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Walmart Issues Massive Recall For Juice Product Sold In 23 States, Including NY
Apple juice sold at Walmart has been recalled due to high arsenic levels.
The US Food and Drug Administration says 9,535 cases of the company's Great Value brand 100 percent apple juice were sold in six-packs of 8-ounce plastic bottles bearing this expiration date: Best if Used by DEC2824 CT89-6, and a UPC code of 0-78742-29655-5.
According to the FDA, the product contains inorganic arsenic above the action level set in industry guidance (13.2 parts per billion).
They were sold in 23 states: New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Virginia,…
FDA Investigates Microdosed Chocolate After 48 People Fall Ill, Including New Yorker
Health officials are investigating a previously-recalled brand of micro-dosed gummies, chocolates, and cones after dozens have been hospitalized and one potentially associated death has been recorded.
On Tuesday, July 2, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) gave an update on the investigation of Diamond Shruumz brand microdose products, reporting that since the initial recall, 48 people have fallen ill from 24 states, including New York.
The administration first announced the recall on June 7. The products (which come in chocolate, cones, and gummy form) were later found to contain m…
Contaminated Oysters: FDA Warns Virginia Restaurants, Stores Warned To Not Sell Shellfish
cThe US Food and Drug Administration has advised consumers, restaurants, and retailers across several states in the Northeast to dispose of raw oysters harvested from the Groton Approved Area in New London County, CT between Monday, Aug. 28 and Wednesday, Aug. 30, officials announced on Tuesday, Sept. 5.
The affected raw oysters were sent to retailers and distributors in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia, and may have even been sent further than these states, according to the FDA.
The advisory was issued after the Connecticut Department of Agr…
Kale, Spinach, Collard Green Products Produced In MD Subject To Listeria Recall
A Maryland-based company announced a recall of kale and other similar products that were shipped up and down parts of the East Coast and could be contaminated with Listeria.
Lancaster Foods is voluntarily recalling three brands of Robinson Fresh, Lancaster, and Giant brand kale, spinach, and collard green products after a random sample tested positive for Listeria monocytogenes by the New York Agriculture and Markets Food Safety Division.
Items subject to the recall were distributed to retailers and distributors in Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Virginia, and Pennsylvania. …
