Recalls and Alerts: January 23, 2013

Here is today’s list of food safety recalls, product withdrawals, allergy alerts and miscellaneous compliance issues. The live links will take you directly to the official recall notices and company news releases that contain detailed information for each recall and alert.

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Canada

• Allergy Alert: Newfoundland Chocolate Company recalls all Best Before dates and sizes of the following Newfoundland Chocolate Company brand chocolates, due to undeclared egg and wheat: Smiling Land Series Gourmet chocolates featuring Newfoundland wildberries, Rum Runners & Rogues Series Gourmet chocolates featuring Newfoundland spirits and liqueurs, Lighthouse Series Gourmet dark chocolates, Quiet Cove Series Gourmet milk chocolates, and Jigs n’ Reels Series Gourmet milk, dark and white chocolates. The recalled products were distributed in the Atlantic provinces, Quebec, Ontario and Alberta, and may have been distributed nationally.
• Food Safety Recall: Pâtisserie La Lorraine inc (Repentigny, QC) recalls Sauce au Poulet pour Vol-au-vent/Vol-au-vent chicken sauce (500 ml and 1 liter glass jars, with or without labels; sold up to and including January 11, 2013), because the jars were not labeled “Garder réfrigéré” and the contents, therefore, may not be safe for consumption.

Europe

• Allergy Alert (UK): The Health Store withdraws a number of its products, due to incorrect allergen labeling. Please refer to the posted Allergy alert for a detailed list of products that may contain undeclared milk and/or sulphites.
• Food Safety Recall (Luxembourg): La Société Entracte recalls Auchan Wrap Poulet Curry (160g; Expiry date 28/01/2013), due to Listeria monocytogenes contamination.
• Food Safety Enforcement Action (UK): The Food Standards Agency has decided to prosecute Selfridges Retail Limited and the farmer who supplied the company with raw cow milk for sale, due to breaches of food hygiene regulations.
• Food Packaging Safety Recall (Italy): Cartotecnica Casali S.r.l. recalls Pizza boxes (Cartoni per pizza mod.; 40 x 30 x 5; Lot #18) and Calzone boxes (Lot #366), due to the presence of lead in these cartons.
• Pharmaceutical Product Safety Recall (Spain): Novartis Farma S.P.A. (Italy) recalls Sintrom 4 mg tablets (20/pkg; Lot T5484; Expiry date 31/08/2015) after a foreign object was found in one tablet.
• Food Safety Notification (EU #2013.0073): Yersinia enterocolitica in chilled pork ham from Spain; distributed to Italy.
• Food Safety Notification (EU #2013.0074): Ethion in fresh chili from India; distributed to Italy.
• Food Safety Notification (EU #2013.0075): Cadmium in frozen squid from Argentina; distributed to Italy.
• Food Safety Notification (EU #2013.0076): Methomyl in strawberries from Egypt; distributed to the Netherlands.
• Food Safety Notification (EU #2013.0077): Norovirus in chilled live oysters from France; distributed to Denmark.
• Food Safety Notification (EU #2013.0079): Toxic herbal extracts in marshmallow from Bulgaria, via Germany; distributed to Belgium and the Netherlands.
• Food Safety Notification (EU #2013.0080): Mercury in whole frozen squids from Argentina; distributed to Italy.
• Food Safety Notification (EU #2013.0081 & 2013.0082): Norovirus in chilled clams from Tunisia; distributed to Italy.
• Food Safety Notification (EU #2013.0084): Salmonella Schwarzengrund in frozen spiced turkey breasts from Brazil, via Denmark; distributed to Sweden.

Some supermarket chains post recall notices on their web sites for the convenience of customers. To see whether a recalled food was carried by your favorite supermarket, follow the live link to the supermarket’s recall website.