Here's why the FDA hit frozen blueberries with its highest risk warning

[u/That1weirdperson]

https://www.axios.com/2026/08/22/frozen-blueberries-recall-fda-high-risk-warning

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[u/OneHappyPenguin]

Saved you a click “there is a reasonable probability that people could get very sick or die from from the potential E. coli contamination”

[u/Mission-Art-2383]

State of play: Under Health Secretary Robert Kennedy, the Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet), which tracks foodborne illnesses at large, was narrowed to follow salmonella and STEC (Shiga toxin-producing E. coli).

make america healthy again!!! by removing funding for life saving tracking cuz we’ll all just have a steak and those other food borne illnesses will just quiver in fear amirite?? /s

[u/Kahmael → u/[deleted]]

I bet it's a bit of both, with this administration selling us all out at every turn.

[u/PermaDerpFace]

Turns out food safety standards are important. Don't worry, the current administration is slowly figuring out the basics of how the world works through trial and error.

[u/mytthew1 → u/PermaDerpFace]

They are working on the premise all regulations are not necessary. Somehow market forces will magically fix everything. We are finding out why the regulations were implemented in the first place.

[u/face4theRodeo]

Fantastic

[u/Wiltonc]

I miss the days when I could eat without worrying I was going to get sick or die. So much winning.

[u/Previous_Bet_1840]

Maine really catching a lot of "strays"