Craisins, which for years have battled an inferiority complex against raisins, suffered another blow to their reputation this weekend, when manufacturer Ocean Spray announced a recall of thousands of bags due to "the possible presence of very small hair-like metal fragments." The fragments, like the dried cranberries themselves, will do nothing to enhance your salad-eating experience.
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Craisin Crisis! Dried Fruit Recalled Due To "Hair-Like Metal Fragments"
Smuckers Recalls Tons Of Chunky Salmonella Peanut Butter
Is no peanut butter sacred?! Months after two kinds of Skippy were recalled, fellow PB giant Smuckers is recalling thousands of jars of its Smucker’s Natural Peanut Butter Chunky because of possible salmonella contamination.
Salmonella-Infused Chicken Livers Sicken 56 Around NYC
If you're a classic Jewish deli food fan, watch out for all the MealMart Kosher Broiled Chicken Livers floating around out there—they're probably infected with salmonella. First smoked salmon, now this—are no appetizings safe in this world?
Salmonella With Your Salad? Lettuce Mix Recalled In NY
NO SALAD IS SAFE, SHEEPLE! Earlier this month, romaine lettuce from California was recalled due to listeria concerns, and today, the salad sabotage continues, with the news that bagged salad mix might be tainted with salmonella.
The Latest Food Scare: Tainted Romaine Lettuce Traveling Across The Country
Here's a handy excuse to avoid eating your vegetables: romaine lettuce is being recalled from 21 states over concerns that the greens are tainted with listeria, which you may recall as the same deadly bacteria found in cantaloupes last week.
Brooklyn Factory Recalls Dumplings Tainted With...Milk
Watch out, cheap eaters: a Brooklyn company has recalled 11,000 lbs of dumplings because they may contain a nefarious undeclared allergen—milk.
Whole Foods Pulls Real Housewife's Potentially Toxic Drink From Shelves
Whole Foods has pulled the plug on ex-Real Housewife of NYC/bare-naked diet guru Bethenny Frankel's Skinnygirl Margarita, which contains a potentially carcinogenic preservative.
Papaya King Having A Hard Time Getting Papayas These Days
Woe is Papaya King: the beloved hot dog chain can't get a hold of their namesake fruit, thanks to a salmonella outbreak in fresh papayas from Mexico. Curses, food-borne bacteria! First you threaten to destroy brunch, and now this?!
Smoked Salmon Recalled, Will Brunch Ever Be The Same?!
If there's one thing New Yorkers love, it's brunch. And if there's one ingredient integral to brunch, it's smoked salmon. On a bagel with schmear, on an English muffin with poached eggs, or straight-up on an appetizing platter, the pink stuff is integral to any Sunday morning. But beware! More than 8,000 individually wrapped packages of smoked salmon across the country are being recalled due to listeria concerns.
Scientists Baffled After Bean Sprouts Cleared Of E. Coli Accusations
Another day, another twist in the ongoing deadly E. coli outbreak across Europe: first, everyone blamed Spain and their dirty cucumbers, but then, it looked like German bean sprouts were going to be culprit. Until today, when the test results came back and cleared the bean sprouts from wrongdoing.
Killer Bean Sprouts Suspected As Cause Of E. Coli In Europe, Cucumbers Innocent
A "super-toxic" strain of E. coli bacteria has been traveling across Europe for the past week, killing 22 people and sickening thousands more. Although fingers were initially pointed at cucumbers imported from Spain, it now appears that German-grown bean sprouts are likely the culprit instead.
16 Dead After Killer Cucumbers Attack Europe
Deadly E. coli bacteria linked to contaminated cucumbers is claiming lives in Europe, where today a 16th victim was reported dead, including the first person outside of Germany. Over a thousand other patients across Europe are also reeling from the outbreak, which is one of the largest to ever hit the continent.
Survey: Americans Don't Trust Food
According to a new survey [pdf] from Deloitte of 1,050 consumers, 73 percent of people are more concerned about the food they eat than they were five years ago. Food Safety News makes the leap that this means that "distrust between the food industry and consumers is growing." However, is that a problem?
Science Proves Costanza Wrong on Double Dipping
A study to be published later this year in the Journal of Food Safety proves that George Costanza’s cavalier method of double dipping his chip is, in fact, “like putting your whole mouth right in the dip.” For those who may have missed the Seinfeld episode or somehow not seen it reenacted at every party serving dip since it aired in 1993, we’ve posted the scene below. Suffice it to say that Costanza’s preferred dipping style involves dipping his chip in dip, taking a bite, and then going back for more dip with the half-eaten chip.
FDNY: Don't Deep Fry Your Turkey Inside!
We love timely tips from the FDNY! The Fire Department is reminding New Yorkers that deep-frying turkeys is very, very dangerous. Why? Well, the fryers easily tip over and many fryers don't have automatic temperature control. Also, "oil may spill from the fryer onto the burner causing a fire." Underwriters Laboratories has a video of what can go wrong during turkey deep-frying and it is insane. It does seem like there's at least one deep-fried...
Mystery Meat Crackdown
No, not on that mystery meat they served you in the school cafeteria, but on illegal meat being sold in stores. The AP is reporting that the New York State Division of Food Safety and Inspection has stepped up efforts to prevent illicit meats from being distributed and sold. The problem, according to the Division of Food Safety, is that many markets acquire meats from unregulated sources and sell them to the city's immigrant populations.
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