Food

One in 12 seniors in Southwest Florida experiences food insecurity. That number is a result of many factors that include inflation, expensive housing in the region, and aging-related medical expenses. Harry Chapin Food Bank’s Care and Share senior feeding program seeks to alleviate these economic pressures by giving seniors monthly free meal kits.

More than 212,000 pounds of liquid egg products that may contain a cleaning solution with sodium hypochlorite is being recalled nationwide, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced Friday.The liquid egg items, from Cargill Kitchen Solutions, a Lake Odessa, Michigan establishment, were produced on March 12 and 13, 2025.After conducting an investigation and thorough assessment of the contents of the cleaning solution, FSIS scientists concluded that use of this product should not cause adverse health consequences, or the risk is negligible, resulting in a Class III recall.

Bestway Sandwiches Inc. recalls frozen chicken and cheese taquito products due to possible foreign matter contamination.

The recall of nearly 10 million pounds of ready-to-eat meat and poultry products has been expanded to include information that some of the recalled products could have different numbering IDs due to further distribution and processing .The expanded recall includes some ready-to-eat foods under the brands Michael Angelo’s, Rao’s, Marketside salads with chicken, Trader Joe’s salad with chicken, and several other brands.

Nearly 10 million pounds of ready-to-eat (RTE) meat and poultry products that may be adulterated with Listeria monocytogenes is being recalled by the manufacturer, BrucePac, of Durant, Okla.

Perdue Foods of Perry, Ga., is recalling approximately 167,171 pounds of frozen, ready-to-eat chicken breast nugget and tender products that may be contaminated with foreign material, specifically metal, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced Friday.The frozen, ready-to-eat chicken breast nugget and tender items were produced on March 23, 2024.

A California-based producer of lab-grown poultry filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday challenging a new Florida ban on selling or manufacturing “cultivated” meat.UPSIDE Foods, Inc., contends, in part, that the law violates a constitutional prohibition on favoring in-state businesses over out-of-state competitors.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced Friday that Boar's Head is recalling all its liverwurst product that is currently available in commerce because it may be adulterated with Listeria monocytogenes. The company is also recalling additional deli meat products that were produced on the same line and on the same day as the liverwurst and, therefore, may be adulterated with L. monocytogenes. The company is recalling approximately 207,528 pounds of products.

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Donated, not wasted, foods will be accepted March 18 through April 1.