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Costco Posts Cookie Dough Recall

October 31, 2019 by foodsafeguru

Costco posted the following recall on its website. Nestlé USA is recalling recalling ready-to-bake refrigerated Nestlé®Toll House CookieDough 80oz tubs. The items involved are Chocolate Chip 80oz tubs with the unit UPC of 50000-00934and Chocolate Chip Lovers 80oz tub with the UPC of 50000-79587. This recall is due to the potential presence of food-grade rubber […]

Kirkland Signature Frozen Three Berry Blend Recalled for Hep A

June 12, 2019 by foodsafeguru

Townsend Farms, Inc. has notified Costco that a recent FDA test indicated that a domestic conventional frozen blackberry product manufactured by Townsend Farms, Inc., may be contaminated with Hepatitis A. Townsend Farms, Inc. used the domestic conventional frozen blackberry to manufacture the Kirkland Signature Three Berry Blend product with Best By Dates between February 16, […]

Fresh fruit Recalled for Listeria

January 24, 2019 by foodsafeguru

Jac. Vandenberg, Inc. of Yonkers, New York is recalling 1,727 cartons of Fresh Peaches, 1,207 cartons of Fresh Nectarines and 365 cartons of Fresh Plums because they have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The Fresh Peaches, Fresh Nectarines and Fresh Plums were distributed in Alabama, California, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, […]

20,446 pounds of Chicken Skewers at Costco Recalled

August 23, 2017 by foodsafeguru

Expresco Foods, Inc., a Montréal, Québec, Canada, is recalling approximately 20,446 pounds of imported chicken skewer products that may be adulterated with Listeria monocytogenes. The fully cooked chicken skewer items were packaged on August 9 and 15, 2017. The following products are subject to recall: •1.31-lb. packages of “WEST END CUISINE GRILLED MEDITERRANEAN STYLE CHICKEN […]

Costco posts gift baskets Recall

December 20, 2016 by foodsafeguru

The following recall has been posted on the Costco website. HOUDINI INC. RECALLS BLUE CHEESE SAVORY TWISTS, 7 OZ BOX BECAUSE OF POSSIBLE HEALTH RISK. Houdini Inc., Fullerton, California is recalling limited quantities of Blue Cheese Savory Twists, 7 oz box after the FDA found traces of Salmonella at the manufacturing facility of the ingredient […]

Chicken Salad sold at Costco prompts Health Alert

October 11, 2016 by foodsafeguru

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing a public health alert due to concerns about illnesses caused by Salmonella that may be associated with a chicken salad product sold from Costco Store #1190, in Lynwood, Washington. The chicken salad item for this public health alert was produced Aug. 26 […]

In US, only half are aware of food waste as a problem

August 18, 2016 by foodsafeguru

By Megan Scudellari An appalling amount of perfectly edible food goes straight from our kitchens into the trash. Retailers and restaurants are often blamed for excessive food waste, yet according to the US Department of Agriculture, consumers are primarily responsible: In 2010, consumers threw away two-thirds of the 133 billion pounds of uneaten food that […]