Category: fish and seafood

Recall Roundup: January 18, 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.


United States
  • Food Safety Recall (Update): Columbus Meat (906 Randolph, Chicago, IL) expands its earlier recall to include an additional 580 pounds of ground beef that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7.
  • FDA Warning Letter: FDA warns Azteca Linda Corp, d.b.a. Queso El Azteca (Brooklyn, NY) that June 2010 and August/September 2010 inspections of the company’s cheese manufacturing facility revealed the presence of Listeria monocytogenes in multiple areas of the processing facility environment, and serious violations of the Current Good Manufacturing Practice regulation for food. These violations and the finding of a recurrent strain of Listeria monocytogenes in the processing facility caused the company’s ready-to-eat cheese products to be adulterated.
  • FDA Enforcement Action: FDA has obtained a consent decree of permanent injunction against Deltex Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Rosenberg, TX). The consent decree permanently prohibits/stops the company, its president and its vice-president from manufacturing and distributing drug products until Deltex’s operations and products are in compliance with federal law. In addition, the company must recall drugs that were manufactured and distributed since October 31, 2008.
Canada
  • Food Safety Recall: KRAZY CMAK (6275 Somerled Ave., Montreal, QC) recalls Atlantic Smoked Salmon/Saumon Atlantique Fumé (all vacuum packages carrying a packaging date prior to January 6, 2011) because the expiration date shown on the package does not provide assurance of safety.
Europe
  • Allergy Alert (Sweden): ICA withdraws ICA Grill Chips Barbecue Potato Crisps (300g), because the chips contain undeclared milk protein.
  • Food Safety Recall (Denmark): Magnihill recalls Scan brand frozen raspberries (Lot ID D33102; lot #03022809) because the product is suspected to contain norovirus.
  • Food Safety Notification (EU #2011.0054): Unsuitable organoleptic characteristics (unpleasant taste) of dates from Iran; distributed to the Czech Republic.
  • Food Safety Notification (EU #2011.0055): Norovirus in oysters (Crassostrea gigas) from France; distributed to Denmark.
  • Consumer Product Safety Notification (EU #2011.0056): Migration of formaldehyde from melamine bowl from China; distributed to the United Kingdom.
  • Food Safety Notification (EU#2011.0057): Glass fragment in fruit juice smoothie from Germany; distributed to Austria, Germany and Switzerland.
  • Animal Feed Safety Notification (EU #2011.0058): Prohibited substance chloramphenicol in vitamin A / D3 premix from China; distributed to Germany, Ireland, Poland, Ukraine and the United Kingdom.
  • Consumer Product Safety Notification (EU #2011.0059): Migration of primary aromatic amines from kitchen ustensil sets from China, via Belgium; distributed to France.
  • Food Safety Notification (EU #2011.0060): Unauthorized abamectin in corned beef from Brazil; distributed to the United Kingdom.

Australia and New Zealand

  • Allergy Alert (Australia): Woolworths Supermarkets Ltd. recalls Woolworths Home Brand Crumbed Fish Lemon Flavoured Frozen Portions (500g cardboard box; product of China; all expiration dates from 17/02/2012 to 23/03/2012 inclusive), because the product many contain undeclared peanuts. The recalled frozen fish was sold in New South Wales, Queensland and the Australian Capital Territory.
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.

Recall Roundup: January 17, 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.


United States

 

  • Allergy Alert (Update): Barry Callebaut USA LLC expands its earlier recall of Kroger Value Semi Sweet Chocolate Chips, 12 oz. to include all Best By dates ending in 2012, because the product may contain undeclared milk. The recalled Chocolate Chips were sold in Kroger-owned stores, including Kroger stores nation-wide; and Dillon’s and Gerbes stores in Kansas and Missouri; Baker’s stores in Nebraska; Jay C, Hilander, Owen’s, Pay Less and Scott’s stores in Illinois and Indiana; Fred Meyer, Fry’s, King Soopers, Smith’s, City Market, Foods Co., and Food 4 Less stores in California, Nevada, Nebraska, New Mexico, Illinois and Indiana (Chicago area). Several consumer complaints have been received.
  • Food Safety Recall: Price Chopper advises its customers that AdvancePierre Foods has recalled Fast Fixin’ Popcorn Chicken, 26 oz. (UPC 75901-33613) after receiving two consumer complaints of small pieces of plastic in the product.

 


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Asia, Africa and the Pacific Islands
  • Food Safety Update (Philippines): The Department of Health has lifted its ban on Chinese infant formula and other milk products from China. The ban was imposed on 23 September 2008 following confirmation of melamine in infant formula and milk products manufactured in China.
  • Food Safety Alert (Taiwan): Three shipments of US beef were removed from retail sale in Taiwan after they were found to contain Paylean, a drug used to promote leanness in animals raised for meat. Taiwan, China and the European Union ban the use of Paylean because of possible human health risks, according to the report posted by Channelnewsasia.com; however, use of Paylean is legal in the USA, Canada, Australia, Brazil and more than 20 other countries.
  • Herbal Medicine Safety Recall (Hong Kong): The Department of Health advises the public not to consume the Chinese herbal powder Ramulus Cinnamomi (brand name 百草牌; batch #B20100513), wholesaled by Dynamic Medical Company, as it is contaminated with aconitum alkaloids. Dynamic Medical is recalling the powder, which was manufactured in China.
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.

Recall Roundup: January 14, 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.

United States
  • Food Safety Recall: MS Fish Corp (Brooklyn, NY) recalls Ossie’s Schmaltz Herring (12 oz plastic container; Code 2/0311) due to contamination with Listeria monocytogenes. The recalled item was distributed throughout New York State.
  • Food Safety Recall: Circle City Marketing and Distributing, d.b.a. Candy Dynamics (Indianapolis, IN) recalls all lots and flavors of Toxic Waste® brand Nuclear Sludge® Chew Bars, 0.7 oz/20g (Product of Pakistan) after the California Department of Public Health detects elevated levels of lead in the cherry flavor of the product.
  • FDA Food Safety Enforcement Action: At the request of FDA, the US Department of Justice has filed a complaint for permanent injunction against Mystical One LLC (Jamaica, NY) and its owners to prevent the company from processing and distributing juice and other products. Violations cited by FDA include the following brands and products: Fresh Carrot Juice, Magnum Food Drink, Pineapple Ginger Drink, Sorrel & Ginger, Sea Moss, and Peanut Punch.
  • Alcohol Wipes/Swabs Recall Update: Triad Group, Inc. advises that the following brands are affected by its recent recall in the USA and Canada of alcohol wipes and swabs: Best Choice, Care One, CVS, Discount Drug Mart, Equaline, Equate, Exchange Select, Exact, Good Neighbor, Good Sense, Healthcare, Healthy Generations, Kroger, Leader, Life Brand, Longs, Major, Meijer, Medicine Shoppe, Personelle, Publix, Premier Value, Quality Choice, Rite Aid, Reli-On, Remedy RX, Rexall, Safeway, Shoppers Drug, Sunmark, Up&Up, Top Care, Triad, Triad Sterile, Uniprix, Valu Plus, Western Family, and Walgreens.
Canada
  • Alcohol Wipes/Swabs Recall Update: Triad Group, Inc. advises that the following brands are affected by its recent recall in the USA and Canada of alcohol wipes and swabs: Best Choice, Care One, CVS, Discount Drug Mart, Equaline, Equate, Exchange Select, Exact, Good Neighbor, Good Sense, Healthcare, Healthy Generations, Kroger, Leader, Life Brand, Longs, Major, Meijer, Medicine Shoppe, Personelle, Publix, Premier Value, Quality Choice, Rite Aid, Reli-On, Remedy RX, Rexall, Safeway, Shoppers Drug, Sunmark, Up&Up, Top Care, Triad, Triad Sterile, Uniprix, Valu Plus, Western Family, and Walgreens.
  • Food Safety Recall: Entreprises G.A. Leblanc inc, d.b.a. Metro (Chénéville, QC) recalls a number of preserved foods packed in Mason-type glass jars (Packed on date up to and including 31 décembre 2010), because the label on the products does not contain the instruction “Garder réfrigéré” (Keep refrigerated).
Europe
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.