Culture Buzz With 36 million pounds of turkey being recalled, Facebookers are eager to point fingers at, well, anybody and everybody. Conspiracy? You decide!
Culture Buzz In one of the largest food recalls in history, Cargill foods is recalling fresh and frozen turkey products produced from their springdale Arkansas plant from February 20th all the way through August 2nd. Salmonella poisoning here we come!
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Farms tied to one of the country's biggest egg producers were a source of salmonella in the 1980s and recently.
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Some say disease is another reason to detest industrial-size farms, while others see them as an economic savior.
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Are you at risk? Only if you bought eggs from Wright County Egg of Galt, Iowa. Click the links below for more info.
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Tests show there may have been salmonella at a second plant operated by the Peanut Corporation of America.
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Kellogg's Keebler and Austin brand peanut butter crackers have been recalled due to the threat of salmonella contamination. There have been 2 reported deaths due to contaminated peanut butter. I'm alright with this, just don't mess with my Ritz Bitz.
Food Buzz The FDA announces the Great Tomato Scare of Aught Eight is finally over. Thank god we all survived! For a while there, we couldn’t even get beefsteak tomatoes on our pizza. Now the FDA is saying tomatoes might never have been the source of the outbreak to begin with. Watch out for those peppers, though!
Food Buzz Sixteen states have reported salmonella poisoning as the result of raw, uncooked tomatoes. If terrorists have been scheming up a way to immobilize all of America’s old Italian ladies, this might just be their 9-11.