A collection of supermarket chains pledged on Wednesday not to sell a breed of salmon slated to become the first genetically engineered (GE) animal to reach store shelves. The companies, including Whole Foods, Trader Joe’s and Aldi, together comprise more than 2,000 retail store locations – a little more than 5 percent of the total… Continue Reading
Grocery giant Whole Foods Market will require all foods that contain genetically modified organisms (GMOs) sold in its U.S. and Canadian stores to be labeled as such by 2018. This puts the company in the position of being the first grocery chain in the United States to set a deadline for GMO labeling. “We are putting… Continue Reading
Whole Foods Market is recalling an additional lot code (for a total of two lot codes) of Whole Catch Wild Alaskan Sockeye Salmon which were sold in stores in 18 states, because it may contain Listeria Monocytogenes, an organism which can cause a sometimes fatal infection in young children, frail or elderly people, and others… Continue Reading
A panel of business leaders in the natural foods industry — included executives at Whole Foods Market and Amy’s Kitchen — took to their phones on Thursday in a conference call to reporters in support of California’s Proposition 37 to require the labeling of products containing genetically modified (GM) foods. Since consumers determined to avoid… Continue Reading
Whole Foods Market has recalled 3oz peanut butter cookies and 3oz peanut butter chocolate chunk cookies sold in its self-serve pastry case, and mini peanut butter cookies sold in 12-pack paper bags due to possible Salmonella contamination in the peanut butter used as an ingredient. The recalled cookies were sold before Sept. 29, 2012 in… Continue Reading
Whole Foods Market is recalling ricotta salata sold at its stores because the product was recalled earlier this week after it was connected to an ongoing multistate Listeria outbreak. Whole Foods announced the voluntary recall Wednesday after its supplier — Forever Cheese Inc. of Long Island City, New York — recalled its Ricotta Salata Frescolina… Continue Reading
Whole Foods Market says people who have an allergy or sensitivity to walnuts should not eat certain Mini Chocolate Chip Cookies, which are being recalled due to a labeling error in which walnuts were left off the ingredient list. No adverse reactions have been reported. The recalled cookies were sold at Whole Foods Market stores… Continue Reading
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and Whole Foods Market Inc. are warning people with allergies to pine nuts not to eat certain quiche mislabeled as Spinach Mushroom, because the quiche is actually Spinach Pine Nut. Because of the labeling error, pine nuts are not listed as an ingredient. There have been no reported… Continue Reading
Whole Foods Market has recalled certain Pumpkin Bundt Cakes because the cream cheese contains milk, an allergen not listed on the label. No adverse reactions have been reported. The recalled 3 oz.and 26. oz. Pumpkin Bundt Cakes were made in Whole Foods Market store bakeries and sold at stores in Fresno, Monterey, San Rafael, San… Continue Reading
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has sued Whole Foods Market Group to reinstate a former employee who was allegedly fired for reporting health concerns regarding a raw sewage spillage at its Miami Beach store. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, resulted from… Continue Reading
Natural foods giant Whole Foods issued an action alert asking its customers to tell the U.S. Department of Agriculture they support coexistence between genetically-engineered (GE) and non-GE crops. The Austin, Texas-based company–which now has stores in 38 states, the District of Columbia, Canada, and the U.K–emailed the action alert to its listserv on Friday. The… Continue Reading