Teething sticks, frozen dumplings, parmesan ranch seasoning, and a supplement cluster that now has Connecticut on the map — Monday's pantry audit starts now. This is Food Recall Watch. I'm Cassidy. Today we've got three lanes at once: an FSIS allergen action, an FDA salmonella cluster, and a sulfite disclosure miss. Brian here. The California Dairies dry milk powder chain just gave us a second named finished product, the moringa cluster finally has a state attached to it, and 71,000 pounds of dumplings are carrying an ingredient that's nowhere on the label — so, yeah, clear the counter. We'll start with the supplement recall and the new Connecticut cases, then the Blackstone seasoning and its upstream source, then the Synear frozen dumplings. We'll wrap on the teething sticks and the apricot sulfite recall. Mesa County, with Sarah Gray:
Mesa County Public Health (MCPH) has been made aware of a voluntary recall from Gerber Products Company involving teething sticks. The products are being recalled due to a potential choking hazard for babies and young children. The products were distributed nationwide and may have been sold in Mesa County.
Gerber's voluntary recall covers three SKUs of Soothe 'n' Chew Teething Sticks: Strawberry Apple in the 3.2-ounce size, and Banana in both 3.2 and 1.58 ounce sizes. This is a choking hazard, not a contaminant, and Gerber says these are still turning up on retail shelves and online. Fastest way to check is the UPC: 0 15000 04618 7 for Strawberry Apple, 0 15000 04608 8 and 0 15000 01015 7 for the two Banana sizes. Toss them or return them for a full refund — and Gerber's line is 800-443-7237. From Richard Chumney at Connecticut Post:
A New York-based dietary supplement company has recalled two products linked to a salmonella outbreak that has sickened more than 100 people across the country, including some in Connecticut, officials said. Total Nutrition Inc. has voluntarily recalled TNVitamins Ultra Potent Complete Green Superfood and Doctor’s Pride Complete Green Superfood Ultra Potent Moringa Capsules, according to the Food and Drug Administration.
The two newly recalled products are TNVitamins Ultra Potent Complete Green Superfood and Doctor's Pride Complete Green Superfood Ultra Potent Moringa Capsules, both from Total Nutrition Inc., a New York-based company. The FDA says they may be tied to the ongoing multi-state salmonella outbreak linked to moringa supplements, which now stands at 119 illnesses and 32 hospitalizations nationwide. And for the first time this week, we have a named state with a case count: at least three Connecticut residents are confirmed sick. And the timeline matters here. The investigation opened in January, got closed in March after the Live it Up Super Greens recall, and then got reopened when new cases kept coming in. So these two weren't caught the first time around. If you bought TNVitamins or Doctor's Pride after March thinking this was over, there was no way for you to know it wasn't. That distinction is the one to keep straight: the FDA is still treating this as an ongoing investigation tied to the illness cluster. These new recalls are product actions, not a declaration that the outbreak source has been fully identified. Two more supplements are off shelves; the investigation itself stays open. From All About Lawyer:
Blackstone Products of Providence, Utah is voluntarily recalling certain lots of Blackstone Parmesan Ranch seasoning products because they have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. Blackstone’s action is based on a California Dairies, Inc. recall of dry milk powder due to potential Salmonella contamination. If you bought Blackstone Parmesan Ranch seasoning at Walmart or through the Blackstone website — in the U.S. or in Canada — check the bottom of the container right now.
Blackstone Products out of Providence, Utah, is recalling three lots of its Parmesan Ranch seasoning — seven-point-three ounce containers, item number 4106, UPC 7-1-7-6-0-4-0-4-1-0-6-2. Check the bottom of the container for lot codes: 2025-43282 best by July 2027, 2025-46172 best by August 5th 2027, and 2026-54751 best by August 12th 2027. It was sold at Walmart and through Blackstone's own website in both the U.S. and Canada. The source is California Dairies dry milk powder — the same upstream ingredient we've been tracking since Tuesday, now explicitly named in a standalone Blackstone recall notice. To be precise about the chain: California Dairies supplied the dry milk powder to a third-party manufacturer, who used it in this seasoning. No illnesses have been reported from this product yet. Blackstone is offering a free replacement. So now we've got at least two finished products on shelves — the Kroger crouton seasoning from Tuesday and now Blackstone Parmesan Ranch — both tracing back to the same California Dairies contamination event. If you've got both in your spice drawer, you had to catch two separate recall notices from two different brands to realize there was a problem. That's not a consumer failure. That's a system design problem. And 'Parmesan Ranch' gives you zero warning that dry milk powder is carrying the load here. Nobody is scanning that label thinking Salmonella risk. Check the bottom of the container — lot code, not best-by date, because those are different things. From Newz9:
Synear Foods USA LLC, based in Chatsworth, California, is recalling over 71,000 pounds of frozen pork and crab soup dumplings. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) reported that these products contain peanut, an undeclared allergen. This poses serious risks for anyone with peanut allergies, potentially leading to severe reactions.
Synear Foods USA LLC out of Chatsworth, California — this is an FSIS recall for 71,097 pounds of frozen pork and crab soup dumplings with undeclared peanut. The product is the 13.23-ounce package labeled Synear Supreme Soup Dumpling Pork and Crab, with best-by dates running October 15, 2026 through February 23, 2027, and establishment number EST. 45942 on the USDA mark. It was distributed to retail in California, New Jersey, and Washington, with some export to Canada. Pork and crab soup dumplings — nothing about that name tells a freezer-case shopper to look for peanut. The peanut got in through a formulation change to peanut oil that never made it onto the label. That's the same name-mismatch trap as the Almond Bites situation earlier this week, and this time it's 35 tons sitting in freezers in three states. FSIS caught this during routine inspection, not because of a reported illness. No injuries are confirmed as of the recall notice. But the production window runs from October 15 through February 23 of this year, so these have been out there for months with best-by dates still a year away. If you're in California, New Jersey, or Washington and have this package in your freezer, do not serve it to anyone with a peanut allergy. And this is a USDA-FSIS action, not FDA — different lane from the salmonella recalls we've been tracking all week. That matters because the lookup path is different: for this one, you want the FSIS recall database, not FDA's. Here's Linda Larsen at Food Poisoning Bulletin:
Hicksville Villagers Twisted Apricots are being recalled for undeclared sulfites, according to the New York Department of Agriculture and Markets. Anyone who is allergic to or sensitive to sulfites could have a serious or life-threatening allergic reaction if they eat this product. The consumption of 10 milligrams of sulfites per serving has been reported to cause severe reactions in some asthmatics.
New York's Department of Agriculture and Markets issued this one: Hicksville Villagers Twisted Apricot, 400-gram clear plastic bag, sold in New York and New Jersey — undeclared sulfites. There's no UPC and no best-by date on the packaging. No UPC, no best-by date — so there is literally nothing on this bag that helps a sulfite-sensitive shopper figure out if they bought the recalled product. If you picked up Twisted Apricots from Villagers Farmers Market at 265 North Broadway in Hicksville, that's your identifier. The store address is doing the work the label should be doing. This one came from routine state sampling — the New York lab caught it, not a company complaint. No adverse reactions have been reported so far, but FDA notes that ten milligrams of sulfites per serving can trigger severe reactions in some asthmatics, so this is not a mild-discomfort situation for sensitive people. Toss it. That's the call. There's no return mechanism mentioned, no UPC to scan at customer service, and the guidance is straightforward: if you're allergic or asthmatic, it goes in a secure trash can. If Food Recall Watch helps you stay informed, take a moment to subscribe wherever you're listening. And if you can, leave a quick review — it really helps other people find the show.
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