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Three Dessert Recalls in 30 Days. Three Different Hazards.
Three premium consumer dessert SKUs got recalled in 30 days for foreign objects. Lactalis Specially SELECTED Vanilla Cre...
Steven Moussawer · May 18, 2026 · 7 min read
Two Allergen Recalls in One Day. The Allergens Weren't the Problem.
On April 24, FDA posted two undeclared-allergen recalls. Different products, different states, different mechanisms. Bot...
Steven Moussawer · Apr 27, 2026 · 6 min read
Raw Farm's Tests Came Back Clean. The Outbreak Still Traces to Them.
FDA tested 19 Raw Farm cheese samples. One came back positive for E. coli O157:H7, but whole-genome sequencing showed a...
Steven Moussawer · Apr 21, 2026 · 5 min read
When Your Supplier Causes a Recall, You Have 24 Hours
Seven deaths. Twenty-eight illnesses. Nineteen states. The Listeria outbreak that pulled Marketside, Home Chef, and Trad...
Steven Moussawer · Apr 14, 2026 · 6 min read
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