Those products used McCormick’s Perfect Pinch Italian Seasoning, which is being recalled for possible salmonella contamination.
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Man will plead guilty to putting razor blades in pizza dough
The case of tampering focused attention on food security after the retailer and manufacturer revealed they had received prior reports and not warned customers or police.
Hannaford says it no longer sends any waste food to landfills
The supermarket chain said it has eliminated food waste at all 183 of its stores, which added up to 65 million pounds diverted from landfills last year.
Hannaford pharmacies in central Maine have begun vaccinating
Hannaford stores at Elm Plaza in Waterville, Cony Circle in Augusta, Farmington, Jay, Skowhegan and Winthrop received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine and began vaccinating people this week.
Company failed to report screws found in its pizza dough
Scarborough-based It’ll Be Pizza didn’t report the complaints it got from 3 consumers in September until after a former employee was charged in October with putting razor blades in dough balls at Hannaford stores.
State investigates Hannaford’s 2-month delay in reporting razor blades in pizza dough
The company blames a technical glitch for not reporting suspected tampering at its Sanford supermarket in August, but a state agriculture official says the agency should have been notified immediately.
Pizza dough tampering suspect back in Maine for court appearance Friday
Nicholas R. Mitchell, 38, was transported back to Maine and is expected to make his first appearance in court Friday in Biddeford.
Our View: Facts too hard to come by in pizza dough case
Hannaford employees got the first hint of product tampering in August, but kept it to themselves for almost two months.
Hannaford blames technology problem for failure to report pizza dough tampering
But the grocery chain did not explain exactly what went wrong in August when it failed to address reports that someone had tampered with dough sold at its Sanford store.
More retailers are warned about pizza dough as tampering suspect heads to court Tuesday
Saco police believe 38-year-old Nicholas Mitchell put razor blades in pizza dough at the Hannaford in Saco, and now Shaw’s is removing the same brand of dough from its stores in five New England states.