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Everybody knows the basic rules for saving money on food. Don't eat out. Ditch the steaks in favor of ground beef. Stick to staples. But a recent USDA report shows that, in 2011, some classic money-saving guidelines proved useless as food prices went through the roof.

This week, holiday shoppers have turned into post-holiday exchangers. And while Main Street shops for sweaters in the right size, Wall Street has a few items to cross off of its "to do" list before New Year's Eve, too.

Natural foods company Kashi recalled about 2,790 pounds of Kashi Southwest Style Chicken meals because the packages may have a different meal -- Kashi Chicken Pasta Pomodoro -- packaged in the box, said the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service. The pasta meal...

Cal-Maine Foods Inc. added another 120 dozen eggs to a recall announced Monday over possible Salmonella contamination, the company said through the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Pippin Loose Medium eggs from plant number 1457, a Julian date of 282 and a sell-by/expiration date of 11/07/2010...

Cal-Maine Foods Inc. recalled 288,000 eggs after Salmonella contamination was found on the farm of one of its Ohio suppliers. That company, Ohio Fresh Eggs LLC of Croton, Ohio, has been financially linked to a key figure in the massive egg recall this summer that was prompted by reports of more...

Eggs are heading back to store shelves from Hillandale Farms, one of two big Iowa egg producers who in August recalled more than 500 million eggs because of Salmonella contamination that sickened more than 1,600 people. The Food and Drug Administration on Monday night announced it had approved...

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U.S. Food and Drug Administration officials today unveiled the final list of the contamination problems they found at the two egg producers at the heart of a 500-million plus egg recall, and the listing painted a pretty scary picture of the nation's food supply. They found: Holes that allowed...

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Salmonella has been found in the feed used at the farms linked to the massive outbreak and subsequent recall of eggs and was at least one of the causes, federal officials said today. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said this is the largest outbreak of Salmonella enteritidis...