Fullei Fresh of Miami is recalling organic bean sprouts because the Florida Department of Agriculture found a potentially deadly bacteria in a package of the fresh sprouts at a retail store.
The company shipped the
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Thrive Market expands recall to include all unexpired lots of nut butters
All unexpired lots of the Thrive Market-branded nut butters were recalled on Jan. 24 because of the potential for contamination with Listeria monocytogenes.
On Jan. 21 a supplier informed Thrive Market that it was issuing
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‘Customer’ finds Listeria in Oskri Organics’ product; recall initiated
Oskri Organics Corp. is recalling tahini butter and sunflower butter, saying a “customer” randomly tested one of the products and found Listeria monocytogenes. Oskri did not indicate whether the customer was a consumer or a
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Second flavor of Inspired Organics butter positive for Listeria; recalled in 12 states
Four days after initiating a recall of organic sunflower butter because of Listeria monocytogenes, Inspired Organics is recalling another of its peanut butter substitutes. This time it’s organic almond butter that has tested positive for
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Inspired Organics recalls sunflower ‘butter’ after positive test for Listeria
A Michigan company is recalling an Inspired Organics peanut butter alternative in the U.S. and Canada because laboratory tests detected Listeria monocytogenes in the product.
Lipari Foods has been distributing the product since April 2018,
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When is a potato washer not a potato washer? When it’s washing cantaloupes
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Food companies have been at the forefront of technological innovation and scientific research and development for decades upon decades. Cursory attention to the items we eat — how those items are grown, sourced, processed,
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Group ranks 160 organic milk brands; says USDA has failed consumers
With the publication of an Organic Dairy Scoreboard, added to its other consumer guides, the 10-year-old Cornucopia Institute is once again telling the public to do some homework before going to the grocery store,
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FDA Commissioner Gottlieb tweets about plans to review some of those labeling claims
Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb is tweeting about his plans “in coming weeks” to “put out more detailed information about what different terms mean on food packaging, to help consumers best use claims
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No quick or easy answers for using raw manure on food crops
Watch children’s first reactions at a dairy farm and you’ll see their hands quickly going up to their faces and their fingers pinching their nostrils shut.
“What’s that awful smell,” they’ll ask the farmer.
For
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Salmonella outbreak over, but CDC says coconut threat lingers
Federal officials say an outbreak of Salmonella traced to dried coconut appears to be over, but they are renewing their public warning about a lingering threat.
Fourteen people across eight states and the District of
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USDA hits the brakes on proposal to set up organic ‘check-off’
Beef has “It’s what’s for dinner.” Pork has “The Other White Meat.” And Dairy has “Milk Does A Body Good.”
The USDA’s “check-off” programs are behind those famous slogans, but you won’t soon be hearing
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