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April 10, 2019 from Star-K:

Clarification: Pesach Guides including Star-K/Rabbi Bess Lists, indicate that NatureMade Melatonin is chometz free. Please note that this refers only to NatureMade Melatonin Swallow Tablets. Naturemade also makes a product called “VitaMelts Sleep” made with melatonin. The VitaMelts Sleep contains chometz and should not be used on Pesach.

April 7, 2019 - Link to corrections to Rabbi Bess's list is here

April 12, 2019 from the OU in response to the editor's question:
The Passover certified almond butter that was recalled is Wholesome Pantry Organic Creamy Salted Almond Butter with OU-P, Date code WA9024.

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March 28, 2019 from FDA:

Wakefern Food Corp. has initiated a voluntary recall of a variety of Wholesome Pantry Organic nut butters because they may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes

Five varieties of nut butters, packed in 16 ounce plastic jars, with best by dates of June 2020 and earlier, have been recalled:

• Wholesome Pantry Organic Creamy Salted Almond Butter
  UPC: 04119006004
• Wholesome Pantry Organic Creamy Unsalted Almond Butter
  UPC: 04119006005

These products were sold in ShopRite, Price Rite Marketplace, The Fresh Grocer and Dearborn Market stores located in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, Delaware, Rhode Island and Virginia. Wakefern was made aware of the issue when their supplier, Oskri Organics Corporation of Lake Mills, WI, notified them that several nut butters produced in their facility had tested positive for Listeria bacteria. Though no Wholesome Pantry Organic nut butters tested positive for the bacteria, a voluntary recall was initiated out of an abundance of caution.

Consumers with questions may call Customer Care at 1-800-746-7748 Monday-Friday from 8:00 am to 6:00 pm and weekends from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm.

April 09, 2019: From Kashrus Magazine:

JASA (Jewish Association Serving the Aging in New York) distributes "Meals On Wheels" to their frozen meal clients enough meals to use for a week. As next week is Pesach, they are distributing 14 meals to allow for the fact that they will not be coming over Pesach. Since they deliver on Tuesdays to some, they sent 14 meals, planning that the last three meals are to be eaten after Pesach. The only problem is that these 14 meals meals are chometz, bread included. Recipients must be apprised that the meals are chometz and that they should be disposed of or sold to a non-Jew prior to the start of Pesach. No advisory to this effect is being sent by JASA or by the caterer who prepares the meals.

April 3, 2019 from OU: .

Some year-round OU- certified products may have Passover certification from an agency other than the OU. Please note that the OU does not stand behind the Passover certification from other agencies, and it may not meet the OU’s standards. OU Passover certification may have OU-P or Kosher for Passover ink-jetted on the Year-round version of the product. In addition, OUP or OU Kosher for Passover stickers are only authorized when they bear the company or the brand name of the product. Stores or distributors have been known to place Kosher for Passover stickers on products which were not manufactured with Passover standards.

March 31, 2019 from Supervisores En Calidad Kosher (KA Kosher):

ARTÍCULOS AUTORIZADOS PARA PESAJ 5779 Nos permitimos informar con respecto a la sal y azúcar para Pesaj: - De manera general, la sal en México contiene kitniot, incluso si no contiene yodo. Esto incluye la sal que se produjo en años anteriores.

Translation by Google translate:
Generally, salt in Mexico contains kitniot , even if it does not contain iodine. This includes the salt that occurred in previous years. Buying in bags does not solve this problem. The kehile have salt without Kitniot available in the store in Ramat Shalom . Companies that need large quantities, contact Kosher Quality Supervisors directly to obtain salt that does not have kitniot .
With regard to sugar , in general also has Kitniot, even in commercial sizes. This can be solved by buying in sacks or buying the Cucurumbe brand .