Food Safety and Recalls Archive for The Checkup

The Food-Safety Muddle

At the behest of the President's Food Safety Working Group, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in late July proposed industry guidelines that would help make it safer to eat tomatoes, leafy greens and melons. That proposal follows one aimed at reducing the risks of eating eggs and is to...

My Son Ate Raw Hamburger: Now What?

A few weeks ago, my family and I were at a fair. My son went off to get some lunch and came back with a half-eaten burger, of which he kindly offered me a bite. I took one look and recoiled: The meat inside was bright pink, clearly not cooked...

Do Food Safety Fixes Miss the Mark?

A working group created by President Obama to recommend ways to fix the nation's faltering food-safety system yesterday released proposals for ensuring eggs contaminated with salmonella don't make their way into consumers' hands. The guidelines are a long time coming; they've been kicking around for at least a decade now,...

Is Toll House Recall a Turning Point?

(Courtesy of Business Wire/Doubletree Hotels) When I blogged the other day about Nestle's recalling its refrigerated Toll House cookie dough products, reader "Chasmosaur1" commented: You know what kills me? It is SO not hard to make Tollhouse/chocolate chip cookies. I've never understood why they prepackaged cookie dough. The most...

Toll House Cookie Dough Recall

If you were thinking of making chocolate chip cookies for Father's Day, better plan to make them from scratch. Nestle has issued a recall of ALL of its prepackaged, refrigerated Toll House Cookie Dough products because of potential E. coli contamination. Since March, 66 people have been sickened, and 25...

The Checkup Archive: Food Safety and Recalls

The Food-Safety Muddle

My Son Ate Raw Hamburger: Now What?

Do Food Safety Fixes Miss the Mark?

Is Toll House Recall a Turning Point?

Toll House Cookie Dough Recall