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Frozen foods have proven to be no-fuss items that are quick to get on the table. They're affordable options that last a long time. And they can be healthy alternatives, especially when other options don't exist. That might be why at the beginning of the pandemic, some frozen foods were so tough to get.

Volvo Cars says it is recalling nearly 2.1 million vehicles worldwide as a preventive measure after the company discovered that a steel wire connected to the front seat belts can be weakened.

FDA had warned about 9 sanitizers made by Mexico-based Eskbiochem SA de CV due to possible methanol

Walmart says the items were sold by third-party sellers and will be removed 'indefinitely.' 

The confidence index was at a high of 132.6 in February 2020 before falling sharply in March and April.

French cosmetics giant L’Oreal said Saturday that it will remove words like “whitening” from its skin care products, a move that comes amid global protests against racism sparked by the death of George Floyd in the United States.

The popular half-sheet cakes are not being sold in any Costco locations across the country, and the company expressed no immediate plans on bringing them back.

Friday’s Commerce Department report showed that Americans stepped up their spending in May despite a 4.2% decline in personal income, which had soared by 10.8% the previous month.

“The Chapter 11 process will allow us to strengthen our financial structure as we recover from what has undoubtedly been the most challenging event in our company’s history” said CEO David McKillips in a prepared statement.

A recent Consumer Reports test found that a Whole Foods brand of bottled water sold in U.S. stores as well as on Amazon contains “potentially harmful levels of arsenic.”

The International Monetary Fund has sharply lowered its forecast for global growth this year because it envisions far more severe economic damage from the coronavirus than it did just two months ago.

The pandemic has caused sharp swings in cheese prices, jumping 160% since April.

Nine products manufactured by Eskbiochem, which are still on the market, may contain methanol, which can be poisonous if absorbed through the skin or ingested, the FDA said in a letter.

Johnson & Johnson is pulling two product lines once promoted as dark-spot reducers that were popularly used to lighten skin, the company has announced.

According to the FDA, substantial methanol exposure "can result in nausea, vomiting, headache, blurred vision, permanent blindness, seizures, coma, permanent damage to the nervous system or death."

Check your medicine cabinet: GSK Consumer Healthcare has recalled two lots of Children’s Robitussin.