Another food company is pledging to remove artificial dyes from its products, with General Mills being the latest to respond to a request from the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
In a company statement, the cereal giant said it would remove Food and Drug Administration approved artificial dyes from
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The U.S. food industry is firmly opposing Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s aggressive effort to eliminate artificial dyes, following his March 10 meeting with executives from major companies like PepsiCo, Kraft Heinz and General Mills.
As U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary, Kennedy demanded that companies remove dyes from their products
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The CDC says an outbreak of Salmonella Infantis infections traced to Gold Medal flour is over. The outbreak sickened people from coast to coast.
A total of 14 people were confirmed as patients in the outbreak. They lived in 13 states and three required hospitalization. Illnesses started on dates ranging
Continue Reading Outbreak traced to flour declared over but the danger continues because of long shelf life
The FDA is working on tracing the source of a Salmonella Entertidis outbreak linked to cookie dough from Papa Murphy’s pizza restaurants. It has not been reported if the cookie dough is made at individual restaurants or bought from a third-party supplier.
The announcement of the outbreak on May 23
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The Food and Drug Administration has officially linked a Salmonella Infantis outbreak to Gold Medal flour produced by General Mills.
The company recalled certain flour products on April 28 because of Salmonella Infantis contamination but did not mention the outbreak in its recall notice. The company did not report how
Continue Reading Gold Medal flour officially linked to Salmonella outbreak stretching from coast to coast
General Mills is recalling 2-, 5- and 10-pound bags of its Gold Medal Unbleached and Bleached All Purpose Flour after sampling found Salmonella contamination. The FDA is currently investigating an outbreak linked to flour, but it has not been announced whether this recall is related to the outbreak.
The presence
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General Mills of Golden Valley, MN is recalling certain “dipz” Lunch Blox products because of potential Salmonella contamination.
The products were distributed in California, Georgia, Louisiana, Michigan, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania and Texas.
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The FDA has logged more than 500 complaints of “adverse events” related to a “dry cereal” in an investigation of an ongoing outbreak.
Although the agency does not name the cereal in its outbreak table, it has previously confirmed to Food Safety News that it is investigating complaints about Lucky
Continue Reading Reports of problems with cereal continue to rise; other outbreak investigations ongoing
The FDA is investigating more than 200 “adverse events” related to an unnamed dry cereal. In recent days reports from across the country regarding illnesses linked to Lucky Charms cereal have been filed with government agencies and the iwaspoisoned.com website.
The reports include vomiting, diarrhea and other gastrointestinal symptoms. The
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The Food and Drug Administration is investigating reports of illnesses possibly linked to Lucky Charms cereal, but little information is available yet.
Hundreds of consumers have reported illnesses after eating the General Mills breakfast cereal according to the iwaspoisoned.com website operator Patrick Quade. The reports include gastrointestinal symptoms. Quade said
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