It’s another one of President Trump’s flawed appointments to oversee an important federal agency. This time, it’s the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, an agency created in 2011 to safeguard American consumers against some of the financial losses they suffered in the mortgage crisis and Great Recession. On Thursday, the U.S.... Read more →

JBS Tolleson Inc. is recalling an additional 5.1 million pounds of raw beef products, which were produced and packed from July 26 to Sept. 7, because the meat may be contaminated with Salmonella Newport. This is an expansion of the Oct. 4 recall in which 6.9 million pounds of raw... Read more →

As President George H.W. Bush is being positively eulogized, it’s important to remember that Bush, as often is the case with most Republicans, was more interested in helping business interests than consumers. Here are some examples of how the Bush administration, and the Republican Party, have failed consumers: But by... Read more →

The U.S. Department of Agriculture needs to exercise its authority under the law to set and enforce more rigorous standards to protect consumers from Salmonella contamination in meat and poultry, a report by the Consumer Federation of America recommends. Illnesses from Salmonella in the United States have remained about the... Read more →

Photo: SMC I love fruitcake, especially the English-style fruitcake that I learned to make when I lived in Australia. It was quite a learning experience. My first teaching job was at East Sydney Girls High School and I was teaching cooking. I had to demonstrate to the kids how to... Read more →

GenX, introduced a decade ago as a “safer” alternative for the non-stick chemicals PFOA and PFOS, is nearly as toxic to people as what it replaced, according to a recently released Environmental Protection Agency study. The EPA published a draft toxicity review for GenX and a related compound called PFBS,... Read more →

Romaine lettuce growers are beginning to label their lettuce with information on where it was grown and the date it was harvested The labels are voluntary, so if the romaine lettuce isn’t labeled, don’t buy it, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration advises. The FDA has indicated that the romaine... Read more →

Meryl Baer of Six Decades and Counting went to her town’s official party to usher in the holiday season, a Saturday evening with a holiday parade and block party. It rained early in the day, but by the 5 p.m. start, no rain fell and the temperature was almost balmy.... Read more →

Photo: Justefrain About 500 million Marriott customers appear to have had their credit or debit card numbers stolen four years ago. These consumers are at risk for existing account fraud and should consider requesting a new card. All consumers should check their monthly credit card and bank statements. “The Marriott... Read more →

Teva Pharmaceuticals is recalling all lots of combination tablets featuring the drugs amlodipine and valsartan and another combination drug featuring amlodipine, valsartan, and hydrochlorothiazide due to an impurity detected. The impurity is N-nitroso-diethylamine or NDEA, which has been classified as a probable human carcinogen, according to the U.S. Food and... Read more →