advances in upholding treaties, in his second term the question of the Black Hills had turned him to the same policies he had derided.

In late January, a telegram from the US Indian Agent at Standing Rock reached the president, saying that his requests to extend the deadline had been repeatedly denied despite that travel in the midst of winter was impossible. He noted that any God-fearing, decent man would be reasonable rather than start a war, and Grant felt his spark of conscious. The Whiskey Ring scandal that had implicated his secretary Orville E. Babcock had destroyed Grant’s popularity among Republicans, and he decided that acting in favor of the Indians could not do any more damage, saying famously, “If I’m going to be unpopular, I might as well do the right thing.”

In spring of 1876, the majority of the Indians came to their reservations as had been agreed. Sheridan and Crook were allowed to mop up the stragglers and then ordered to maintain some kind of peace amid the Indians and the swarms of prospectors centering on Deadwood. Methods of herding the remaining buffalo were organized by the Sioux and government agents, who finally were able to work a deal for the Northern Pacific Railroad giving the Indians a toll based on transport. When the gold began to give out, the prospectors deserted, and the Sioux gradually came back into control over much of the area. Conservationist Theodore Roosevelt hunted the buffalo in 1893, and his political actions back East helped give funding to rebuilding the Northern Buffalo Herd, which had been barely saved from the extinction that had struck the Southern.

Despite decades more of politics and needless violence, the White and Native Americans gradually learned to live alongside one another, perhaps best exemplified by the peaceful demonstrations at Wounded Knee in 1890 where invited government officials understood the severity of breaking up the Great Sioux Reservation and determined to honor the previous treaty.

In reality, the request for an extension was firmly denied. The Great Sioux War began, leading to nearly double the casualties of American soldiers as Sioux (such as in the disastrous Battle of Little Bighorn), but firmly establishing the US Army’s control over the Indians. The buffalo were systematically eradicated, leaving the Native Americans no choice but to depend upon the Federal Agencies for supplies. Policies of assimilation continued for decades on the reservations, especially after the cultural misunderstanding of the Ghost Dance that led to the Massacre at Wounded Knee.