Food

Meat products produced by two companies are being recalled and an alert was issued for ground beef distributed to a popular retail outlet and possibly contaminated with E. coli, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service is issuing a public health alert for a frozen not-ready-to-eat ham croquette product due to misbranding and undeclared allergens. This item was shipped to distributor locations in Florida.

Hormel Foods Corporation is recalling approximately 256,185 pounds of canned beef stew product that may be contaminated with foreign material, specifically wood.The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced the recall Wednesday saying the product was shipped to retail locations nationwide.

The National Association of Letter Carriers conducting nation's largestsingle-day food drive this Saturday.

Consolidated Burger Holdings, which operates 57 Burger King locations — including two restaurants in Collier County — has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

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.