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USDA~ FSN ~ FDA ~ April 2026 -Recalls – Food Safety Alerts – Previous Month & last day of prior month update

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** Salmonella outbreak continues with 68 confirmed patients

The FDA is continuing to investigate an outbreak of Salmonella Newport infections that has sickened at least 68 people. The outbreak was first reported by the Food and Drug Administration

** Outbreaks fall in Hong Kong in 2025 Illness after eating oysters continues to be a problem

** Spanish scientists investigate outbreaks affecting children Testing indicated high concentrations of biogenic amines

** The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing a public health alert for raw beef and pork products due to misbranding and an undeclared allergen. The products may contain sesame, a known allergen, which is not declared on the product label. A recall was not requested because the products are no longer available for purchase.

The raw beef and pork items were produced from December 1, 2025, through April 6, 2026. The following products are subject to the public health alert [view labels]:

1.5-lb. clear plastic containers with safety lids containing “QUALITY MEAT SKY RANCH PREMIUM PROVISIONS MARINATED BEEF RIBEYE ROLL /BULGOGI” with “SELL BY” dates of “DEC.11.25” through “APR.16.26”.
1.5-lb. clear plastic containers with safety lids containing “QUALITY MEAT SKY RANCH PREMIUM PROVISIONS MARINATED PORK TENDERIZED CT BUTT” with “SELL BY” dates of “DEC.11.25” through “APR.16.26”.
1.5-lb. clear plastic containers with safety lids containing “QUALITY MEAT SKY RANCH PREMIUM PROVISIONS MARINATED BEEF SLICED SHORT RIBS /LA STYLE” with “SELL BY” dates of “DEC.11.25” through “APR.16.26”.
1.5-lb. clear plastic containers with safety lids containing “QUALITY MEAT SKY RANCH PREMIUM PROVISIONS MRN PORK SINGLE BELLY CHOP / JUMULLEOK” with “SELL BY” dates of “DEC.11.25” through “APR.16.26”.

The products bear establishment number “EST. 1377” inside the USDA mark of inspection. These items were shipped to Lotte Plaza Market retail locations in Florida, Maryland, New Jersey, and Virginia.

** Tops Issues Recall of Christopher Ranch Peeled Garlic & Garland Fresh Peeled Garlic Because of Possible Health Risk

Tops Friendly Markets of Williamsville, NY is recalling all codes of Christopher Ranch Peeled Garlic and Garland Peeled Garlic because it has the potential to be contaminated with Clostridium botulinum due to the product being kept at insufficient temperatures. Clostridium botulinum is a bacterium Product was distributed through Tops Markets in New York, Pennsylvania, and Vermont. The recalled products are identified as follows:

Garland Fresh Peeled Garlic, 6 oz., packed in plastic bags with a UPCs of 71894-00000 and 68826-75340, all product code dates.

Christopher Ranch Peeled Garlic, 6 oz., packed in plastic bags with UPC 74574-10852 ,all product code dates

** The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing a public health alert for a ground beef product that may be contaminated with foreign material, specifically metal. A recall was not requested because the product is…

Impacted Products

16oz (1 lb.) PLASTIC, VACUUM-PACKED, packages containing “WHITE OAK PASTURES, RADICALLY TRADITIONAL FARMING, GRASSFED GROUND BEEF”.

** The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is retracting the public health alert issued on April 1, 2026, for Walmart Great Value Fully Cooked Dino Shaped Chicken Breast Nuggets with “Best If Used By” date “Feb…

Impacted Products

29-oz. plastic bags containing approx. 36 “GREAT VALUE FULLY COOKED DINO SHAPED CHICKEN BREAST NUGGETS” with “BEST IF USED BY” date “FEB 10 2027,” lot code” 0416DPO1215,” and establishment number “P44164” printed on the back of the bag.

The FDA has issued an Advisory without batch numbers or expiration dates. At the request of the FDA, RAW FARM is issuing a Voluntary Recall of the batches of cheese below and any batches produced prior to these dates.

Item	Item Description	Batch	Expiration	Barcode
1050	8 oz Lightly Salted Cheddar Block	20251027-2	8/23/2026	835204001177
1060	80 oz Lightly Salted Cheddar Block	20251015-4	8/11/2026	835204001160
1075	16 oz Lightly Salted Cheddar Block	20251027-4	8/23/2026	835204000156
1076	80 oz Bag of Original Cheddar Shred	20260205	5/6/2026	835204000194
1078	16 oz Jalapeno Cheddar Block	20251128-1J	9/24/2026	835204000354
1080	8 oz Lightly Salted Cheddar Shred	20260212	5/13/2026	835204001184
1090	8 oz Jalapeno Cheddar Block	20251128-2J	9/24/2026	835204000330

** FSIS Issues Public Health Alert For Frozen, Dinosaur-Shaped, Ready-To-Eat Chicken Nuggets Due To Traces Of Lead

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing a public health alert for frozen, dinosaur-shaped, ready-to-eat chicken nuggets that may be contaminated with unsafe levels of lead. A recall was not requested because the products are no longer available for purchase. However, FSIS is concerned that some products may still be in consumers’ freezers.

** Microbial contamination tops reasons for recalls in Finland

Microbial contamination was the leading cause of Finnish recalls in 2025. There were 299 recalls in Finland this past year, down slightly from 305 in 2024.

** FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – March 19, 2026– West Sacramento, CA, Gear Isle is voluntarily recalling the following products to the consumer level. The products have been found to contain undeclared active pharmaceutical ingredients, sildenafil and tadalafil.

Gold Lion Aphrodisiac Chocolate Sachet, UPC 795847916279, LOT# no lot number, Expires: 06/2027 ilum Sex Chocolate, UPC 1002448578911, LOT# no lot number, Expires: 12/25/2027.

** The E. coli O157:H7 outbreak linked to raw cheddar cheese from Raw Farm LLC continues to grow. Out of nine cases so far, more than half are in children younger than 5 years old. Although the FDA has reported that raw milk cheese from Raw Farm dairy is the most likely source of the bacteria, the company has refused to recall its product.

** Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. falsely claimed that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has closed the “GRAS loophole” during a podcast, according to the New York Times. GRAS stands for “generally recognized as safe.” The process allows food companies to self-affirm the safety of additives and other substances without a review by the FDA. A 2013 Pew Charitable Trusts study estimated that 3,000 GRAS substances have evaded FDA review.

** Costco recalls meatloaf meals because of Salmonella

** Organic black beans recalled because of pesticide residue

Falcon Trading Company Inc. is recalling organic black bean products because they contain pesticide residue. The Royal Oaks, CA, company is recalling the three items listed below. Because these items

** Cheese recalled in Canada because of Listeria contamination

Auricchio brand Gorgonzola D.O.P dolce is being recalled in Canada because of contamination with Listeria monocytogenes. This recall was triggered by Canadian Food Inspection Agency test results.

** Recalls Organic black beans recalled because of pesticide residue

Falcon Trading Company Inc. is recalling organic black bean products because they contain pesticide residue. The Royal Oaks, CA, company is recalling the three items listed below. Falcon Trading Company, Inc. of Royal Oaks CA is recalling the three items listed below. Because these items are sold in bulk, the lot numbers can be mixed in the sales bin. Therefore, we are recalling all lot numbers of the following items:

FTC item # 003040 Black Organic, UPC 086700930403, 25 Pound sack
SRF item # 003056 Chili Bean Blend Organic, UPC 086700030561, 15 Pound Box
SRF item # 013000 soup Mix Organic, UPC 086700130001, 25 Pound Box

There have been no illnesses reported to date.

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on this day … 4/12 1864 – Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest captured Fort Pillow, in Tennessee and slaughters the black Union troops there.

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1096 – Peter the Hermit gathered his army in Cologne.

1204 – The Fourth Crusade sacked Constantinople.

1606 – England adopted the original Union Jack as its flag.

1770 – The British Parliament repealed the Townsend Acts.

1782 – The British navy won its only naval engagement against the colonists in the American Revolution at the Battle of Saints, off Dominica.

1799 – Phineas Pratt patented the comb cutting machine.

1811 – The first colonists arrived at Cape Disappointment, Washington.

1833 – Charles Gaylor patented the fireproof safe.

1861 – Fort Sumter was shelled by the Confederacy, starting America’s Civil War.

1864 – Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest captured Fort Pillow, in Tennessee and slaughters the black Union troops there.

1877 – A catcher’s mask was used in a baseball game for the first time by James Alexander Tyng.

1892 – Voters in Lockport, New York, became the first in the U.S. to use voting machines.

1905 – The Hippodrome opened in New York City.

1911 – Pierre Prier completed the first non-stop London-Paris flight in three hours and 56 minutes.

1916 – American cavalrymen and Mexican bandit troops clashed at Parrel, Mexico.

1927 – The British Cabinet came out in favor of women voting rights.

1934 – F. Scott Fitzgerald novel “Tender Is the Night” was first published.

1938 – The first U.S. law requiring a medical test for a marriage license was enacted in New York.

1944 – The U.S. Twentieth Air Force was activated to begin the strategic bombing of Japan.

1945 – In New York, the organization of the first eye bank, the Eye Bank for Sight Restoration, was announced.

1945 – U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt died in Warm Spring, GA. He died of a cerebral hemorrhage at the age of 63. Harry S Truman became president.

1955 – The University of Michigan Polio Vaccine Evaluation Center announced that the polio vaccine of Dr. Jonas Salk was “safe, effective and potent.”

1961 – Soviet Yuri Alexeyevich Gagarin became first man to orbit the Earth.

1963 – Police used dogs and cattle prods on peaceful civil rights demonstrators in Birmingham, AL.

1969 – Lucy and Snoopy of the comic strip “Peanuts” made the cover of “Saturday Review.”

1981 – The space shuttle Columbia blasted off from Cape Canaveral, FL, on its first test flight.

1982 – The British Navy began enforcing a blockade around the Falkland Islands.

1982 – Three CBS employees were shot to death in a New York City parking lot.

1983 – Harold Washington was elected the first black mayor of Chicago.

1984 – Astronauts aboard the space shuttle Challenger made the first satellite repair in orbit by returning the Solar Max satellite to space.

1984 – Israeli troops stormed a bus that had been hijacked the previous evening by four Arab terrorists. All the passengers were rescued and 2 of the hijackers were killed.

1985 – U.S. Senator Jake Garn of Utah became the first senator to fly in space as the shuttle Discovery lifted off from Cape Canaveral, FL.

1985 – In Spain, an explosion in a restaurant near a U.S. base killed 17 people.

1985 – Federal inspectors declared that four animals of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus were not unicorns. They were goats with horns that had been surgically implanted.

1987 – Texaco filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy after it failed to settle a legal dispute with Pennzoil Co.

1988 – Harvard University won a patent for a genetically altered mouse. It was the first patent for a life form.

1988 – The Chinese government named a new array of younger leaders to ensure economic reform.

1989 – In the U.S.S.R, ration cards were issued for the first time since World War II. The ration was prompted by a sugar shortage.

1992 – Disneyland Paris opened in Marne-La-Vallee, France.

1993 – NATO began enforcing a no-fly zone over Bosnia and Herzegovina.

2000 – More than 1,500 anti-drug agents raided four cities in Colombia and arrested 46 members of the “most powerful” heroin ring.

2000 – Robert Cleaves, 71, was convicted of second degree murder and was sentenced to 16 years in prison. Cleaves had repeatedly run over Arnold Guerreiro on September 30, 1998 with his car after the two had an argument.

2000 – Israel’s High Court ordered the release of eight Lebanese detainees that had been held for years without a trial.

2002 – A first edition version of Beatrix Potter’s “Peter Rabbit” sold for $64,780 at Sotheby’s. A signed first edition of J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Hobbit” sold for $66,630. A copy of “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone,” signed by J.K. Rowling sold for $16,660. A 250-piece collection of rare works by Charles Dickens sold for $512,650.

2002 – It was announced that the South African version of “Sesame Street” would be introducing a character that was HIV-positive.

2002 – JCPenney Chairman Allen Questrom rang the opening bell to start the business day at the New York Stock Exchange as part of the company’s centennial celebrations. James Cash (J.C.) Penney opened his first retail store on April 14, 1902.

2012 – The game Candy Crush Saga was released on Facebook.

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Chopped and Screwed

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The saying “drop it lower than chopped and screwed” is associated with a genre of hip-hop music known as chopped and screwed.

For millions of listeners, BTS was the first time they heard anything resembling chopped & screwed — and they didn’t even know it. Reintroduced a regional Black Southern hip‑hop technique to a worldwide audience

Used it in high‑budget, cinematic production

Made it feel modern instead of nostalgic

Connected Houston’s legacy to K‑pop’s global reach. That’s a huge cultural loop.

This technique involves slowing down the tempo of a song to create a hypnotic, drawn-out rhythmic foundation, often emphasizing lyrics and storytelling. It was pioneered by DJ Screw in Houston, who passed in 2000, but the style stayed and became a staple in the hip-hop scene.

The style is characterized by its slow, deep basslines and the manipulation of audio playback, creating a unique sound that resonates with Southern hip-hop culture.

BTS is not doing it in the traditional DJ Screw way — no full 60 BPM slowdown or heavy chopping — but they’re clearly borrowing the aesthetic: