The Del Monte recall involving “vegetable trays with fresh broccoli, cauliflower, celery sticks, carrots and dill dip” is still going strong, and now reports from the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention claim the outbreak of “cyclosporiasis has sickened 212 people in four states since May.” Of those infected, seven have been hospitalized.
Buyer beware, another recall was recently issued over Salmonella contamination concerns. According to a recall notice issued by Blissful Remedies, packages of its kratom capsules tested positive for Salmonella. This isn’t the first kratom product to be recalled as of late. In fact, nearly “199 people from 41 states have been infected in an ongoing Salmonella outbreak traced to kratom products, with 38 percent of the ill people having been hospitalized,” according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
W.A.T.C.H. Warns Parents Against Potential Hazards of Summer Toys
If you enjoy the occasional ham sandwich made with Land O’Frost ham, you may want to double check the package in your refrigerator. According to a new recall issued by Madisonville, Kentucky-based Land O’Frost Inc., nearly 4,944 pounds of its ham products have been recalled “because of incorrect package labeling, resulting in misbranding.”
If you’re a history buff then you probably already know that the Nazis were tinkering with a secret program throughout World War II to construct flying saucers. While the program never actually took off, a model toy company, Revell, recently “released a set in Germany that makes it look like one of the Nazi saucers actually worked.” Understandably, historians aren’t too pleased and a recall has now been issued for the flying saucers toys.
Kellogg’s Cereal the Latest on the Health Hazard Recall List
Earlier this month Del Monte issued a recall of three batches of fresh-cut vegetables after it was discovered that the products are “linked to a parasite that has caused 78 people across four states to fall ill.” According to the recall notice, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) confirmed that the specific contaminated products include “broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, celery, and dip.” So far many of the consumers who ate the recalled products “fell ill with the cyclospora parasite.”
For your Father’s Day cookout this Sunday, you may want to skip the pre-cut melon. According to a recent recall issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), certain containers of pre-cut melon has “been linked to a Salmonella outbreak” that has already sickened more than 60 people throughout eight states.
Late last week, the USDA issued an announcement that Tyson Foods was recalling more than 3,000 pounds of it’s frozen, breaded chicken products over concerns that it “may be contaminated with extraneous materials, specifically blue and clear soft plastic.”
Strollers are a commonly found item in households with babies and small children, and just recently a recall was issued for a particular kind of stroller that should have parents on alert. The strollers included in the recall are the “US model of Jané Muum strollers.” According to the Consumer Protection Safety Commission (CPSC), the recalled strollers violate the federal Stroller and Carriage standard.” Additionally, the strollers are deemed hazardous at the moment because an “infant can pass through the opening between the stroller armrest and the seat bottom and his/her head and neck can become entrapped by the armrest.”