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General Motors has called back thousands of Impala and LaCrosse sedans for potential fire hazards and stability-control systems. Meanwhile, Philips calls back a compact fluorescent light that can cut. And Miss Bonnie's Gourmet warns that its cheese spread could be contaminated with salmonella.

One in six Americans -- about 48 million people -- get sick from a food-borne illness each year, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control said in new estimates released yesterday (Wednesday, Dec. 15). Another 128,000 are hospitalized and 3,000 die every year from tainted food, CDC said. The agency...

Four deaths have been linked to celery prepared at a plant in San Antonio, prompting Texas officials to shut down the operation. All of Sangar Fresh Cut Produce's was products made since January were recalled after the Texas Department of State Health Services linked the plant to 10 cases of...

Evidence of hundreds of positive tests for Salmonella contamination in the past two years at the egg-producing facilities in Iowa that had to recall some 500 million eggs have congressional leaders questioning this "disturbing" revelation. More than 1,500 people were sickened in a Salmonella...

A new survey today is suggesting that some food safety problems that led to recalls of more than 5 million eggs and numerous other products could be because government scientists felt pressure from political and business to "go along." The survey was conducted starting in March by the Union of...

Consumer groups are citing the 500 million eggs recalled and other recalls in calling today for the U.S. Senate to quit dilly-dallying on improving the country's food safety and make a vote on legislation to raise standards its first priority when it returns to Washington. They are also warning...

Campbell Soup is recalling 15 million pounds of SpaghettiOs with meatballs after a cooker malfunctioned at one of the company's plants in Texas and left the meat undercooked.

Romaine lettuce is not having a good month. Last week, an e. coli outbreak that sickened more than 30 people was blamed on romaine lettuce shipped to such places as restaurants and cafeterias. Now, Fresh Express, a brand that is widely sold in grocery stores across the country, is recalling a...

Over 200,000 pounds of Nestlé's favorite food of the single tween, Hot Pockets, have been recalled, according to the USDA. According to the Lexington Herald-Leader, pieces of plastic from a device used to test metal-detection equipment at the Mount Sterling, KY plant found their way into the...

We're used to hearing about national recalls. Lead-infested toys from China. Tomatoes that make you rethink the BLT you ordered last night. Baby cribs that might break. It happens all the time.But, heck, it's not supposed to happen to me. It's supposed to be the other guy.This morning, I had the...