Listeria, glass fragments, botulism risk — three different hazards in one CSPI roundup. Today, we’re sorting out which ones actually have a recall number behind them. This is Food Recall Watch — Trader Joe’s frozen foods AND cheese in the same roundup, and I want a toss-or-return verdict on each one, not one fuzzy blob. And we need to be clear up front: CSPI is flagging these, not the FDA. First up — what’s confirmed, and what’s still on the watch list. M.M. Bailey, writing in Center for Science in the Public Interest:
As we approach spring, food and supplement recalls continue to make headlines. Many recalls are ongoing, and there are some new ones, too, tied to listeria, salmonella, botulism, elevated levels of mold toxins, glass in frozen foods, and not-fully-pasteurized cottage cheese.
Today’s rundown comes from CSPI — the Center for Science in the Public Interest. It’s an advocacy roundup, not an FDA or USDA notice, so I want to sort this carefully: some of these have recall numbers behind them, and some are watch items CSPI is flagging. The headline groups Trader Joe’s frozen foods and cheese together, but the body splits them into distinct hazards — listeria in more than 55,000 pounds of frozen blueberries across Michigan, Oregon, Washington, Wisconsin, and Canada, plus glass in frozen foods, and a not-fully-pasteurized cottage cheese. Separate actions, separate lot codes. See, this is what gets me. The headline says Trader Joe’s cheese, the takeaway says cream cheese spreads and cottage cheese — so which is it? Are we talking about the same product, or three different ones buried under one banner? And glass in frozen foods? You don’t watch-and-see that. You toss it now. Frozen blueberries in five states — if you bought any, into the trash, not back in the freezer. If you’ve spotted a recall we should be tracking, or you’ve got feedback, story ideas, or corrections, send us a note at foodrecallwatch at lantern podcasts dot com. We really do read them.
You’ll find links to every story we covered today in the show notes, so if one of these recalls affects your kitchen, workplace, or shopping list, you can read the source details there. That’s Food Recall Watch for today. This is a Lantern Podcast.