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> The real problem here is that the FDA is recommending throwing out the butter purely based on the labels. Are they recommending that? This is the ONLY data f

> The real problem here is that the FDA is recommending throwing out the butter purely based on the labels. Are they recommending that? This is the ONLY data from the FDA I can find regarding this recall: <https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/ires/index.cfm?Event=95556 https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/ires/index.cfm?Event=...> (Notice also that it's a manufacturer-initiated recall.) Am I missing an FDA press release about the recall? Also: > or if Costco said, "return it... Costco doesn't want the butter back. It would cost way more to verify that it's still sellable than it would be to simply offer a replacement product to affected customers who ask for one.

jms55 2y ago
You aren't missing anything. I tried to find the FDA's press release, including to what the article links to when they're supposedly summarizing what the "FDA alert" says. The linked website is just a general list of FDA alerts, and doesn't list kirkland butter at all. The same link you posted (FDA event listing) is the only thing I can find directly from the FDA on it, and they don't say "throw out the butter". They just say they're issuing a recall due to mislabeled product, that's it.
- simoncion 2y ago
  FWIW, you (and I) did not find a press release, because they appear to have not made one. In the recall report, we see this: "Press Release Not Issued For This Recall" I'm glad to see I'm not the only one failing to dig up this "Throw all affected products in the trash!" demand.
deathanatos 2y ago
I'm sort of wondering too if this isn't news telephone where each source is plagiarizing the last. I found this: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/costco-butter-recall/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/costco-butter-recall/ That links to the two recall notices. (You have found one already.) https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/ires/index.cfm?Product=210580 https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/ires/index.cfm?Product=210581 The article goes on to say, > General guidelines from the FDA advise consumers who have purchased any recalled food to dispose of the product or return it to the retailer for a full refund. Which is a bit of a different statement… general guidelines would have to cover things like a recall for E. coli … and isn't perhaps the best advice here. But I'm wondering, did that get twisted into TFA's > The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is urging customers to check their refrigerators for specific product codes and to follow its disposal instructions if they find affected butter. …when no specific urging for this is taking place, which is what I think most readers would think? (But holy heck. Why do those recall notices not appear on the FDA recalls[1] page?) [1]: https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety...
- simoncion 2y ago
  > (You have found one already.) I found both, actually. They're both in the "event" link I provided, but you can't get a detail view for recall F-0122-2025. This seems fine to me, given that all of the data you'd find in the detail view for each seems to be present in the "event" view that displays them both. > (But holy heck. Why do those recall notices not appear on the FDA recalls[1] page?) I think because of this: " Press Release Not Issued For This Recall ". > But I'm wondering, did that get twisted into TFA's... Oh, that's an excellent spot. Yeah, a game of lazy telephone is probably exactly what happened. Remember when journalists had more time to do a good job on the articles they chose to submit to their editors?

jms55 2y ago

You aren't missing anything. I tried to find the FDA's press release, including to what the article links to when they're supposedly summarizing what the "FDA alert" says. The linked website is just a general list of FDA alerts, and doesn't list kirkland butter at all. The same link you posted (FDA event listing) is the only thing I can find directly from the FDA on it, and they don't say "throw out the butter". They just say they're issuing a recall due to mislabeled product, that's it.

simoncion 2y ago
FWIW, you (and I) did not find a press release, because they appear to have not made one. In the recall report, we see this: "Press Release Not Issued For This Recall" I'm glad to see I'm not the only one failing to dig up this "Throw all affected products in the trash!" demand.

deathanatos 2y ago

I'm sort of wondering too if this isn't news telephone where each source is plagiarizing the last. I found this: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/costco-butter-recall/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/costco-butter-recall/ That links to the two recall notices. (You have found one already.) https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/ires/index.cfm?Product=210580 https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/ires/index.cfm?Product=210581 The article goes on to say, > General guidelines from the FDA advise consumers who have purchased any recalled food to dispose of the product or return it to the retailer for a full refund. Which is a bit of a different statement… general guidelines would have to cover things like a recall for E. coli … and isn't perhaps the best advice here. But I'm wondering, did that get twisted into TFA's > The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is urging customers to check their refrigerators for specific product codes and to follow its disposal instructions if they find affected butter. …when no specific urging for this is taking place, which is what I think most readers would think? (But holy heck. Why do those recall notices not appear on the FDA recalls[1] page?) [1]: https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety...

simoncion 2y ago
> (You have found one already.) I found both, actually. They're both in the "event" link I provided, but you can't get a detail view for recall F-0122-2025. This seems fine to me, given that all of the data you'd find in the detail view for each seems to be present in the "event" view that displays them both. > (But holy heck. Why do those recall notices not appear on the FDA recalls[1] page?) I think because of this: " Press Release Not Issued For This Recall ". > But I'm wondering, did that get twisted into TFA's... Oh, that's an excellent spot. Yeah, a game of lazy telephone is probably exactly what happened. Remember when journalists had more time to do a good job on the articles they chose to submit to their editors?