Category: Recalls

If you've visited McDonalds recently with your kids you are going to want to read on. The fast food restaurant issued a massive recall - 2.3 million Happy Meal toys. It's for their latest toy - a Hello Kitty Birthday Lollipop (wow, first the controversy over whether she really is a cat and now this). Components of…

More than 31,600 pounds of breaded chicken products have been recalled by Pennsylvania-based food company Murry's Inc.  The chicken may be contaminated with Staphyloccal bacteria. Symptoms can begin 30 minutes after eating a contaminated food item and can last one to three days. The symptoms include nausea, vomiting, stomach cramps and diarrhea. The recalled products…

The US Food and Drug administration announced a massive baby wipes recall. Nutek Disposables, Inc. has issued a voluntary product recall of their baby wipes under the brand names: Cuties, Diapers.com, Femtex, Fred's, Kidgets, Member's Mark, Simply Right, Sunny Smiles, Tender Touch and Well Beginnings. The products were sold at Walgreens, Sam's Club, Family Dollar,…

First it was nut-butter for a Salmonella scareand now it’s packaged Caesar salad kits – but this time it’s for possible Listeria contamination. The salad kits were sold nationwide atSam’s Club stores. Although two salad kits tested positive for listeria, no illnesses have been reported. Note – listeria can have an incubation period as long as two months. Listeria can primarily affects pregnant women and their newborns, older adults and people with …

Before you make a peanut butter sandwich, check your bottle. nSpired Natural Foods Inc. is voluntarily recalling peanut, almond and other nut butters due to a fear of potential salmonella contamination. The products (in glass and plastic jars) includeArrowhead Mills Peanut Butters, MaraNatha Almond Butters and Peanut Butters and specific private label nut butters sold under the Trader Joe’s, Whole Foods, Kroger and Safeway brands. The recalled nut butters includethe following products …