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Multiple varieties of Jif peanut butter are being recalled after The J.M. Smucker Co. announced a voluntary recall on Friday.

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Jif peanut butter is being recalled for potential salmonella contamination

1:58pm May 23, 2022

by Wynne Davis

The J.M. Smucker Co. announced the recall on Friday. The Food and Drug Administration says current epidemiologic evidence points to a Lexington, Ky., facility as the likely cause of the outbreak.

Flowers are left at a makeshift memorial outside of the Tops market on May 15 in Buffalo, N.Y.

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The Tops in Buffalo's East Side was a lifeline. Residents wonder if it should reopen

11:35am May 21, 2022

by Jaclyn Diaz

The Tops Friendly Markets grocery store opened on Jefferson Avenue on the East Side of Buffalo in 2003. It was a long road to get there.

Nearly 270 cases of salmonella have been linked to chocolate Easter eggs

10:48am May 19, 2022

by The Associated Press

European health officials say that 266 confirmed cases and 58 suspected cases of an outbreak have been reported throughout Europe and in North America. The vast majority of the cases are in children.

White House invokes the Defense Production Act for the baby formula shortage

7:55am May 19, 2022

The Biden administration says help is on the way to address the nationwide baby formula shortage. How would the Defense Production Act, a legal vestige of the Cold War era, help?

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Tyler Merfeld co-owns Toad Style BK in New York and says his restaurant was overwhelmed by the promotion.

Grubhub offered free lunches in New York City. That's when the chaos began

7:02pm May 18, 2022

by Manuela López Restrepo

Yesterday was a bad day for Grubhub. The food delivery service launched a free lunch promotion for people in New York City. And spoiler alert: it backfired.

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Science

Johns Hopkins' students solve a modern-day problem: messy lunches

5:58am May 18, 2022

The engineering students invented something called "Tastee Tape" — possibly the world's first edible tape that can stick to food. Gone are the days of burritos, gyros and wraps falling apart.

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The FDA announces plans to ease the shortage of baby formula

7:57am May 17, 2022

NPR's A Martinez talks to Meredith Lee, food and agriculture reporter at Politico, about a deal between manufacturer Abbott Nutrition and the FDA aimed at relieving an infant formula shortage.

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Health & Safety

A shortage of baby formula is making it hard for parents to feed their infants

7:59am May 16, 2022

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to FDA Commissioner Robert Califf about February's shutdown of formula giant Abbott Nutrition, which led to a surge in demand that other formula makers struggle to meet.

Researchers Robert Ferl and Anna-Lisa Paul.

Scientists successfully grow plants in soil from the moon

9:25am May 14, 2022

by Rina Torchinsky

The study makes use of lunar soil samples collected from Apollo 11, 12 and 17.

A sign tells customers of limited supplies of baby formula at a grocery store in Salt Lake City on Tuesday.

White House bolsters efforts to get baby formula into the hands of WIC recipients

4:24pm May 13, 2022

by Rina Torchinsky

States have been asked to increase accessibility of baby formula for recipients of the low-income program. And the Food and Drug Administration is looking at ways to make it easier to import formula.