What Happens in Vegas: Massive Flavor Enhancer Recall

It isn't the kind of Las Vegas story you're used to. But yes, we have other industries besides gambling, hotels and hookers. Apparently.

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Salmonella found in flavor enhancer used in thousands of processed foods

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced a recall of a common flavor enhancer that could be contaminated with salmonella bacteria.
The product, called hydrolyzed vegetable protein or HVP, is potentially in thousands of food products, including soups, sauces, chilis, stews, hot dogs, gravies, seasoned snack foods, dips and dressings. HVP is manufactured by a Las Vegas company. . .

Read more at: MSNBC

FYI: Peanut Product Recall List

Wondering what peanut products are on the recall list? I was too, and I found this nifty little widget. See if anything in your pantry is on the list.

DON'T EAT THE PEANUTS!!!

Hmmm. I just bought a huge plastic container of Planters dry roasted peanuts. And we've eaten about a third of them. Should I even bother to throw the rest away?

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Update: FDA releases tidal wave of fresh recalls

Federal officials have released a tidal wave of fresh recalls in the past 24 hours as they connect the dots in the supply chain of tainted peanut-related products.

The latest recalls by 25 companies listing dozens of items include Walgreen's chocolate candy with peanuts, Best Brands peanut butter cookie dough and Hain Celestial's frozen pad Thai dinners, including one made for Trader Joe's. . .

Read more at: OregonLive

Beef Recall Expands to...like...ALL of It

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Wow. I hadn't heard of the recall at all, and then I see it's jumped from 300,000+ pounds of beef to 21.7 MILLION POUNDS? That is an astonishing number. And, I suddenly feel like chicken tonight. Maybe a nice potato and leek soup. . .

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Ground Beef Recall Expanded Across U.S.

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- The Topps Meat Co. on Saturday expanded its recall of frozen hamburger patties to include 21.7 million pounds of ground beef that may be contaminated with E. coli bacteria that sickened more than a dozen people in eight states. [snip]

The recall represents all Topps products with either a "sell by date" or a "best if used by date" between Sept. 25 this year and Sept. 25, 2008. The Elizabeth-based company said this information is found on a package's back panel. . .

Read the rest at: AP.org

Read Topps Meat's News Release on the recall at: ToppsMeat.com