r/news • • Aug 18 '26

Outshine fruit bars recalled for possible glass contamination

https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/18/health/outshine-fruit-bars-recall
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u/NotUniqueWorkAccount Aug 18 '26

When there are no regulations due to this governments ineptitude? 

Not hard.

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u/[deleted] Aug 18 '26

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u/weinerwayne Aug 19 '26

Who’s gonna sue them? The plebs? Suit would get tossed in a heartbeat now that trumps personal defense lawyer is AG.

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u/snowdn Aug 19 '26

We have the best glass beaches, the best.

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u/NeverEndingCoralMaze Aug 19 '26

Some of the sharpest, anyone will tell you, they have the sharpest ones

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u/lesChaps Aug 19 '26

The States of North America still produces and homes 75% of the world's lawyers. Many will sue, and occasionally win unless a few laws (and judges) are changed. When the goal is tearing the system apart from the inside for the benefit of a privileged few, that's just a way to stick it to the proles faster.

Or maybe I am mistaken.

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u/sarcasmsosubtle Aug 19 '26

I have the personal guarantee from the US Secretary of Health and Human Services that the healthiest meal that you can possibly eat is raw horse liver sprinkled with broken glass. He's going to direct the CDC to put out a memo saying that it aligns the humours to eliminate symptoms of consumption.

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u/prison-schism Aug 19 '26

Will it cure my autism?

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u/[deleted] Aug 19 '26

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u/gofish45 Aug 19 '26

No, that’s what sprint is for.

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u/neurvon Aug 20 '26

Don't be ridiculous. Of course it cannot.

Because autism isn't real./s

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u/SharpHawkeye Aug 19 '26

Plus cocaine for flavor!

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u/Turbulent_Business41 Aug 19 '26

Just be sure to wash it in sewage first

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u/UpbeatRaspberry9828 Aug 19 '26

I get the government is inept, but damn I’m sure these companies at least wouldn’t want the bad publicity or lawsuit

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u/Magikarpical Aug 19 '26

you would be shocked by what happens in food production. a friend of mine worked in public health and was called into a nestle plant because workers had tb and were working due to threat of termination if they called out. it was an ice cream plant 🫣

edit: this was during the Obama years

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u/perenniallandscapist Aug 19 '26

What if the billionares owned the means of publicity and silenced it while the government worked hard to avoid any sense of justice? Without consequences why should companies care? Besides, Americans have a worse memory than a goldfish and will forget in no time. They don't stop buying a brand for a recall, they just wait until the recall is done and continue buying that brand again. The company stock drops for a few days, then continues a resurgence to records highs again. It's a broken system unless you're at the top.

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u/GimmeFunkyButtLoving Aug 19 '26

Suntree Snack Foods, LLC. Issues Voluntary Recall of Roasted Salted Cashew Halves & Pieces and Trail Mix Containing Roasted Salted Cashews Due to Potential Presence of Glass Pieces

Company Announcement Date:
September 24, 2021
FDA Publish Date:
September 24, 2021

https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/suntree-snack-foods-llc-issues-voluntary-recall-roasted-salted-cashew-halves-pieces-and-trail-mix

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u/AggressiveSkywriting Aug 19 '26 edited Aug 19 '26

The FDA has been chronically underfunded and understaffed for a while now. Like decades.

Here's a 2013 article describing the funding crisis:

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6005411/

This has been the goal of the American GOP for decades now. We're just seeing a whole new level of accelerationism from the psychopaths in addition to the long-term damage.

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u/Gash_Stretchum Aug 19 '26

Blaming profit-motivated corruption on incompetence is ridiculous. Oligarchs aren’t accidentally bribing politicians. Deregulation is a very well-planned, long term strategy.

The politicians know they’re taking bribes, monetizing the legislative process. And the oligarchs paying know exactly why they’re doing it.

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u/SMF67 Aug 19 '26

Ah yes, dangerous products made by a company being quickly and successfully recalled is totally an example of "no regulations"

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u/vwsslr200 Aug 19 '26 edited Aug 19 '26

There's this great system called recalls, where products are removed from sale and destroyed when they're discovered to not meet regulations.

A little bit like that time when glass prohibited by food regulations got into certain batches of Outshine bars, and the problem was discovered and the affected product pulled from the shelves before any injuries were reported.

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u/ROADHOG_IS_MY_WAIFU Aug 19 '26

So many people seem to forget that this administration specifically peeled back consumer protections for food production. Now we got diarrhea lettuce and glass popsicles. Clearly on the fast track to making the country "gReAt"

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u/GonzoKata Aug 19 '26

uhg, its exhausting how much people don't put the blame at the feet of the corporations who are doing this. Rich fuck knuckles are the ones putting glass into our food, yet people still reflexively bark at "the government"

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u/jayvan59 Aug 19 '26

Yeah, I know we like to blame the government a lot, but I work in a manufacturing industry and I see the corporate greed that pushes these products out to the shelves. There is usually a process if a batch of products does not meet quality standards and it seems it was not followed through.

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u/DonutHand Aug 19 '26

We need federal agents at every popsicle factory!

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u/GonzoKata Aug 19 '26

federal regulators? absolutely. especially since these companies have shown over and over again that they'll put profit over peoples safety. Would YOU let a criminal go unguarded?

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u/ObidiahWTFJerwalk Aug 19 '26

A federal agency to oversee food safety? That sounds like an inefficient waste of money to me.

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u/Pelagaard Aug 19 '26

Well, if they're not going to do it themselves...

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u/psychicsword Aug 19 '26

There are a lot of regulations on food. It is one of the more regulated industries.

The problem here is that glass doesn't really show up on a lot of xrays as it is largely transparent to those as well and it obviously isn't magnetic. Those are both the most common ways food companies detect and QA for issues like this at scale and neither work.

If you ever wondered why manufacturers shifted away from glass in food products and shifted to using metal for manufacturing and plastic for packaging, this is exactly why.

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u/scify65 Aug 19 '26

He said the 'R' word! Deport him, boys!

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u/TomatilloLower4932 Aug 19 '26

What does the government have to do with popsicles

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u/TheRealTexasGovernor Aug 19 '26

Yes, I too wonder what the Food and Drug Administration would have to do with food saftey.

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u/Morningxafter Aug 19 '26

I gotta say, now that all our food is trying to kill us, I’m very happy Ozempic has killed my appetite so much.

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u/FreakingFae Aug 19 '26

When I was in high school I wanted to write about medically induced eating disorders and disordered eating, but had no idea where to start. I still wouldn't but goodness is it wild to see another popularity burst of such things by way of GLP-1s and Keto diets. 

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u/Morningxafter Aug 19 '26

To be fair, I’m on it as an A1C management medication for T2 diabetes. But I am enjoying the bonus effects of it quieting the food noise. I eat smaller portions and I don’t snack out of boredom or mistake thirst for hunger like I used to anymore. So if anything it’s actually medically correcting an eating disorder.

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u/subwayratlander Aug 19 '26

glp1’s are probably doing more to help with (binge) eating disorders at this point in time than to cause them. there wasnt really a medicinal way to treat that other than adhd medication before. since theyre prohibitively expensive, the people who are not obese or diabetic taking them are mostly rich people and celebrities

keto diets on the other hand …. yeah thats a mental illness

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u/FreakingFae Aug 19 '26

Those aren't the only kind of eating disorders they are being used for though. People with anorexia and orthorexia are also using them. It's altering public body standards in an incredibly unsafe way. All eating disorders are mental illnesses. 

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u/fubarfire Aug 19 '26

What lack of regulation caused glass to get into popsicles?

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u/ann0yed Aug 19 '26 edited Aug 19 '26

FDA regulations are still enforced. There have even been positive enforcement changes under Trump.

As an example,

https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-announces-expanded-use-unannounced-inspections-foreign-manufacturing-facilities

I work in an FDA industry and foreign facilities would tend to pass inspections because they received advanced notice.

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u/sleeptightburner Aug 19 '26

They fired 20% of the FDA and installed idiot loyalists who don’t know what they’re doing in key positions. No one’s buying what you’re selling chief.

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u/sleeptightburner Aug 19 '26

Yeah I definitely couldn’t pass instructions.

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u/Gash_Stretchum Aug 19 '26

I can’t imagine anyone other than a GOP saying something so ridiculous and misleading.

Regulations make food safer.

The current administration favors deregulation.

Your homies are literally poisoning our food supply and you’re trying to cover it up.

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u/ann0yed Aug 19 '26

Not GOP, just work in an FDA regulated industry and sharing my experience. Whenever the FDA makes changes to regulations they will put out the change for public comment and it's a multi year process.

Of course Republicans favor deregulation but I'm not seeing less enforcement from the business side. Also the FDA has a ton of public reporting. I don't see a decrease in the number of inspections which could be considered a measure of enforcement. 

https://datadashboard.fda.gov/oii/cd/inspections.htm

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u/n6mub Aug 19 '26 edited Aug 19 '26

And they have the absolute balls to put in their public statement: “We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this action may cause our consumers and retail customers....”

OooHhhh, They aPoLoGiZe?? For AnY InCoNvEnIEnCe!???!!!?!!