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if you eat anthony's cassava flour regularly, lead safe mama says: stop eating it immediately and try to get to a doctor to get your blood lead levels checked. put the cassava flour in an additional bag, mark it as unsafe to eat, but do not throw it out. the lead levels are so high that there might be a recall and there might be a major lawsuit.

some of you may have seen my post about bob's red mill cassava flour containing a LOT of lead. anthony's cassava flour has lead levels several times higher.

consumer reports tested bob's red mill cassava flour at 333 ppb. lead safe mama tested bob's red mill cassava flour at 303 ppb of lead. anthony's cassava flour tested at 1,178.5 ppb of lead. the proposed action level for children is 5 ppb of lead. anthony's organic cassava flour also tested high for arsenic and cadmium.

The amount of Lead found in this Anthony’s Organic cassava flour product is incredibly alarming and we are filing a report with the FDA to request a formal investigation and recall of this product. Children (and even larger humans) who have been consuming this product on a regular basis will likely test positive for Lead in their blood. We encourage anyone who has been consuming this (or any other Lead-contaminated product) to ask their doctor about getting a Blood Lead Level (BLL) test as a baseline immediately, especially if you have not had one recently — more on that here. If you have some of this product in your pantry, please set it aside in a separate baggie clearly marked DO NOT EAT and find your purchase receipt (if possible) to put in the baggie as well. Please also stand by for any potential formal recalls or potential litigation against the company. Do not throw out this important evidence as it could be helpful to others. Thank you.

lead safe mama posted these results on april 30, 2025. as of july 23rd 2025, I (rune) have still not seen any recalls of any anthony's products.

while the outside of the recalled cartons all mention that the contents contain peanut butter somewhere, the individually wrapped "cheese" flavored sandwiches inside the box may actually be peanut butter.

I (rune) really recommend this FDA link be shared in school and parent groups, because kids might share their snacks.

yes these are the full resolution photos provided by the FDA.

EAST HANOVER, N.J., July 8, 2025 – Mondelēz Global LLC announced today a voluntary recall of four carton sizes of RITZ Peanut Butter Cracker Sandwiches (8-pack, 20-pack, and 40pack cartons of RITZ Peanut Butter Cracker Sandwiches, as well as the 20-pack RITZ Filled Cracker Sandwich Variety Pack carton) manufactured in the United States and sold nationwide. The affected cartons include individually wrapped packs that may be incorrectly labeled as Cheese variety even though the product may be a Peanut Butter variety. People who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to peanuts may risk serious or life-threatening allergic reactions by consuming this product. All outer cartons affected are labeled correctly and provide an allergen advisory statement indicating that the product “contains peanuts.”

alright so say you have a box of RITZ Peanut Butter Cracker Sandwiches. the outside correctly says you have a box with peanut butter filled sandwiches that contain peanuts somewhere. (but that somewhere might be a surprise.) you reach your hand in to acquire a peanut buttery snack. and the one you pull out says: CHEESE

...even though you actually have a peanut butter cracker sandwich.

part of what makes this specific situation way fucking worse than it already was is that this labeling error also affects variety packs that contain both peanut butter and cheese flavored cracker sandwiches. it is a little easier to tell some kind of mistake was made if you buy a peanut butter-only carton and pull out something that says cheese. but if someone gets sick from eating the peanut butter flavor and not the cheese flavor, and they reach into a multipack that says it contains the cheese flavored cracker sandwiches, they might accidentally eat the peanut butter flavor and get very very sick.

and of course, people sharing their snacks with others with no box in sight might accidentally give a cheese-labeled peanut butter cracker sandwich to someone who can handle a cheese cracker sandwich and not a peanut butter cracker sandwich. because it says CHEESE!

This recall is exclusively for the 8-pack, 20-pack, and 40-pack RITZ Peanut Butter Cracker Sandwich cartons and the 20-pack RITZ Filled Cracker Sandwich Variety Pack carton, with Best When Used By Dates listed in the grid below, available at retail stores nationwide. No other RITZ products or Mondelēz Global LLC products are included in, or affected by, this recall.

and tumblr still will not let me do tables so I am going to do my best to format this for tumblr.

recalled items:

11.4 oz. RITZ Peanut Butter Cracker Sandwiches 8 Count (8 x 1.38-oz. 6-pack carton)

retail UPC: 0 44000 88210 5

best when used by dates: 1 NOV 25-9 NOV 25, “AE” Plant Code Only (located on top of package)

27.6 oz. RITZ Peanut Butter Cracker Sandwiches 20 Count (20 x 1.38-oz. 6-pack carton)

retail UPC: 0 44000 07584 2

best when used by dates: 1 NOV 25-9 NOV 25, 2 JAN 26-22 JAN 26; “AE” Plant Code Only (located on top of package)

55.2 oz. RITZ Peanut Butter Cracker Sandwiches – 40 Count (40 x 1.38-oz. 6-pack carton)

retail UPC: 0 44000 07819 5

best when used by dates: 1 NOV 25-9 NOV 25, 2 JAN 26-22 JAN 26; “AM” Plant Code Only (located on top of package)

27.3 oz. RITZ Filled Cracker Sandwich 20-Count Variety Pack (20 packs of 10 Cheese 1.38-oz. packs and 10 Peanut Butter 1.38-oz. packs)

retail UPC: 0 44000 08095 2

best when used by dates: 2 NOV 25–9 NOV 25, “RJ” Plant Code Only (located on top of package)

and the alleged cheese (but actually peanut butter) sandwiches may be labeled as such:

RITZ Cheese Cracker Sandwiches (1.38oz. pack)

retail UPC: 0 44000 00211 4

best when used by dates: 1 NOV 25–9 NOV 25, 2 JAN 26–22 JAN 26; “AE” Plant Code Only (located on side of package)

pictures of the recalled items and the mislabeled "cheese" sandwiches are at the top.

There have been no reports of injury or illness reported to Mondelēz Global LLC to date related to this product, and we are issuing this recall as a precaution. The recall was initiated after Mondelēz Global LLC discovered that film packaging rolls used to package individually wrapped products containing peanut butter may contain defects due to a supplier error. Corrective actions are being taken to help ensure this issue does not recur.

emphasis entirely theirs.

someone is probably going to get sick because of this, but there have been no reports of that happening yet. the recall was issued before any reports were received. allegedly they are going to try and make sure this never happens again.

to be totally clear here: cartons only containing cheese flavored sandwiches are not being recalled. and only the listed items within those specific best by dates are being recalled. a limited number of peanut butter sandwiches were individually mislabeled as cheese. if you have zero issues with peanut butter or accidentally eating peanut butter, and there is no chance of someone who gets sick from peanut butter eating your ritz sandwiches: there is no significant danger.

but: if you or someone you know could get sick from eating a peanut butter cracker sandwich when anticipating a cheese cracker sandwich, that is where things get dangerous.

@thebibliosphere now when someone suggests something useful, you can respond with style!

Easy Vegan Gluten Free Biscuits

4-5lbs pork shoulder

28oz canned whole tomatoes

3 chicken bouillon cubes

1tsp dried oregano

2tsp garlic powder

1/4c dried onion flakes

7oz canned chipotle peppers with sauce

2 diced onions

1tbsp fat of some sort (I used lard)

Based on the Food Wishes chicken tinga recipe: http://foodwishes.blogspot.com/2017/09/chicken-tinga-torn-between-two-lovers.html?m=1

I was going to make that recipe exactly, but Irma meant that Publix was out of chicken thighs, so I used pork instead! Here’s how I modified the recipe to work with pork.

Stick everything except the diced onions and lard into a massive slow cooker. Rinse the tomato can and chipotle pepper can out with water and put the delicious rinse water in the slow cooker too. Add enough water to almost cover the pork.

Cook on high until you can very easily remove the pork scapula with tongs. This will take at least a few hours. When the meat is very tender, fish it out and put it in a bowl to cool and shred. Remove any fat chunks you don’t want to eat.

While pork is cooling, dice those 2 onions and saute on medium high in the lard until the onions are translucent and browned around the edges. Put the onions in the slow cooker with all the tomato liquid. Use immersion blender to blend the liquid into a smooth sauce. Add the shredded pork back into the sauce, and simmer until pork is heated through and has absorbed some sauce. Salt to taste.

Serve with whatever rice, tortillas, beans, etc you find in your kitchen. We ate this with refried beans & rice, and over baked potatoes.

I got 8 patties out of this, probably because I used a big sweet potato. The recipe as written was a little bit saltier than I like, but the flavor is good. The flax egg also worked really well. I didn’t blend up the oatmeal, and I think the texture is better that way.

I also baked the patties instead of frying, because I have a benadryl hangover and don’t feel like babysitting the skillet. Preheat oven to 400F. Line baking sheet with aluminum foil, and then coat that lightly with oil. Put patties on sheet and bake for 25min. After 25min, take patties out, re-oil the foil (or use another sheet), and flip the patties over so the un-browned side also browns. Bake for an additional 10min.

Hampton Creek Just Mayo is a good vegan mayonnaise.