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Cookie Dough Recall: Peanut Allergy Danger Prompts Action. ConAgra Foods has announced an immediate recall of one type of Kroger brand chocolate chip cookie dough, because some peanut butter cup cookie dough was inadvertently mixed in with the chocolate chip cookie dough in some packages. Consuming this product could result in a serious or…

Cyclospora Outbreak Cause Unknown: Texas Hardest Hit Investigators at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) continue to get reports of cyclospora infections, nearly two months after two related cases were reported in Iowa on June 28.  As of Aug. 22, at least 625 people have been infected by the parasite across 22 states….

Dog Bites a Major Problem in Bexar County Every year, more than 5 million people are attacked by animals nationally, with most of those being dog bites. The severity of those bites range from minor cuts or abrasions, to extremely violent and vicious attacks that are serious enough to require hospitalization, rehabilitation and years…

Approximately 9 million people every year suffer from a food borne illness, so the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has come out with a list of the 11 foods that are most likely to make you sick. It’s not that these foods aren’t healthy to eat; under most circumstances, they are nutritious…

Ground Beef E. coli O157:H7 Outbreak: Kansas Based Company Investigated According to a press release from the Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) last week, Liberal, Kansas-based National Beef Packing Co. has issued a recall of at least 50,000 pounds of raw ground beef that may have become contaminated with E….

Salsas Contaminated with Lead:  Unsafe Hot Sauces Found Testing conducted by the University of Nevada at Las Vegas (UNLV) has discovered that at least four brands of salsa imported from Mexico actually contained low levels of lead. Researchers noted that the led levels in these hot sauces were very low, but that any lead…

Frozen Berries Recalled for Hepatitis A Oregon-based Townsend Farms, Inc. has announced a voluntary recall of a number of lots of its frozen Organic Antioxidant Blend, which were sold at Costco under the Townsend Farms brand, and at Harris Teeter under its own in-house brand. It is suspected that these Costco berries cause Hepatitis…

Pizza Recall Due to Sharp Plastic:  Company Issues Food Recall for Frozen Pizza When a consumer eats a frozen pizza, he or she shouldn’t have to worry about being presented with a choking hazard due to shards of plastic mixed in with the cheese and toppings. And yet, that is what some people may…

Deli Meat Listeria Recall: Major Listeria Outbreak in Deli Meats Leads to Recall The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has reported that Manda Packing Co., which is a Baker, Louisiana meat-packer, has recalled more than 20,000 pounds of cooked roast beef deli meat, because of the possibility that it…

Tainted Chicken Forces Recall by United: North Texas Grocery Story Chain Recalls Chicken due to Food Poisoning Worries Texas supermarket chain United Supermarkets recently issued a recall on 13 of its steamed chicken products due to concern over a possible food safety issue with one of its providers. Though a statement issued by the…