Consumers should not eat any varieties of prepackaged Nestle Toll House refrigerated cooke dough because of concerns the products may be contaminated with the bacterium E. coli O157:H7, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warns. E. coli O157:H7 can cause severe blood diarrhea and in some cases a potentially lethal condition called hemolytic uremic [...]
Nestlé Prepared Foods Company is recalling specific lots of three Lean Cuisine frozen chicken meal products after bits of plastic were reported to have been found in the products. The health risk is considered high. The recall includes specific lots of the following products: 9.5-ounce packages of “LEAN CUISINE PESTO CHICKEN WITH BOW TIE PASTA” [...]
Nestlé is withdrawing Nestlé Farinha Lactea cereal in the U.SA., because it has learned the product may contain residual traces of a pesticide not currently approved for use on wheat in the U.S.
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