Author: Phyllis Entis

Australia Confirms Global Avaira® Toric Contact Lens Recall

Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has posted this consumer recall alert:

30 August 2011

Specific packs of Avaira Toric contact lenses are being recalled by CooperVision Australia Pty Ltd after the company received complaints of temporary hazy or blurry vision and discomfort from wearers. This recall is part of a global voluntary recall of specific lots.

Laboratory tests have found that these symptoms were caused by a small amount of residue on the lenses. In all reported cases the symptoms were temporary and reversed after the contact lenses were removed. There have been no reported cases of permanent eye damage.

Australia’s eye care practitioners have been notified directly of the recall.

The TGA offers the following additional advice for consumers who may be using Avaira® Toric contact lenses:

  • Discontinue use of Avaira Toric contact lenses until you have checked the lot number.
  • Check whether or not the lot number of your product is included in the recall. This can be done by:
    • viewing the recall notice on the CooperVision website
    • contacting the CooperVision customer service line on 1800 722 310
    • contacting your eye care practitioner.
  • If your product is included in the recall, return it to your place of purchase for a replacement or a refund.
  • If you have experienced blurry vision or discomfort while wearing these contact lenses, and the symptoms have not resolved within two hours of removing the lenses, contact your eye care practitioner for further advice.
The recalled Avaira® Toric contact lenses were distributed nationally through eye care practitioners/facilities.

Recalls and Alerts: August 27, 2011

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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United States

  • Allergy Alert: Triple B Corporation (Anchorage, AK) recalls Signature Café Grilled Chicken Caesar Salad (12-oz plastic container; Use by 08/25/11 through 08/30/2011), because the individual packets of Caesar salad dressing contain undeclared egg. The recalled salads were distributed to Safeway stores in Alaska.
  • Allergy Alert: So Ono Food Products (Honolulu, HI) recalls Signature Café Grilled Chicken Caesar Salad (12-oz plastic container; Use by dates of 08/26/11 through 09/02/2011), because the individual packets of Caesar salad dressing contain undeclared egg. The recalled salads were distributed to Safeway stores in Hawaii.
  • Allergy Alert: Taylor Farms (Tracy, CA) recalls Taylor Farms Caesar Pasta Layered Salad with Chicken (7-oz pkgs; Sell by dates through Sept. 3, 2011), Signature Café Grilled Chicken Caesar Salad (12-oz. plastic tray; Sell by dates through Sept 3, 2011), and Signature Café Grilled Chicken Caesar Salad Kits (6.25-lb cases) because the products contain undeclared egg. The recalled Signature Café salads kits were distributed nationwide; the 12-oz. Signature Café salads were distributed in California. The Taylor Farms Caesar pasta layered salads with chicken were distributed in Oregon, California and Washington.
  • Allergy Alert: Safeway recalls Signature Café Grilled Chicken Caesar Salad, supplied by Taylor Farms, So Ono Food Products, and Triple B Corporation, because the included packet of salad dressing contains undeclared egg. Please see the above allergy alerts for details on affected Use by dates. The recalled Signature Café Caesar Salads were sold at all Safeway and Safeway-owned stores, including Carrs, Dominicks, Genuardi’s Pak ‘N Save, Pavilions, Randalls, Tom Thumb, and Vons. At least one illness has been reported.
  • Outbreak Alert Update: Sewickley Patch reports that the Pennsylvania Department of Health and the Allegheny County Health Department are advising consumers and retailers to discard all ice cream purchased from Brunton Dairy in Independence Township, after Yersinia enterocolitica was recovered from an unopened container of the dairy’s ice cream. Sixteen cases of Yersinia enterocolitica have been linked to bottled milk and ice cream from the dairy, which suspended production the last week of July.

Canada

  • Allergy Alert: Scotian Isle Baked Goods recalls Scotian Isle, Remark Fresh Markets, and Sunripe brands of meat pies, due to the presence of undeclared milk. The recalled meat pies were distributed in Ontario. Please navigate to the recall notice for a detailed list of affected products.
  • Allergy Alert: Circle K Central Kitchen recalls Circle K brand sandwiches and subs (Best before 28AU11), due to the presence of undeclared egg. The recalled products were distributed in Newfoundland and Labrador.

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 web site.

*The Kroger umbrella encompasses numerous supermarket, marketplace and convenience store chains, listed on the Kroger corporate home page.
**Includes Safeway, Vons, Pavilions, Dominick’s, Genuardi’s, Randalls, Tom Thumb, Carrs and Pak N’ Save.

Recalls and Alerts: August 26, 2011

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.

If you would like to receive automatic email alerts for all new articles posted on eFoodAlert, please submit your request using the sidebar link.

United States

  • Allergy Alert: Silva Sausage Co. (Gilroy, CA) recalls 28,782 pounds of Silva Sausage Smoked Chicken Apple Sausage, and Hickory Smoked Chicken with Apples & Sage (Est # P-6086; Various case codes and production dates), due to the presence of undeclared cultured whey. The recalled products were distributed to retail establishments and institutions in the Sacramento and San Luis Obispo (California) areas.
  • Food Safety Recall: Vita Food Products, Inc (Chicago, IL) recalls Vita Classic Premium Sliced Smoked Atlantic Nova Salmon (4-oz pkgs; Sell by date & code of Dec 15 2011 01961B), due to potential contamination with Listeria monocytogenes. The recalled smoked salmon was sold at Publix stores in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, Safeway stores in California, Alaska, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Colorado, Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and District of Columbia, Meijer stores in Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, and Kentucky, Vons stores in California, Genuardi’s stores in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Winn Dixie stores in Florida, and the Edgewater Produce store in Chicago, IL on or after July 25, 2011. Some packages also may have been sold at various grocery stores in the Buffalo (NY) and Puttsburgh (PA) metropolitan areas, and in Northeast Ohio.
  • Food Safety Enforcement Action:  U.S. Marshals seized all FDA-regulated food susceptible to rodent and pest contamination or other filth held at the Durham, North Carolina, warehouse of CFSD, Inc., which does business as Chan’s Food Service.  According to FDA’s complaint, the products are adulterated under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, because they have been held under insanitary conditions.
  • Boil Water Advisory (Washington State): A Boil-Water Advisory has been issued to customers of the Basin City Water-Sewer District water system, because E. coli were found in the water during routine water quality monitoring.

Canada

  • Allergy Alert Update: Indianlife Food Corporation (Burnaby, BC) recalls Indianlife brand Plain Papadums (120g pkgs; Codes MFG 10249 and MFG 11027), due to the presence of undeclared gluten. This is an expansion of the original Allergy Alert, issued on August 24, 2011.
  • Medical Device Safety Recall: Costco Canada warns its customers that CoopervVision has announce a voluntary recall of certain Encore100 Toric Contact Lenses (Item #277220), purchased  between April 18 and August 23, 2011 at Costco Canada warehouse stores. The recalled lenses may cay temporary hazy or blurry vision or discomfort,most likely caused by transient or reversible swelling of the surface layer of the cornea.
  • Consumer Advisory: Following FDA’s recent Import Alert on papayas imported from Mexico, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is working with authorities in the United States and Mexico to identify any products that have been shipped to Canada. Based on this information, the CFIA will determine if Canada requires additional import controls. There have been two reported illnesses of Salmonella Agona in Canada; both cases were associated with consuming papayas while traveling in Mexico.

Europe

  • Food Safety Recall (UK): Waitrose recalls Waitrose Cook’s Ingredients Pulled Ham Hock (180g; Use by 27, 29 and 31 August 2011) and Waitrose Essential Corned Beef (140g; Use by 2 September 2011), after routine testing detected the presence of Listeria in these products.
  • Food Safety Recall (UK): Asda recalls six flavors of Asda Chosen By You drinks (6 x 300ml bottles; all date codes) because there is a possible risk of choking associated with the sports caps on the bottles.
  • Food Safety Recall (Ireland): East End House recalls East End Coriander Poudre (1kg; Batch code 0313L2B; Best before 09/11/12), due to the presence of Salmonella.
  • Food Alert (Norway): After finding residues of the fungicide procymidon in a random sample of Polish raspberries in stock at Rora Factories AS, the Norway Food Safety Authority has imposed a sales ban on the raw materials and products of the above-mentioned company.
  • Food Safety Recall (Denmark): Odin Seafoods ApS recalls Delicato Smoked Halibut (Batch 2011/0223; Best before 25-08-2011; Product of Poland), after Listeria monocytogenes was found in the product.
  • Food Safety Recall (Denmark): Gert Nielsen A/S recalls several meat products after Salmonella was found in a batch of the raw material.
  • Pharmaceutical Product Safety Recall (UK): Reckitt Benckiser (UK) Ltd. recalls Nurofen Plus Tablets containing rogue Seroquel XL 50mg tablets, after receiving three reports of rogue Seroquel XL 50mg tablets in cartons of the Nurofen Plus.

Australia and New Zealand

  • Food Safety Recall: La Cloche recalls La Cloche Chicken Liver Paté (200-500g packages; Batches dated 19 July 2011 to 28 August 2011), because the paté may be contaminated with Campylobacter. The recalled paté was distributed only through selected La Cloche, Moore Wilsn, Wholly Bagels and Cameron Harrison outlets in the Wellington area.

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 web site.

*The Kroger umbrella encompasses numerous supermarket, marketplace and convenience store chains, listed on the Kroger corporate home page.
**Includes Safeway, Vons, Pavilions, Dominick’s, Genuardi’s, Randalls, Tom Thumb, Carrs and Pak N’ Save.