The 1959 Cranberry Scare: When America Nearly Canceled Thanksgiving Cranberry Sauce
Imagine it’s a few weeks before Thanksgiving. The turkey is thawing. The relatives are coming. The cranberry sauce is ready. Then the federal government announces that some cranberries may contain a chemical linked to cancer in laboratory animals. Welcome to the Great Cranberry Scare of 1959. It’s one of the strangest food safety stories in …