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Yahoo
a day ago
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Product recalls you may have missed: Beef stew, deli salads, kitchen faucets, more
A number of consumer products were recalled last week due to potential safety issues. These recalls span a range of concerns including undeclared allergens, lead poisioning and and choking hazards. It's important for consumers to be aware of these recalls and take appropriate action. Please review the following notices for details on affected products and recommended steps. Hormel Foods Corporation is recalling more than 250,000 pounds of food that may contain pieces of wood, according to a U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) notice. The recall, shared by FSIS on May 28, includes 20-ounce metal cans of "Dinty Moore Beef Stew" shipped to retail locations nationwide. The cans, which have "best buy" dates of Feb 2028, lot code 02045, and establishment number EST 199G, may contain fragments of "foreign material," specifically wood. The 17,080 cases of recalled canned beef stew were produced on February 4, 2025, according to FSIS and Hormel Foods. — Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today Isabelle's Kitchen, Inc. is recalling 946 cases of refrigerated deli salads due to potential Salmonella contamination from fresh cucumbers. Salmonella can cause serious infections, especially in vulnerable individuals, leading to symptoms like fever, diarrhea, and abdominal pain. These recalled salads were sold to foodservice distributors and local supermarkets in New Hampshire, Florida, Maryland, South Carolina, New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Virginia. ▶ Salads, salsas recalled due to Salmonella; Linked to cucumber recall Products are packed in white plastic containers within white or brown boxes, sold under the brands 'Isabelle's Kitchen,' 'Maple Avenue Foods,' or 'Kings.' Identify them by the Item Number (top right of label) and Julian code date (right side of "Use-By" sticker). Item #4605 Kings Kings Greek Pasta Salad Mfg date Julian code 134 Use by: June 1, 2025 Item #5002B IKI Greek Pasta Salad Mfg date Julian code 134 Use by: June 1, 2025 Item #5002B IKI Greek Pasta Salad Mfg date Julian code 135 Use by: June 2, 2025 Item #5007B MAF Mediterranean Pasta Salad Mfg date Julian code 134 Use by: May 30, 2025 Item #5007B MAF Mediterranean Pasta Salad Mfg date Julian code 134 Use by: May 31, 2025 Item #8015B MAF Crunchy Wheatberry Salad Mfg date Julian code 134 Use by: June 1, 2025 Item #8031 MAF Quinoa Tabouli Mfg date Julian code 134 Use by: May 30, 2025 Item #8031 MAF Quinoa Tabouli Mfg date Julian code 135 Use by: May 31, 2025 Item #8103KT Powerhouse Wheatberry Salad Kit Mfg date Julian code 134 Use by: May 27, 2025 Item #8103KT Powerhouse Wheatberry Salad Kit Mfg date Julian code 135 Use by: May 28, 2025 Item #8103KT Powerhouse Wheatberry Salad Kit Mfg date Julian code 136 Use by: May 29, 2025 The Step2 Company is recalling approximately 30,800 My First Snowman toys (plus 692 sold in Canada) due to a choking hazard. The snowman's top hat can break into small pieces, posing a risk of serious injury or death to young children. Immediately stop using the toy snowman and remove the top hat, keeping it away from children. Contact The Step2 Company for instructions on how to dispose of the hat and to receive a free replacement. The Step2 Company is directly notifying all known purchasers. For more information, visit their website at email step2-company@ or call 800-347-8372. Approximately 29,000 VFAUOSIT brand kitchen faucets, sold on by Whisper08, are being recalled due to a dangerous lead exposure hazard, particularly to infants and young children. Testing revealed these faucets can leach lead and other contaminants into water at harmful levels. Lead ingestion can cause serious neurological effects in young children, including behavioral problems, decreased cognitive performance, and lower IQ. Immediately stop using these faucets. Contact Whisper08 for disposal instructions and a refund; you'll need to provide a photograph of disposal and your order number. Whisper08 is directly contacting all known purchasers. Until faucets can be replaced, consumers should run the water for 15 seconds before consumption. For more information, email customerservice@ Approximately 50,000 KICIMPRO brand kitchen faucets, sold on by Kicimpro, are being recalled due to a dangerous lead exposure hazard, particularly to infants and young children. Testing revealed these faucets can leach lead into water at harmful levels. Lead ingestion can cause serious neurological effects in young children, including behavioral problems, decreased cognitive performance, and lower IQ. Immediately stop using these faucets. Contact Kicimpro for disposal instructions and a refund; you'll need to provide a photograph of disposal and your order number. Kicimpro is directly contacting all known purchasers. Until faucets can be replaced, consumers should run the water for 15 seconds before consumption. For more information, email support@ Approximately 24,000 BASDEHEN brand kitchen faucets, sold on by Chenfeng Store, are being recalled due to a dangerous lead exposure hazard, particularly to infants and young children. Testing revealed these faucets can leach lead and other contaminants into water at harmful levels. Lead ingestion can cause serious neurological effects in young children, including behavioral problems, decreased cognitive performance, and lower IQ. Immediately stop using these faucets. Contact Chenfeng Store for disposal instructions and a refund; you'll need to provide a photograph of disposal. Amazon is directly contacting all known purchasers. Until faucets can be replaced, consumers should run the water for 15 seconds before consumption. For more information, email ChenfengStoreF@ Approximately 94,800 WeHwupe Adult Portable Bed Rails, sold on and by WeHwupe Store, are being recalled due to a risk of serious injury or death from entrapment and asphyxiation hazards. These bed rails violate federal regulations for adult portable bed rails and lack required hazard warning labels. Users can become entrapped within the bed rail or between the bed rail and the mattress. Immediately stop using the recalled bed rails. Contact WeHwupe Store to obtain a free replacement and follow these disposal steps: Remove the upper rail, connecting rails, bottom rail, and legs (if present). Write "RECALLED" on the upper and bottom rails with a permanent marker. Using scissors, cut the black fabric mesh bag off the upper rail and cut the black safety strap in half (if present). Write the buyer's name on a piece of paper next to the disassembled product. Take a photo and upload it online at Dispose of the recalled product in accordance with local requirements. If you have difficulty with any disposal step or need additional instruction, contact WeHwupe Store. WeHwupe Store is also contacting all known purchasers directly. For more information, visit email wehwupestore@ or call 888-438-3220. This article originally appeared on Asbury Park Press: Recalls issued for kitchen faucets sold on Amazon, Dinty Moore stew
Yahoo
5 days ago
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Check your fridge! Salads, salsas recalled for salmonella concerns sold in Vermont.
Some salad and salsa products sold in Vermont were called this past week due to concerns over salmonella contamination. The Food and Drug Administration published a recall announcement saying that 17 products were made with cucumbers grown by Bedner Growers, Inc., who recently recalled some of their cucumbers due to salmonella contamination. Out of a similar concern, these products were recalled. "Consumers, restaurants, retailers, and wholesalers should not eat, sell, or serve the recalled products containing those cucumbers," the administration said. The affected items were distributed to stores between May 6, 2025, and May 21, 2025, to multiple customers in Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Virginia, Washington D.C., and West Virginia. Here are the salad and salsa products recalled in Vermont. Here are the recalled salad products, according to the Food and Drug administration. UPC PACK/SZ BRAND DESCRIPTION ALL LOT CODES 766375251385 1/8 OZ Jack and Olive The House Salad All Lot Codes 766375241973 1/8 OZ Created Fresh The House Salad All Lot Codes 766375737018 1/8 OZ Spring and Sprout The House Salad All Lot Codes 766375241607 1/5.2 OZ Created Fresh Mini Garden Salad All Lot Codes 766375261681 1/5.76 OZ Created Fresh Chicken Salad on Everything Fecelle All Lot Codes 766375261698 1/5.76 OZ Created Fresh Egg Salad on Everything Fecelle All Lot Codes 766375261674 1/5.76 OZ Created Fresh Tuna Salad on Everything Fecelle All Lot Codes 766375253044 1/11.25 OZ Created Fresh Southwestern Breakfast Bowl All Lot Codes One of the recalled products is not technically a salad, but instead a breakfast bowl. Here are the recalled salsa products, according to the Food and Drug administration. UPC PACK/SZ BRAND DESCRIPTION ALL LOT CODES 640344010282 1/16 OZ East Coast Fresh Fresh Mild Salsa All Lot Codes 640344012781 1/16 OZ East Coast Fresh Fresh Mild Salsa All Lot Codes 070784034140 1/16 OZ TOPS Salsa HOT TOPS (E) All Lot Codes 070784033846 1/16 OZ TOPS Fresh Salsa 1lb CUP All Lot Codes 888670065808 1/30 OZ Wellsley Farms Wellsley Farms Mild Salsa All Lot Codes 041497075959 1/16 OZ WEIS Salsa Mild WEIS All Lot Codes 688267031953 1/16 OZ AHOLD Salsa HOT AHOLD All Lot Codes 688267032523 1/16 OZ AHOLD Salsa 1#-AHOLD All Lot Codes 640344069624 1/16 OZ East Coast Fresh SALSA RETAIL 1# CUP All Lot Codes According to the FDA, illness usually occurs within 12 to 72 hours after eating food that is contaminated with salmonella, and the symptoms usually last four to seven days. Symptoms include diarrhea, fever, and abdominal cramps. Children younger than five, the elderly, and people with weakened immune systems are more likely to have severe infections, the FDA says. Contact your healthcare provider immediately if you think you may have symptoms of a salmonella infection. Gabe Hauari and Mary Walrath-Holdridge contributed to the reporting of this story. Rin Velasco is a trending reporter. She can be reached at rvelasco@ This article originally appeared on Burlington Free Press: FDA says some salads, salsas recalled for salmonella concerns in VT
USA Today
02-05-2025
- Business
- USA Today
The Daily Money: Heard of de minimis? Why care?
The Daily Money: Heard of de minimis? Why care? Good morning and Happy Friday! This is Betty Lin-Fisher with Friday's consumer-focused edition of The Daily Money. A key loophole that allowed e-commerce giants like Amazon, Temu and Shein to offer super cheap prices closed after midnight this morning. Something called the "de minimis" exemption, allowed packages under $800 to come into the U.S. duty free. That exemption closed at 12:01 a.m. ET May 2. That leaves retailers who previously relied on the quick shipping of cheap items to American consumers reeling. More than half of the packages brought into the U.S. under the exemption come from China, which is currently saddled with 145% tariffs, reports Mary Walrath-Holdridge. What happens now? Children's safety at risk, consumer advocates say Whether you've heard of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) before, or know what it does, consumer advocates say the independent bipartisan agency has had a big impact on the lives of everyday Americans – and especially the safety of children's products. Several consumer groups say that safety is threatened because of a proposal by the administration of President Donald Trump to eliminate the agency and put the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in charge of overseeing the safety of more than 15,000 types of consumer products. What does the CPSC do and why should you care? Dirty 'new' shoes for sale? Here's a talker: Would you pay $130 for a pair of Nike shoes that look dirty? Nike plans on releasing a pair of sneakers that come out of the box dirty and look cleaner and whiter the more you wear them. Check out the Instagram video and more details. 📰 Consumer stories you shouldn't miss 📰 About The Daily Money Each weekday, The Daily Money delivers the best consumer and financial news from USA TODAY, breaking down complex events, providing the TLDR version, and explaining how everything from Fed rate changes to bankruptcies impacts you.
Yahoo
19-04-2025
- General
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Wondering what candy to get your kids? Here's New Hampshire and Maine's Easter favorite
For adults, depending on their faith, Easter means a complex and diverse set of ideas involving loss, eternal gratitude and the return of hope. For kids, no matter who they are, Easter means one candy. For many children, the real main event is the Easter Egg Hunt, where the main objective is to cover as much ground as possible to find special plastic eggs that typically house candy. The cherubic cry of joy that a child lets out when he or she has found and cracked open a pastel egg shell is a moment that isn't easily forgotten by parents, aunts, uncles or just anyone present who is old enough to remember how happy the simple things used to make them. So you would want to make the right choice of candy, right? But searching through the grocery aisles, it can be hard to choose which candy you should buy for Easter. Luckily, USA Today made a map of each state's most popular search result when it comes to "Easter Candy." Here's New Hampshire's and Maine's most popular Easter candy. (Yes, they have the same favorite Easter candy.) According to Google search data collected by USA Today, New Hampshire's and Maine's most searched Easter candy is jelly beans. If that seems strange and you were expecting Peeps or chocolates, that would make sense as most of the states on USA Today's map of most-searched "Easter candy" had the flavored, bird-shaped marshmallows as their most searched Easter candy, even two New England states had them as their most popular candy of the holiday. Easter spending is expected to go up in 2025, according to a recent National Retail Federation (NRF) report, with consumers planning to spend a total of $23.6 billion. The overwhelming majority of Americans who celebrate Easter do so with the assistance of candy, according to the National Confectioners Association. The top sweet treats bought for the holiday include chocolate eggs or bunnies, jelly beans, candy-coated eggs and marshmallow candy (AKA Peeps). Mary Walrath-Holdridge contributed to the writing of this story. Rin Velasco is a trending reporter. She can be reached at rvelasco@ This article originally appeared on Portsmouth Herald: Want to know NH, Maine's favorite Easter candy? It isn't Peeps
Yahoo
19-04-2025
- Yahoo
Wondering what candy to get your kids? Here's Rhode Island's Easter favorite candy
For adults, depending on their faith, Easter means a complex and diverse set of ideas involving loss, eternal gratitude and the return of hope. For kids, no matter who they are, Easter just means candy. For many children, the real main event is the Easter Egg Hunt, where the main objective is to cover as much ground as possible to find special plastic eggs that typically house candy. The cherubic cry of joy that a child lets out when he or she has found and cracked open a pastel egg shell is a moment that isn't easily forgotten by parents, aunts, uncles or just anyone present who is old enough to remember how happy the simple things used to make them. So you would want to make the right choice of candy, right? But searching through the grocery aisles, it can be hard to choose which candy you should buy for Easter. Luckily, USA Today made a map of each state's most popular search result when it comes to "Easter Candy." Here's Rhode Island's most popular Easter Candy. According to Google search data collected by USA Today, Rhode Island's most searched Easter candy is gummies. If that seems strange and you were expecting Peeps or chocolates, that would make sense as most of the states on USA Today's map of most-searched "Easter candy" had the flavored, bird-shaped marshmallows as their most searched Easter candy, even two New England states had them as their most popular candy of the holiday. Easter spending is expected to go up in 2025, according to a recent National Retail Federation (NRF) report, with consumers planning to spend a total of $23.6 billion. The overwhelming majority of Americans who celebrate Easter do so with the assistance of candy, according to the National Confectioners Association. The top sweet treats bought for the holiday include chocolate eggs or bunnies, jelly beans, candy-coated eggs and marshmallow candy (AKA Peeps). Mary Walrath-Holdridge contributed to the writing of this story. Rin Velasco is a trending reporter. She can be reached at rvelasco@ This article originally appeared on The Providence Journal: What's RI's favorite Easter candy? It's not Peeps or jelly beans
