If you have made the change of Tater Tots to the healthiest broccoli alternative (basically they are Tater Tots, but made of Broccoli), pay attention to a new retirement notice published on the FDA website. According to the notice, some frozen broccoli products have been removed because they can contain small pieces of metal or rocks.
The retirement comes from the Conagra Brands, Inc. and involves the Birds Eye brand. Customer complaints caused the company to realize the problem, according to its retirement notice, which caused a voluntary retirement that implies 12 -outer packages from the TOT sold with “better” select dates.
At the date of the withdrawal notice, Birds Eye said that he has received two reports for the consumption of dental damage related to the problem. Consumers are told to have any of these packages withdrawn from the market that discard them without eating. The complete broccoli list covered by this withdrawal can be found on the FDA website.
A series of retreats
This is the last retirement that involves the contamination of foreign objects in food products, joining others in recent weeks that covered a variety of packaged foods. Last week, for example, Kraft Heinz recalled a long list of powdered drinks sold under popular brands such as Kool-Aid due to glass risk.
On November 1, meanwhile, Flower Foods, Inc., withdrew cupcakes and kimpetts about the potential presence of small fragments of mesh wire. The pollution problem, the company had said as part of its retirement announcement, was discovered by a supplier that provided one of the ingredients used to produce these bakery products.
Metal, glass and rock pollution are not the only repeated problems that drive recent products. Several companies, including Blistex and Procter & Gamble, have removed several aerosol deodorants and medications at high levels of benzene, a human carcinogen linked to a greater risk of certain types of cancer.
Consumers who wish to stay aware of the latest products withdrawal can consult the FDA security advice portal, which lists new withdrawals related to possible health problems. Meanwhile, the USDA also has a retreat portal that alerts the public about the problems that involve meat and eggs, in addition to the US CPSC. UU maintains a list of retreats that cover consumer products such as devices and appliances.