Not only are single-cup coffee machines singularly expensive (and bad for the environment) but they can burn you, too! The U.S. Consumer Product Commission today has announced a recall of more than a million Tassimo Single Cup Coffee Makers due to burn hazards. more ›

More bad news for area burritos: Tyson Fresh Meats is recalling over 40,000 pounds of ground beef in 16 different states, including New York, after the USDA discovered E. coli in a regularly scheduled test of the meat. According to NY1, the company is specifically pulling "10 pound packages of chuck ground beef," so everyone celebrating the 4th of July in December should be extra vigilant. more ›

If you recently picked up some cilantro before hopping on the PATH you may want to double check the label. California-based Pacific Cilantro is recalling 6,141 cartons of its cilantro (or "coriander" if you're a Herb) after the FDA found salmonella in a sample. NBC reports that no illnesses have been recorded, and that the cilantro is being pulled from six other states besides New Jersey. more ›

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. more ›

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. more ›

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? more ›

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. more ›

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. more ›

This just seems like it could get messy: a pharmaceutical company which specializes in generic drugs is recalling 1.4 million packages of birth control pills. And while there are no immediate health risks to women who have taken pills with the "packaging error," you may be in store for an unexpected surprise: "The unintended consequence of pregnancy is really the issue. That's why the company took a drastic action," said spokesman Kevin Wiggins. That seems pretty bad, but at least there's nothing wrong with our backup Chinese condoms. more ›

Looks like it's another dinner of Amy's 3 Cheese Pizza with Cornmeal Crust tonight, for the usually fine folks at Kashi have recalled 11,000 cases of frozen pizzas due to possible plastic fragments found in an ingredient. The plastic pieces are small, but they still run the risk of injuring Kashi pizza consumers—though one assumes their notoriously sophisticated palates would immediately detect the plastic before they even started chewing. more ›

If over the last few years you've been frustrated when trying to find information on the FDA's website about whatever is being recalled this week we've got good news. Because of the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act signed by President Obama in January, the agency has been compelled to create a new, searchable, tabular website to track all of the recalls under its purview. Which means if you want to obsess about what foods, drugs, and medical devices you don't want to be using, this site is for you. more ›

First they recall our Skippy peanut butter and now they take away our hazelnuts? After seven cases of E. coli were reported in Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin a California-based company (DeFranco & Sons) has voluntarily recalled a number of its in-shell hazelnut and mixed-nut products. So far no deaths have been connected to the contaminated nuts, but three people have been hospitalized according to the CDC. more ›

Nooooooo! Unilever America has announced a recall of Skippy® Reduced Fat Creamy Peanut Butter Spread and Skippy® Reduced Fat Super Chunk Peanut Butter Spread, because the products may be contaminated with Salmonella. The product was distributed in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, among other states. What a way to kick off National Peanut Month. more ›

What's Christmas without eggnog, and what's eggnog without nutmeg? It's like A Charlie Brown Christmas without the crappy tree, Die Hard without the Rickman. But it looks like we're just going to have to cancel Christmas this year, because the FDA has announced that Salmonella has been found in two nutmeg products that both been on the shelves at Whole Foods. more ›

After hitting eggs and alfalfa sprouts, 2010's salmonella outbreak has made its way into the city's meat. The New York State Department of Agriculture has issued a recall on ground beef sold in bulk at Manhattanville's Hamilton Corner Meat Market on September 7th, after a food inspector found evidence of the bacterial in a sample. There have been no reports of anyone getting sick (yet), but officials suggest customers who bought the ground beef either return it or throw it away. more ›

Four milk brands sold in New York and other nearby states are participating in a voluntary recall. The brands are Midland Farms, Corrado's Market, Jersey Dairy Farms and Trade Fair Premium. All those companies sell milk produced at the Midland Farms plant, located in Menands, New York, where yesterday, according to a press release, inspectors found "a failure of pasteurization equipment at the Menands milk plant. While the recalled products have not been found to be contaminated with any harmful pathogens, the company is voluntarily recalling all production as a precautionary measure." more ›

It's the summer of the recall! First eggs and alfalfa sprouts, and now cheese. A Williamsburg cheese manufacturer—who says, “If you’ve eaten Mexican food here, you’ve eaten our cheese"—recalled two products after bacteria was found in them, according to the Brooklyn Paper. The bacteria was discovered by the Rhode Island Health Department, who believed it could grow into “Listeria monocytogene," which can be serious, or even fatal for the very young and old. more ›

You've likely heard about the FDA's recall on eggs by now, but the Salmonella scare has now reached the beloved alfalfa sprout as well! Specifically, alfalfa sprouts packaged at Snow White Food Products... located at 621 Bergen Street in Brooklyn. Dun dun dun. The New York State Agriculture Commissioner, Patrick Hooker, alerted consumers of the recall today, noting a presence of Salmonella was found. more ›

A 2006-2008 salmonella outbreak in many eastern states is being linked to some dry pet food, according to FDA data. The outbreak sickened 79 people, over half of whom were ages two and under. But don't worry, the kids weren't actually eating the dry food—just touching it and then putting their fingers in their mouths. more ›

Campbell Soup is recalling approximately 15 million pounds of "SpaghettiOs with Meatballs" due to possible under-processing of the meat. The nasty SpaghettiOs in question were canned between December 2008 and June 2010, and the problem is believed to have been caused by one of the cookers at the company's Paris, Texas, plant, which malfunctioned and left the meat undercooked. You're going to want to stay away from SpaghettiOs with Meatballs, SpaghettiOs A to Z with Meatballs, and even that variety of SpaghettiOs Fun Shapes with Meatballs with pasta in the shape of characters from the Disney film Cars! So our weekend's pretty much shot. more ›

The AP reports, "General Motors is recalling about 1.5 million vehicles worldwide to address a problem with a heated windshield wiper fluid system that could lead to a fire. The recall affects several pickup trucks, sport utility vehicles and passenger car models from the 2006 to 2009 model years." GM will disable the module and "pay owners and those leasing vehicles $100 since the feature is being disabled." GM had a recall in 2008 for the same problem; the new recall was issued after new reports of fires emerged. more ›

An understudy actress for the Broadway show "Wicked" is suing Bayer pharmaceuticals, claiming the birth control pill Yasmin caused her to have a stroke at age 27. The suit claims Bayer knew Yasmin had a greater risk of stroke than other pills, but withheld the information from patients. Brenda Hamilton told the Post, "I'm pretty angry that this happened to me...It shouldn't happen to any woman just because they take birth-control pills." more ›

Is YOUR child drinking Tang from his favorite Shrek-themed drinking glass right now? If so, you may be dooming him to soft bones and failed kidneys, because these glasses are laced with cadmium, which is used as pigmentation on the outside of the glasses. McDonald's has already sold 7 million of these bad boys, and now they're recalling every last one. But the company insists there's no real danger, they're just playing it safe. more ›

Shredded romaine lettuce from Freshway Foods is believed to have caused 19 confirmed cases of E. coli illnesses in Michigan, Ohio, and New York. 12 people have been hospitalized, and three now have a potentially life threatening complication called hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS). With HUS, your body’s blood-clotting mechanisms are altered, causing blocked circulation or bleeding in the brain or kidneys, according to the FDA. more ›

Though cops ruled out driver error as a possibility for last week's Prius crash in Westchester, Toyota took it upon themselves to inspect the vehicle and said that could still be the case. A Toyota spokesman told the Post, "In all of our hybrids, when you step on the brake pedal the engine automatically returns to idle, even if the accelerator pedal would be nailed to the floor." Well, at least that's what should happen. Instead, over 300,000 Prius hybrids are being recalled due to faulty brakes. more ›

With millions of cars recalled, Toyota has played the model apologist, but new documents suggest the auto giant has been putting profit before safety. In papers released today, company officials boast about having saved $100 million by bargaining with the government to recall only a limited number of floor mats in Camrys and Lexuses. It also lists millions saved "by delaying safety regulations, avoiding defect investigations and slowing down other industry requirements," according to the Daily News. more ›

At least twelve children had fingers cut off by Maclaren strollers before the company announced in November a "voluntary recall" of all their strollers sold since 1999. None of those 12 were in NYC, but earlier this month it was revealed that a Brooklyn child has joined their unhappy ranks. The parents of Shannon Windram, who was 2½ at the time of the accident in March 2004, have filed the first NYC lawsuit against Maclaren. And now the Sunset Park family has shared their traumatic experience with the media. more ›

Today Toyota made official its recall of over 400,000 hybrid cars. Meanwhile a Queens man says he felt the affects of automaker's widespread pedal problems first-hand when his out-of-control Camry hit two other cars yesterday, ending up on the steps of a synagogue. "It's quite obvious—I blame Toyota," said Gerald Silver. more ›

Following up its sad, grayscale Superbowl ad, on Tuesday Toyota is expected to announce a recall of 300,000 Prius hybrids with faulty brakes. Japan's Kyodo News broke the news, which has not been confirmed by Toyota. In the U.S. at least 100 drivers have complained that their anti-lock breaks freeze momentarily on bumpy roads, reports the AP, and four accidents are suspected to have been caused by the defect. Last week, the U.S. Government pledged to investigate. If the recall goes through, it will affect drivers of the latest Prius model, who bought their cars after May of last year. Already this year the automaker has recalled over 7 million cars around the world. more ›

Don't call it a recall (yet), but the U.S. government is launching an investigation into braking issues that 2010 Toyota Priuses may have. After the Japanese government ordered Toyota to look into the problem, the car manufacturer issued a statement, "In certain 2010 model year Prius vehicles, Toyota has received reports that some customers have experienced inconsistent brake feel when the vehicle is driven over potholes, bumps or slippery road surfaces. Toyota is currently in the process of confirming these reports and investigating the vehicle driving conditions under which the reported phenomenon occurs. It would be premature to comment until the investigation has been completed." more ›