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Up your lunchbox game

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The FDA issued three health alerts about lead in cinnamon in 2024, after dangerous amounts of the harmful element were found in children's applesauce packets last fall. FDA hide caption

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Metals in cinnamon and other spices

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A McDonald's Double Quarter Pounder is shown on March 6, 2018, in Atlanta. The fast-food chain says customers should feel confident ordering from its restaurants despite a deadly E. coli outbreak linked to its Quarter Pounder hamburgers. Mike Stewart/AP hide caption

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A Denny's restaurant is shown Sept. 14, 2017, in Cranberry, Pa. Officials at the restaurant chain said about half of the 150 restaurant closures will happen this year and the rest in 2025, Keith Srakocic/AP hide caption

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A sign outside a McDonald's restaurant is seen in Pittsburgh, on June 25, 2019. E. coli food poisoning linked to McDonald’s Quarter Pounder hamburgers has sickened at least 49 people in 10 states, including one person who died and 10 who were hospitalized. Gene J. Puskar/AP hide caption

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Vegan cheeses are getting closer to the taste and texture of the real thing. Kevin White/ATK hide caption

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A company says it created a milk protein that could revolutionize dairy-free cheese

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Ollin's Mexican Restaurant Week menu included birria enchiladas, rice and beans, empanadas and a margarita. Cuauhtemoc Reyes hide caption

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Mexican Restaurant Week

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A sampling of some of the hundreds of ready-to-eat products affected by the BrucePac recall, according to the USDA. U.S. Department of Agriculture hide caption

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Listeria chicken recall

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Most bananas imported to the U.S. come through ports affected by the dockworkers' strike. And the fruit's limited shelf life made it hard to stockpile in advance. Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Because of the strike by dockworkers, bananas could soon be in short supply

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Word Central Kitchen has partnered with Bear's Smokehouse BBQ to help provide meals for the Asheville, N.C., community. World Central Kitchen/WCK.org hide caption

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"I love cooking for people I love," Ina Garten says. "And the cooking is just the medium; the thing that I care about is the connection." Austin Hargrave/Penguin Random House hide caption

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Ina

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Colorful Tupperware products are displayed at a selling party in California. Garrett Cheen/AP hide caption

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Tupperware bankruptcy

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Not all Americans eat beef equally. Research finds the nation's biggest beef eaters are disproportionately men. Jackie Lay/NPR hide caption

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Eating less beef is a climate solution. Here's why that's hard for some American men

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Garbage is unloaded into the Pine Tree Acres Landfill in Lenox Township, Mich., on July 28, 2022. State bans on commercial food waste have been largely ineffective, researchers found. Paul Sancya/AP hide caption

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