Recalls matter beyond the immediate products pulled from shelves. They test supply chains, regulatory oversight, and the processes companies use to prevent harm. Attention to these failures can drive better inspection technology, clearer labeling, and stronger safeguards that protect workers and consumers alike. That matters for equity, because lower-income households often depend on affordable processed foods and face greater risk when safety lapses occur.
If you want to know what this recall reveals about the systems that deliver our food and how those systems could change to be safer and fairer, read the full article. It connects a specific, troubling event to broader questions about prevention, accountability, and how society can support resilient, inclusive ways of feeding people.
Hormel Foods is recalling 4.87 million pounds of ready-to-eat frozen chicken after pieces of metal were found in some products, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) said. The recall covers select chicken breast and thigh items…