A Maryland company that manufactures ice cream products for a host of brands across the US is recalling items due to potential contamination with listeria, the FDA announced. The move impacts products made by Totally Cool, Inc., including Friendly’s and Hershey’s ice cream cakes, part of more than 70 products named on the recall notice. […]
In an effort to clean up 200 industrial sites across the United States, the Environmental Protection Agency announced a new $300 million set of funds, the Guardian reported in May. “It’s the highest level of funding and support for brownfields that we’ve seen,” said communications manager for the Center for Creative Land Recycling (CCLR) Lauren […]
Enough is enough. Kern County residents are supportive and respectful of the local oil industry. After all, it’s one of the mainstays of the region’s economy. It provides income for many local families and businesses. Oil companies must earn that support and respect. They must operate in a responsible manner. Most do. But the behavior […]
Consumers should throw away the recalled product or return it to their place of purchase immediately. etienne voss / Getty Images Check your spice cabinet—there is currently a nationwide recall on black pepper due to possible salmonella contamination, according to an announcement by the United States Food & Drug Administration. The black pepper is being […]
TOPEKA (KSNT) – The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning people to check their cabinets for black pepper which could contain a dangerous organism. The FDA announced on Monday, June 3 that UBC Food Distributors, based out of Michigan, is recalling its “Ground Black Pepper” product under the Baraka brand name as it may […]
As a real estate agent and homeowner in Stillwater, Carmen Rubel Carver became concerned in March when she learned that the city’s water system had been tagged with a state Health Department advisory due to PFAS contamination. She believes her lifelong struggles with autoimmune issues could be exacerbated by contaminated water. But when she tried […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health officials warned parents to avoid powdered infant formula sold by a Texas dairy producer, because a dangerous bacteria was found in one of the company’s products. The Food and Drug Administration issued the alert Friday on Crecelac Infant Powdered Goat Milk Infant Formula, after a sample collected from a Texas […]
May 23—New Mexico’s Environment Department is getting $18.9 million in federal dollars to help the state deal with PFAS and other emerging contamination in public water systems, the Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday. New Mexico is the first state in the region to receive this funding, said EPA Region 6 Administrator Earthea Nance. The funds […]
India’s government spice board has launched factory inspections of two top companies in the wake of foreign bans following accusations some products were tainted with pesticides, media reports said Tuesday. India is a key spice producer making up some 12 percent of global exports, totalling $4.25 billion last year, according to the Global Trade Research […]
‘We fully expected the worst.’ Mooresville officials receive results from sinkhole water contamination testing MOORESVILLE (QUEEN CITY NEWS) – Mooresville officials said they were ‘pleasantly surprised’ by water quality testing results after a sinkhole sent contaminants into a stream that feeds into Lake Norman. A 40-foot-wide crater opened up off Highway 150 in the Tire […]
***EDITORS NOTE: Some of the following details may be disturbing. Please use discretion.*** OLATHE, Kan. — FOX4 is learning more about a mass food contamination investigation at a Johnson County, Kansas restaurant. Last week, the Johnson County District Attorney’s Office filed food adulteration charges against 21-year-old Jace Christian Hanson. Court documents obtained by FOX4 Wednesday […]
At least 130 people have contacted the Leawood police after a Kansas City man was arrested for allegedly tainting food at the Leawood Hereford House location. A restaurant inspection most likely could not have prevented this crime. Jace Christian Hanson of Kansas City, 21, was charged Tuesday with one felony count of unlawfully adulterating or […]