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.

United States

• Allergy Alert: Natural Choice Distribution Company Inc. (Oakland, CA) recalls certain Use By dates of All Real Wraps burritos, Superfresh Foods Avocado, Jack and Tomato sandwiches, Superfresh Foods Vegetarian Smoked Turkey sandwiches and All Fare and Square sandwiches, because the ready-to-eat products contain undeclared milk, wheat, soy and/or egg. The recalled products were distributed throughout California.
• Allergy Alert: Haddon House (Medford, NJ) recalls Asian Gourmet Cheese Rice Crackers (UPC 076606-710889), because the product may contain undeclared milk and food coloring additives used to create the cheese powder listed on the label. The recalled Rice Crackers were distributed by Haddon House to retailers in AL, CT, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, KY, ME, MD, MA, MI, MS, NH, NJ, NY, NC, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, VT, VA, Washington, DC, WV, and WI.
• Allergy Alert: Martin’s Famous Pastry Shoppe, Inc. (Chambersburg, PA) recalls various Nibble with Gibble’s brand chips and Kay and Ray’s brand chips (Sell by dates from February 9, 2011 through March 30, 2011), because they may contain undeclared soy protein. The recalled chips were distributed to retail stores, club stores and institutional/restaurant accounts in addition to mail order accounts throughout Alabama, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Massachusetts, Maryland, North Carolina, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia.
• Allergy Alert: Maya Overseas Food Inc. (Maspeth, NY) recalls Dry Fruit Kachori (8.75 oz. cardboard box; no production codes), because the product contains undeclared peanuts. The recalled product was distributed in NY, FL, NJ, CT, MA, VA, NH, NC, VT, DE, MD, GA, PA and Puerto Rico.
• Allergy Alert: DeBoles Nutritional Foods, Inc. (Shreveport, LA) recalls DeBoles® Kids Only Gluten Free Tubettini Corn Pasta (Lot codes: 22JUL11D1, 10NOV11D1 and 09JAN12D1) because it may contain undeclared whole wheat alphabet pasta.
• Allergy Alert: J&J Distributing (St. Paul, MN) recalls approximately 87 pounds of Cub Fresh Buffalo Chicken Cheese Dip and Kowalski’s Markets Place Buffalo Chicken Cheese Dip (Sell by dates from February 23-25, 2011), because the products contain undeclared monosodium glutamate.
• Food Safety Recall: Pacific American Fish Co, Inc. (Vernon, CA) recalls Shishamo Roe Capelin (4L 5PC (23-28G) Wild, Pack 4/20TR, Lots 202885-2 & 201011-3), because the product has the potential to be contaminated with Clostridium botulinum. The recalled Roe was distributed in retail stores in California, Kansas, Hawaii, Washington, New York and Texas.
• Food Safety Recall: Petit Jean Farm (Morrilton, AR) recalls an undetermined amount of various meat and poultry products that were produced without the benefit of federal inspection. These products were sold through the Internet, as well as distributed to local markets and restaurants in Arkansas.
• Food Recall (Labeling): Cedarlane Natural Foods, Inc. (Los Angeles, CA) recalls approximately 1,050 pounds of chicken and noodle products, because the USDA mark of inspection does not appear on the package labels that are available to consumers.
• Food Recall/Withdrawal: Food City alerts consumers to the recall/withdrawal of Food Club Apple Cinnamon Fruit & Grain Bars.
• Food Withdrawal: Ingles Markets Inc. alerts consumers to the withdrawal of Organic Valley Butter #905788, 16 oz., due to an off-flavor.
• Food Supplement Safety Recall: Biotab Nutraceuticals, Inc. recalls EXTENZE nutritional supplement tablets (Lots 0709241 and 0509075), as some packages contain the undeclared drug combinations tadalafil and sildenafil or tadalafil and sibutramine.
• FDA Warning Letter: FDA warns Leong Kuba Sea Products, Inc. (San Diego, CA) that a November/December 2010 inspection of the company’s seafood processing facility revealed serious violations of the seafood Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) regulation and the current Good Manufacturing Practice (cGMP) regulation for foods.
• FDA Warning Letter: FDA warns Global Protein Foods, Inc. (Newark, Nj) that an October/November 2010 inspection of the company’s food processing facility revealed that the company’s soybean sprouts are adulterated within the meaning of section 402(a)(4) [21 U.S.C. 342(a)(4)] of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (the Act) in that they have been prepared, packed or held under insanitary conditions whereby they may have become contaminated with filth or may have been rendered injurious to health. In addition, the inspection revealed serious violations of FDA’s Current Good Manufacturing Practice in Manufacturing, Packing, or Holding Human Food (CGMP) regulation, Title 21, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 110 (21 CFR Part 110).
• FDA Warning Letter: FDA warns Nachman’s Native Seafood (Redington Shores, FL) that an October/November 2010 inspection of the company’s seafood processing facility revealed serious violations of the seafood Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) regulation and the current Good Manufacturing Practice (cGMP) regulation for foods.
• FDA Warning Letter: FDA warns Dean Blanchard Seafood, Inc. (Grand Isle, LA) that an October/November 2010 inspection of the company’s seafood processing facility revealed serious violations of the seafood Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) regulation and the current Good Manufacturing Practice (cGMP) regulation for foods.
• FDA Warning Letter: FDA warns Snow White Food Products, Inc. (Brooklyn, NY) that an August/September 2010 inspection of the company’s alfalfa sprout processing facility revealed the presence of Salmonella contamination in a sample of alfalfa sprouts. In addition, investigators documented conditions and practices that caused the alfalfa sprouts manufactured, processed, and stored in the company’s facility to be adulterated within the meaning of Section 402(a)(4) [21 U. S.C. 342(a)(4)] of the Act, in that the alfalfa sprouts were prepared, packed, or held under insanitary conditions whereby they may have been contaminated with filth or rendered injurious to health.
• FDA Enforcement Action: U.S. Marshals have seized about $200,000 worth of food products from Bedford Cheese Store Inc. in Shelbyville, TN, after FDA investigators found evidence of rodents throughout the company’s facility. The violations were described as “widespread and significant.”
• Pharmaceutical Product Safety Recall: Roche Insulin Delivery Systems recalls the ACCU-CHEK® FlexLink Plus infusion set, because of the potential for under-delivery of insulin due to a kinked/bent cannula when inserting the ACCU-CHEK FlexLink Plus infusion set.