English chocolatier Cadbury recalled over 1 million chocolate bars after detecting a rare strain of salmonella.
Spinach -- Fall 2006
An e. coli epidemic traced to California spinach killed three people in 2006 and sickened 199 people in 26 states.
Peter Pan Peanut Butter -- Feb. 2007
Hundreds of cases of reported salmonella forced consumers to throw out their Peter Pan peanut butter.
Baby Food -- July 2007
Baby food giant Gerber recalled organic rice and oatmeal cereals after a Florida parent reported dozens of hard clumps, a potential choking hazard
Ground Beef
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Frozen Beef -- Feb. 2008
Regulators recalled 143 million pounds of frozen ground beef in the largest U.S. beef recall ever.
Chinese Dairy -- Nov. 2008
The U.S. banned imports of a Chinese dairy supplier after several products were found to be tainted with melanine.
Pistachios -- March 2009
The nation's second-largest pistachio processor issued a nationwide recall of pistachios in March 2009 after Kraft Foods told U.S. regulators of its link to tainted trail mix.
Cookie Dough -- June 2009
Chocolate chip maker Nestle recalled 300,000 packages of its Toll House cookies after customers reported possible E. coli contamination after eating raw cookie dough.