AXIOS

12/27/24

The list of food recalls is growing as the end of the year approaches.

Why it matters: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates nearly 48 million people a year are sickened by foodborne diseases, an average of 91 people every minute. `

Driving the news: The FDA recently reclassified its recall of some Costco eggs (due to possible salmonella exposure) to the agency’s highest risk level.

• The FDA announced at the end of November that New York-Handsome Brook Farms had voluntarily recalled its 24-count organic, pasture-raised eggs.
• In a notice issued Friday, the FDA reclassified the recall to Class I, which is described as the “reasonable probability that the use of, or exposure to, a violative product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death.”

The big picture: The rise in recalls can partially be attributed to an increase in consumer demand for ready-to-eat foods and prepackaged meals.

• “We’re also dealing with a scenario where we’re having increased globalization of food production, which not only creates more opportunities for contamination at multiple points in the supply chain, but it creates more scenarios where there’s blind spots,” Darin Detwiler, a Northeastern University professor and food safety advocate, told Axios earlier this month.

Zoom in: December FDA food recalls number nearly two dozen as of Dec. 26:

• Jose Madrid Chipotle Con Queso Salsa. Recalled for undeclared Yellow 5 and Yellow 6.
• Taste of Deutschland Frozen Buttered Vegetables, Carrots, Peas, Cauliflower, & Corn. Recalled for undeclared milk.
• Orgain 30g Plant Protein Complete Protein Powder, Chocolate. Recalled because the product may contain undeclared peanuts.
• Lay’s Potato Chip. Recalled for potential or undeclared allergen — milk.
• Cal Yee’s, Cal Yee Farm, Boa Vista Orchards nut and snack products. Recalled for Potential or Undeclared Allergen — almond, milk, soy, wheat, sesame, and FD&C #6.
• Connie’s Thin Crust Cheese Frozen Pizza, 20.36oz. Recalled for potential metal or chemical contaminant.
• VidaSlim Brand 90-day, 30-day and 7-day Original Root, Root Plus, and Root Capsules & VidaSlim Hot Body Brew Dietary Supplements. Recalled for toxic yellow oleander.
• Daily Veggies Enoki Mushrooms. Recalled for potential listeria monocytogenes contamination.

• MadeGood Granola bars. Recalled for potential metal contaminant.
• Borsari Bloody Mary Mix. Recalled for potential or undeclared allergen — soy, fish.
• Dairyland Produce, LLC, whole cucumbers. Recalled for potential salmonella contamination.
• F&S Fresh Foods Mediterranean Inspired Party Tray. Recalled for potential salmonella contamination.
• Fresh Creative Foods, The Beef & Lamb Gyro Sandwich Express Meal Kits. Recalled for potential salmonella contamination.
• Supreme Produce, multiple items with cucumbers. Recalled for potential illness/salmonella contamination.
• Atkinson’s Hushpuppies with Onions, Hushpuppies. Recalled due to potential or undeclared allergen — milk.
• Yummi Sushi, multiple sushi products with cucumber. Recalled for potential illness/salmonella contamination.
• Snowfruit, Snowfox, multiple products with cucumbers. Recalled for potential illness/salmonella contamination.
• Marketside cut, cucumber slices. Recalled for potential illness/salmonella contamination.
• Multiple brand names Vegetable Medleys and Whole Organic Carrots. Recalled because of potential foodborne illness — Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (E. coli) O121:H19.
• PAM PAK Whole Fresh American Cucumbers. Recalled because of potential foodborne illness — salmonella.
• Baker Farms Curly Mustard Greens. Recalled because of potential foodborne illness — Listeria monocytogens.
• Crazy Fresh and more, cucumbers and salads with kit. Recalled for potential illness/salmonella contamination.
  

  

A full list of recent recalls can be found on the FDA website.