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Kroger stops selling sprouts due to health risk

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 22nd

NEW YORK (AP) - Kroger says it has stopped stocking sprouts as of Monday because of their "potential food safety risk." The nation's largest traditional grocer joins Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's largest retailer, which pulled sprouts in 2010. The grocer says current technology can'

News Summary: peanut capital at heart of recall

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 19th

By The Associated Press FEELING THE CRUNCH: The country's largest organic peanut processing plant is scrubbing its facilities top to bottom and hopes to get back in production soon after a massive recall of scores of products linked to a salmonella outbreak. SWEET AND NUTTY: The plant is in

NM peanut capital at heart of national recall

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 19th

By JERI CLAUSINGAssociated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - The country's largest organic peanut processing plant is scrubbing its facilities top to bottom and hopes to get back in production soon after a massive recall of scores of products linked to a salmonella outbreak. The recall has

Smucker's Uncrustables sold to schools recalled

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 18th

By STEVE KARNOWSKIAssociated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Officials have told school lunch programs across the country to check to see whether they have any Smucker's Uncrustables sandwiches that might contain peanut butter made by a New Mexico company that is being recalled because of

NM company linked to illness expands peanut recall

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 14th

WASHINGTON (AP) - A New Mexico food company that produced the peanut butter linked to an outbreak of salmonella poisoning has expanded an ongoing recall of its products to include raw and roasted peanuts. The Food and Drug Administration said Saturday that Sunland Inc. added raw and roasted shelled

Salmonella fear spurs firm to recall dog treats

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 13th

By BRUCE SHIPKOWSKIAssociated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - A pet food company is voluntarily recalling dog treats that could be contaminated with salmonella. Nature's Recipe announced Saturday the recall of a limited supply of its "Nature's Recipe Oven Baked Biscuits with Real Chicken,"

Ohio ice cream maker recalls some products

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 11th

UTICA, Ohio (AP) - An Ohio ice cream maker is voluntarily recalling some of its peanut-butter flavored products because of possible salmonella contamination. Velvet Ice Cream said Thursday that some of the peanut products bought from Sunland Inc. for use in the ice cream flavors could be

Business Highlights

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 5th

By The Associated Press ___ US unemployment falls to 7.8 percent, a 44-month low WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. unemployment rate fell to 7.8 percent last month, dropping below 8 percent for the first time in nearly four years and giving President Barack Obama a potential boost with the election a

ALERT: Salmonella Confirmed In Peanut Butter Plant

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 5th

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Food and Drug Administration says it has found salmonella in a New Mexico plant that produces nut butters for national retailer Trader Joe's and several other grocery chains. The Trader Joe's peanut butter is now linked to 35 salmonella illnesses in 19 states.