Category
Food
7 guides
Recall Guides
Lettuce and leafy greens recalls: how to check bagged salads
No food lands on the recall list more often than leafy greens — romaine and bagged salads, usually for E. coli or Listeria that starts in the field or the packing plant. Here is how to match the bag or head in your fridge to a notice, and why the lot code — not the store — decides.
Oct 22, 2026
Recall Guides
Peanut butter recalls: how to check the jar code and best-by date
Peanut butter recalls are decided by the lot code stamped beside the best-by date, not by the brand name alone. Here is where to find that code, how to read it against an FDA notice, and what to do if your jar matches.
Oct 22, 2026
Recall Guides
Blueberry recalls: current notices and how to check fresh and frozen berries
Blueberries are recalled in both the produce aisle and the freezer case — usually for hepatitis A or Listeria in frozen bags, and for the parasite Cyclospora in fresh clamshells. Here is how to match the berries you own to a notice, and why washing cannot make a recalled berry safe.
Oct 22, 2026
Recall Guides
Cheese recalls: current notices and how to check your block, bag or wheel
Cheese recalls are almost always about one bacterium — Listeria — and they turn on codes, not names. Here is how to match the block, bag or wheel in your fridge to an FDA notice, and why raw-milk cheese gets its own warning.
Oct 22, 2026
Recall Guides
FDA vs. USDA food recalls: Classes I, II and III explained
USDA's FSIS recalls meat, poultry and egg products; FDA recalls almost everything else — and both grade the danger Class I, II or III. Here is how to tell which notice you are holding, and how fast to act.
Oct 22, 2026
Food
Ground beef recalls (USDA FSIS): current list and how to check your package
Recent USDA FSIS recalls and public health alerts involving ground beef, and how to match your package using the establishment number.
Oct 20, 2026
Food
Egg recalls: current list and how to read the carton
Shell eggs are recalled by FDA, usually over Salmonella. Whether yours are affected comes down to three codes on the carton — here is the current picture, how to match your carton to a notice, and what to do if it matches.
Oct 19, 2026