I was concerned that every time I open my internet browser that I see yet another food item recalled, there have been at least 5 today already. So I went to https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts and directly from their website you can download the recalls by year, so I did and I made a pivot table.. Anyone else concerned as hell at how we went from 4 in 2017 to averaging 317 recalls a year after 2020 on food and other items we consume or use?!

The most current recalls – December 2023:

Date Brand-Names Product-Description Product-Types Recall-Reason-Description Company-Name
12/19/2023 Wine Country Gift Baskets Gift Baskets with Quaker Chewy Granola Bars Food & Beverages, Foodborne Illness Potential Salmonella contamination Houdini, Inc.
12/19/2023 Racine Danish Kringles Raspberry Kringle Danish Food & Beverages Undeclared Allergen – Pecans RDK Corp
12/16/2023 Multiple brand names Various Deli Salads Food & Beverages Product may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. Herold’s Salads Inc.
12/16/2023 Eban’s Bakehouse Cookie Bites Food & Beverages Undeclared milk and soy Eban’s Bakehouse
12/15/2023 Citi Trade Int’l Limited Notoginseng Formula Special Gout Granule Food & Beverages Undeclared drugs, Diclofenac and Dexamethasone 8th Avenue Pharmacy
12/15/2023 Fresh Express & Publix Spinach Food & Beverages Listeria monocytogenes Fresh Express
12/15/2023 Nature’s Wonder Mung Bean Sprouts Food & Beverages Listeria monocytogenes Chang Farm
12/15/2023 Quaker Granola Bars and Granola Cereals Food & Beverages, Foodborne Illness Potential for Salmonella contamination The Quaker Oats Company
12/14/2023 Valley View Candies Peanut Butter, Maple Nut, Chocolate, and Chocolate Walnut Fudge Food & Beverages Undeclared eggs Valley View Candies
12/13/2023 Himalayan Tea Food & Beverages, Coffee/Tea Undeclared drugs, Diclofenac and Dexamethasone WS Global, Inc.
12/12/2023 Bobo’s Peach Oat Bars Food & Beverages Undeclared coconut. Bobo’s
12/08/2023 Aviator Dehydrated tomato halves Food & Beverages Undeclared sulfites Global Veg Corp
12/08/2023 Shakespeare’s Frozen pizza Food & Beverages, Allergens Undeclared wheat Shakespeare’s Pizza
12/08/2023 United Dairy Farmers Holiday nog Food & Beverages Undeclared egg Prairie Farms Dairy, Inc
12/06/2023 Sprouts Farmers Market, Trader Joe’s, None Fruit cups and trays containing cantaloupe. Food & Beverages Potential to be contaminated with Salmonella GHGA, LLC
12/05/2023 Not Branded Fruit cups, clamshells and trays containing cantaloupe Food & Beverages, Foodborne Illness Potential to be contaminated with Salmonella TGD Cuts, LLC
12/04/2023 Maggi 2 Minute Noodles Food & Beverages, Allergens Undeclared peanuts Undeclared peanuts
12/04/2023 Lara’s Bakery 3 Pan de Racho, Panque, Tres Leches, Chocoflan, and Pan Surtido Food & Beverages, Allergens Undeclared Sesame seed, coconut, soy, wheat, milk, and egg Lara’s Bakery 3, LLC.
12/01/2023 Multiple brands Cantaloupe chunks and fruit mixes containing cantaloupe Food & Beverages, Foodborne Illness, Fruit/Fruit Product Potential to be contaminated with Salmonella Cut Fruit Express, Inc.
12/01/2023 Manischewitz Dark Chocolate Coins Food & Beverages Undeclared milk. Manischewitz
12/01/2023 Malichita Whole Cantaloupe Food & Beverages Potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. Pacific Trellis Fruit, LLC.