#Food Safety

#Food Safety

Ghirardelli Chocolate Company has voluntarily recalled 13 of its powdered beverage mixes over concerns of potential Salmonella contamination. The recall was prompted by a dairy producer's recall of its milk powder, which is used in the affected mixes.

Raw cookie dough is disgusting. Cookie dough tastes better cooked. Why would you leave it in its untransformed, its nascent state, when 10 minutes in the oven turns it into something that is the food of the gods?

The old oyster rule refers to the toxic red tides common in ocean waters during warmer months - which also happens to be oyster spawning season.

Owen Carey died after eating dairy at a Byron burger restaurant, where he had informed staff about his allergies but was unaware of the buttermilk in his meal. He collapsed shortly after eating and was pronounced dead later that day.

"Prime rib tastes best when it is freshly sliced and rested. However, buffets typically mean that the prime rib sits under heat lamps for an extended period of time."

In the United States, eggs are usually packed within a week of being laid, but they can legally be sold for 30 days after that packing date. This is called the Julian date, and it's shown by three numbers that represent consecutive days of the year - starting with 001 for January 1.

The recalled shellfish was harvested on March 22 through April 9, according to a safety alert from the FDA. The alert follows an April 10 recall conducted by the Washington State Department of Health, cautioning the FDA about all species of shellstock from the company, Gomez Shellfish, due to norovirus-like illnesses that were associated with the consumption of raw oysters.

"Nothing is allowed that has gluten in it. We have a zero-tolerance policy on having any gluten in our kitchen or pantries."

Luc Lagace, a microbiologist and director of research at ACER, stated, 'This is the first time I've seen falsification of this kind. You can see that it's outright cane sugar that's been added to the cans. This is not an accident. It's deliberate.'

The USDA has issued a health alert for dinosaur-shaped chicken nuggets sold at Walmart, as certain packages may contain lead. Lead is especially harmful to pregnant women, infants and young children.

The Bay Terrace location has been inspected five times since May 2025, and only once has it scored within the A-grade range without additional flags worth noting.

The fourth plate is necessary to qualify for moving forward to the next round. When you see contestants struggling to put their items on that fourth plate before the countdown runs out, the stress is real!

I felt I was too hot. My mind, my head. I contacted my wife - I said there's a problem with the sauce. Manz argued that the restaurant failed to warn customers about the salsa's spiciness. For someone with little experience with spiciness, the experience was, in his words, a very big shock, physically and mentally.

This mini pepper is technically known as an internal proliferation, and is due to a natural process called parthenocarpy. Parthenocarpy is when any fruit develops without fertilization, and in the case of bell peppers, it results in these small internal tissue growths. Although it can have the same shape and look like a regular pepper, if you cut open this mini pepper, you'll find it's completely seedless.

Hawaii is the hot spot for rat lungworm disease in the U.S., with more than 80 cases that were laboratory-confirmed from 2016 to 2026. Still, it's considered a highly underdiagnosed disease. The largest number of rat lungworm cases occur on the island of Hawaii.

Freeze ribs as soon as they reach room temperature - even cooked meat left out for more than two hours can develop harmful bacteria. You'll also want to ensure the meat freezes quickly. Apart from the food safety aspect, a fast freeze will help prevent ice crystals from forming, which can negatively affect the texture.