Senior News Line: Keep track of food recalls

If you’ve been keeping an eye on recent food recalls, you know that salmonella has been in the news, because salmonella has been in our food.

We have moringa superfood capsules, the powder of which comes from the leaves of plants in India and Africa, an organic food known for containing healthful antioxidants, protein and minerals — except it can make us very ill if we get the wrong capsule and salmonella is present in the powder.

Then there are the organic chia seeds with salmonella. And the pouches of super greens supplements that promote health via kale, barley grass and parsley — with salmonella.

And the chocolate candy bars with salmonella. And the dog biscuits with salmonella.

But salmonella isn’t all that’s been discovered in our food recently. We have plastic in baby biscuits, specifically in the flour used to make those biscuits for toddlers.

We have significant levels of lead in cookware that can cause lead toxicity. We have mold in nasal spray.

And there are defective lids on cans of tuna that allowed the food to be contaminated, potentially leading to food poisoning in those who eat the tuna.

The current recall on these cans of tuna is a re-do: The cans were in storage because they were already recalled once, a year ago, and the quarantined product was accidentally released to stores.

Several cheese products sold at a number of major locations have tested positive for listeria, as have tamales, burritos and chicken fillets.

Part of taking care of ourselves is to stay on top of these food recalls to be sure we don’t have those items in our home. Make it a point to start your week on Mondays by going to the government’s food safety website.

Go to foodsafety.gov and click on “Recalls & Outbreaks.” Or, see the food safety website at fsis.usda.gov/recalls.