{
  "id": 5144376,
  "title": "American shoppers are so rattled by surging FDA recalls that 67% now avoid a whole food category after just one notice",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/american-shoppers-are-so-rattled-by-surging-fda-recalls-that-67-now",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-02T17:41:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Fortune",
    "slug": "fortune",
    "url": "https://fortune.com/2026/09/02/food-recalls-fda-americans-avoid-food-categories/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The FDA issued 26 food recall notices in August alone, with an additional 46 notices for drugs. According to a recent survey commissioned by GS1 US, 67% of American shoppers have avoided an entire food category following a recall, up from 60% last year. Nearly 67% of consumers have hesitated to purchase the same product or brand again, and 59% have thrown away recalled food even if their region wasn't affected. The survey also revealed that 94% of U.S. adults are concerned about the frequency of food recalls. While recalls are meant to identify and remove potentially dangerous products from the market, Americans are increasingly losing confidence in the food safety system. The number of recalls has risen significantly in recent years, with 18 recalls in August 2025, compared to 18 in the same month of the previous year. Salmonella accounted for a large portion of these recalls, with 12 of the 26 recalls referencing potential Salmonella contamination. The affected products include various items such as radishes, mangoes, alfalfa sprouts, granola, jalapeños, chocolate eyeballs, ready-to-go baked spaghetti, and vegan frozen dessert sandwiches. Some recalls are due to bacterial contamination, undeclared allergens, or foreign objects like glass, metal, or plastic. The staffing cuts at federal agencies responsible for food safety, such as the FDA and USDA, have also raised concerns about the effectiveness of the system in identifying and preventing contaminated food from reaching consumers.",
  "summary": "From Salmonella in jalapeños to glass in fruit bars, August’s food recalls are changing how Americans shop.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}