Food recalls ahead of Thanksgiving: 3 you must know about

A lot of time and energy goes into preparing Thanksgiving dinner, so it’s important to ensure that your meal isn’t ruined by potentially contaminated food.Several food items have recently come under investigation by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) for illness outbreaks and potential contamination.Below are three recalled foods to know about ahead of the holiday.The FDA announced a voluntary recall of organic carrots by Grimmway Farms in California pending an investigation of an E.coli outbreak.The recall includes multiple sizes and brands of bagged organic whole and baby carrots.The organic whole carrots were available for retail purchase from Aug.14 through Oct.

23, 2024, from the following brands: 365, Bunny Luv, Cal-Organic, Compliments, Full Circle, Good & Gather, GreenWise, Marketside, Nature’s Promise, O Organics, President’s Choice, Simple Truth, Trader Joe’s, Wegmans and Wholesome Pantry.The recalled organic baby carrots include specific best-if-used-by dates on the bags from Sept.11 to Nov.

12, 2024.The brands of baby carrots include 365, Bunny Luv, Cal-Organic, Compliments, Full Circle, Good & Gather, GreenWise, Grimmway Farms, Kroger, LIDL, Marketside, Nature’s Promise, O Organics, President’s Choice, Raley’s, Simple Truth, Sprouts, Trader Joe’s, Wegmans and Wholesome Pantry.The recall for organic whole carrots was expanded to include different bag sizes, including Bunny Luv 50 pounds bags, Cal-Organic 15-pound and 50-pound bags, and Good & Gather 1-pound bags.The FDA noted that these products are likely “no longer available for sale in stores,” but could be in consumers’ homes.Other companies that used these products from Grimmway Farms are conducting their own recalls. “Consumers should check their refrigerators and freezers and should not eat recalled bagged organic whole or baby carrots,” the FDA wrote in the notice.“If you have these produ...