Dr. Howard Smith Reports

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/DMjRwZSOazP/ Salmonella causes serious and sometimes fatal gastrointestinal and systemic infections, especially in young children, the elderly, and individuals with weakened immune systems. Symptoms include fever, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain, and in rare cases, more severe complications.  Affected is lot number XJ17 with the expiration date...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/DMjRGJ-pNSF/ This bacterium causes a severe and sometimes fatal systemic infection in the very young, older frail individuals, and those with weakened immune systems.  Listeria can also trigger miscarriages and stillbirths.  Affected products are Aunt Mid’s Fresh Sliced Mushrooms, Peeters Mushroom Farm Cremini Sliced, and Peeters Mushroom Farm Thick Slice Mush...

Vidcast: https://www.instagram.com/p/DMjQbrnPLXV/    Salmonella can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections, especially in young children, the elderly, and those with weakened immune systems. Symptoms include fever, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain. Affected is batch number 250401. This pistachio cacao cream was sold at World Market retail stores in Alabama, Arizona, California,...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/DMjPxXlMWMi/ The dome toppers capping this product contains free transparent plastic pieces 7 to 25 millimeters in length with sharp edges creating laceration and choking hazards.  The yogurt itself is free of foreign bodies. This recall affects all YoCrunch yogurt sold at retail stores nationwide across the United States. Do not consume any YoCrunch products...

Vidcast: https://www.instagram.com/p/DMjPH0TAQrK/ The affected products may cause serious or life-threatening allergic reactions in people with nut allergies or sensitivities. The recall includes lot codes all beginning with “T10 174”  with an expiration date of July 13, 2025. Approximately 883 loaves were sold in Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, Arkansas...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/DMjOetFtBCQ/ These recalled fish were found to be uneviscerated, which increases the risk of clostridium botulinum poisoning. The recalled fish were distributed nationwide through retail stores. Return this risky fish product to the place of purchase for a full refund. If you have questions and concerns, contact Krasniy Oktyabr Inc. USA at 1-718-858-6720. http...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/DMjN8JGtbge/ Salmonella can cause serious and sometimes fatal gastroinestinal and systemic infections, especially in young children, the elderly, and those with weakened immune systems. Symptoms include fever, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain. The affected products have lot codes printed on the back of the bags, including IN24330, IN25072, IN2510...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/DMjMf1fN7tW/ L’espoir cookies contain undeclared milk, and Drycapot cookies contain the undeclared tree nuts almonds and macadamia nuts. These allergens pose a serious or life-threatening risk to people with allergies or severe sensitivities. The recalled L’espoir cookies bear the code L4FN and a best before date of September 26, 2025. The Drycapot cookies car...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/DMjCU8bJTWN/ The Albertsons Company is voluntarily recalling these products as they contain listeria-contaminated breadcrumbs supplied by Reser’s Fine Foods. This recall affects items sold under the brands. This bacterium causes a severe and sometimes fatal systemic infection in the very young, older frail individuals, and those with weakened immune systems. ...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/DMjBNE3M0EI/ This bacterium causes a severe and sometimes fatal systemic infection in the very young, older frail individuals, and those with weakened immune systems.  Symptoms include: nausea and vomiting, fever, muscle aches, headache, and neck stiffness.  Listeria can also trigger miscarriages and stillbirths.  Rich’s Ice Cream bars and frozen treats are so...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/DMi_UJvt2vM/ These bottles have lids that forcefully eject when opened if food, carbonated beverages, or perishable drinks like juice or milk that generate gas have been stored inside. This leads to serious impact and laceration risks. Two bottle  owners have suffered permanent vision loss after being struck in the eye by  these ejected lids.  Affected is mode...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/DMi-YWVuRFP/ These mattresses violate the mandatory federal standard for crib mattresses because they exceed the allowable thickness and have deadly gaps between the mattress and side wall that create an entrapment hazard.  These violations can lead to suffocation or death if an infant’s face becomes trapped between the mattress and a play yard wall. Affected...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/DMi9lUKJjFr/ If not anchored to a wall, these loaded dressers are unstable, tip-over, entrap,  injure, and, in some cases, kill children. Affected is model number ASNG105 About 6,600 recalled dressers were sold exclusively on Amazon from April 2024 through May 2025. Immediately stop loading and using these recalled dressers until they are securely anchored to...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/DMi2sZZvpLi/ This group of recalled ramps cannot safely handle the weight limits printed on their labels. The ramps bend and break during use creating injury risks. This recall includes the Traveller 3,000 lb. 12” x 90” Aluminum Sheet Arched Ramp, the Traveller 1,800 lb. 77” Straight Ramp, and the Traveller 1,500 lb. 12” x 84” Aluminum Sheet Arched Ramp. About...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/DMi2GTQsHOt/ These steamers leak steam or spew boiling water during use creating burn hazards. Affected is model number DF-958. About 23,000 units were sold nationwide exclusively on the Home Shopping Network from November 2024 through April 2025. Stop using these recalled steamers. To receive your refund, unplug the steamer and cut the power cord near its con...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/DMi1N6otONW/ The lithium-ion batteries in these portable chargers overheat and burn while charging creating serious fire and burn hazards. Affected is model IST-09991/W05. About 8,520 power banks were sold in the United States and 6,400 units were sold in Canada all at vending machines and retail stores in airports as well as online at iStore.co between Februa...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/DMi0IRbtFtn/ Their USB modules, located in the arm of the chair, overheat, spark, and create fire risks. About 9,030 chairs were sold in the US and 6 were sold in Canada at Crate Kids and major retailers such as Amazon, Target, Babylist, Pottery Barn Kids, Wayfair, and Babyletto’s own website between May 2023 and February 2025.  Stop using these recalled chair...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/DMizC1PJ2DY/ VIVI 36-volt lithium-ion batteries sold with VIVI brand electric bicycles overheat creating fire and burn hazards. Affected are battery models C26, MT20, Z3, M026SH, H6, H7, MT26H, 26LGB, M026TGB, MT26G, FM20, F20, S3, Z1, and Z2. About 24,000 batteries were sold with e-bikes in the United States by Amazon, Walmart, eBay, the VIVI website, Wish, S...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/DMip_ZnuR9I/ These pools have compression straps running around the outside and over the vertical support legs that provide a foothold for children to climb up into the pools.  This design flaw has contributed to nine tragic drowning deaths of young children between 2007 and 2022.   The affected brands and models include Bestway’s Power Steel and Steel Pro, In...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/DMYejqzMmN6/ I Inhaling nitrous oxide from pressurized canisters, commonly called doing “whippets” or “ballooning,” filling balloons with the gas, can damage your mouth, voice box, and respiratory tract. A case report from the University of Virginia in the New England Journal of Medicine documents the nasty side of laughing gas use. A 23-year-old man presented...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/DMYd0kbMb1M/ Two-thirds of us in the United States drink coffee every day and three-quarters of us drink it at least once a week.  Coffee and the caffeine it contains can be a problem for a number of medications prescribed by your medical team or bought by you on your own. Most common are cold and flu drugs.  Coffee’s caffeine turbocharges the effects of the d...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/DMYclQUtf3d/ The bioengineering wizards at MIT’s Yang Center for Bionics have developed the most advanced prosthesis for above-knee amputees.  Termed the osseointegrated mechanoneural prosthesis or OMP, it combines a sophisticated bionic knee with a titanium implant in the femur and connections into the wearer’s thigh muscles and nervous system permitting thou...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/DMYbs7tJz7Q/ A new so-called “tetra-functional” diet compound has added power and its effects match the weight loss result of bariatric surgery. Chemists at Boston’s Tufts University have engineered a next-generation compound that mimics the action of four different gut hormones involved in appetite control, metabolism, and energy use.  They are GLP-1, GIP, gl...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/DMYbAAEvCa2/ The trend in the US and elsewhere around the globe is for children to enter puberty at earlier ages.  Researchers are searching for an explanation, and the sweet and sweetened foods that preteens consume may hold at least a partial answer.   It turns out that, for boys, the artificial sweetener sucralose, found in Splenda and many foods and drinks...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/DMYaR0etDWt/ Up to 12% of women are allergic to male fluids released during intimacy leading not only to painful and embarrassing rashes and itching but more often to systemic symptoms.  A meta-analysis by OB-GYN investigators at Brooklyn’s University Hospital at Downstate analysed 53 studies with women aged 18 to 45 and an average age of 29. A full 60% of the...