# Eggs, pizza, and chips-- oh my! So many food recalls recently **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [December 27, 2024, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggs-pizza-and-chips-oh-my-so-many-food-recalls-recently/1012230 "2024-12-27T15:54:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2024, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggs-pizza-and-chips-oh-my-so-many-food-recalls-recently/1012230/1 "2024-12-27T15:54:41Z")
**The mounting list of FDA food recalls** [https://www.axios.com/2024/12/26/costco-eggs-pizza-recall-fda](https://www.axios.com/2024/12/26/costco-eggs-pizza-recall-fda) The linked article has a _lot_ of food recalls that I completely missed! I did wind up having a bag of Whole Foods brand 365 carrots that were recalled a couple of weeks ago. Gee, if you can’t trust Whole Foods with perfectly healthy bagged carrots… 😟 Turns out the store brand carrots from my local H-E-B were not on the recall list. How have you interacted with or been affected by the heaping pile of recent food recalls? What’s your strategy for avoiding buying these items or even making sure you hear about them before you are hovering over the toidy 🤮-- or worse? The FDA website has the option to sign up for email alerts-- do you do that? > **[Recalls, Market Withdrawals, & Safety Alerts](https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts)** > > FDA and industry press releases regarding product recalls Wait til RFK Jr. get ahold of the agency. 🙄 ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2024, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggs-pizza-and-chips-oh-my-so-many-food-recalls-recently/1012230/2 "2024-12-28T15:40:37Z")
Is there a special recognition award for starting a thread that _no one_ replies to? Askin’ for a friend. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2024, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggs-pizza-and-chips-oh-my-so-many-food-recalls-recently/1012230/3 "2024-12-28T15:45:23Z")
You’re out of the running. 😉 The closest for me are the eggs at Costco except the eggs involved are on the other side of the country from me and I don’t buy that particular type. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2024, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggs-pizza-and-chips-oh-my-so-many-food-recalls-recently/1012230/4 "2024-12-28T15:51:44Z")
I work at a grocery/big box store and every day we get a stack of recall notices. That’s how I usually hear about it, along with the TV/radio/etc. PSA’s everyone else gets. The reality is that there has been a lot of recalls every year for many years. I think the last few have been better publicized than in the past which makes it _seem_ like there are more but actually just makes the public better informed. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2024, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggs-pizza-and-chips-oh-my-so-many-food-recalls-recently/1012230/5 "2024-12-28T16:42:30Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > You’re out of the running. Another opportunity for backasswards recognition slips away… dang. * * * > [@Broomstick](#): > > I think the last few have been better publicized than in the past Hmmm… you’re probably right about that. But the raw carrot recall from Whole Foods struck me as unexpected. And the raw onions at McDonald’s (not strictly a recall)-- I don’t remember anything like that before. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2024, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggs-pizza-and-chips-oh-my-so-many-food-recalls-recently/1012230/6 "2024-12-28T16:47:57Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > But the raw carrot recall from Whole Foods struck me as unexpected. And the raw onions at McDonald’s (not strictly a recall)-- I don’t remember anything like that before. I’ve been seeing recalls on raw vegetables like that for years (particularly lettuce and spinach), almost always due to E. coli contamination (which was the specific issue for both the carrots at Whole Foods, and the McDonald’s onions). The issue, AIUI, is that the vegetables can get contaminated through irrigation water. > [@](#): > > The produce is at risk of contamination from irrigation water especially if it’s grown near animal production facilities where the animals may be infected with _E. coli_. > > There’s also a seasonal aspect to _E. coli_ outbreaks associated with the harvest season for lettuce in different areas. For instance, the fall lettuce harvest in coastal California is associated with a higher likelihood of _E. coli_ outbreaks.5 > > “If the _E. coli_ is in the water, and that water is absorbed by the raw crops and becomes part of the plant, you cannot wash that out,” Baum said. “I’m a consumer, I wash all of my produce, and I worry about it all the time.” > **[Why Do Lettuce and Spinach Keep Getting Contaminated With E. Coli?](https://www.verywellhealth.com/lettuce-e-coli-contamination-6542307)** > > Leafy greens are sometimes grown in soil that's prone to contamination. Also, when was the last time you cooked your vegetables? ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2024, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggs-pizza-and-chips-oh-my-so-many-food-recalls-recently/1012230/7 "2024-12-28T19:28:45Z")
This is what happens when food companies get to police themselves. The best part is they wait until most of the product is sold before issuing the recall.