Category: fish and seafood

Recall Roundup: January 12, 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 (Retail Distribution): USDA publishes list of retail consignees for frozen meat and poultry products recalled by Homestead Pasta Company due to mislabeling and the presence of undeclared whey.
  • Food Recall (Labeling): Manufacturer recalls Organic Valley Lightly Salted Butter, 1lb., because the boxes contain salted butter instead of lightly salted butter.
  • Food Recall/Allergy Alert (Labeling): Lettieri’s Foods, Inc. (Shakopee, MN) recalls Lettieri’s Breakfast Stackers Sausage, Egg & Cheese within a flakey biscuit and Real Time Café Breakfast Stacker Sausage, Egg & Cheese within a flakey pastry, because the products contain monosodium glutamate (MSG), which is not declared on the label.
  • Consumer Product Safety Recall: Calisson Inc. (Dana Point, CA) recalls Cool-it Soother by Vulli teething rings (manufactured in France), due to an ingestion hazard.
Canada
  • Allergy Alert: Quebec’s Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAPAQ) advises individuals who are allergic to milk proteins not to consume Pâté des fêtes (all packages that do not mention the presence of butter) sold frozen at Avril Supermarket Santé (Brossard, QC), because the products contain undeclared butter.
  • Allergy Alert: MAPAQ advises individuals who are allergic to milk or soy proteins not to consume the following items, sold at Mini Géneral IV (Châteauguay, QC), because they may contain undeclared milk or soy proteins: Hamburger steak (milk), Pâté chinois (soy), and Pâté au poulet (soy).
Europe
  • Allergy Alert (France): Auchan recalls Auchan brand Purée de pommes de terre et carottes (300g microwave bowl; Best by 17.11.2011), because some of the packages may contain Mexican tuna salad instead of potato and carrot purée.
  • Food Safety Notification (EU #2011.0028): Cadmium in frozen crabs (Portunus trituberculatus) from China; distributed to Italy.
  • Animal Feed Safety Notification (EU #2011.0029): Aflatoxins in sorghum from Egypt; distributed to Belgium.
  • Food Safety Notification (EU #2011.0031): Carbendazim in yams from Ghana; distributed to the United Kingdom.
  • Food Safety Notification (EU #2011.0032): Carbendazim and thiophanate-methyl in yams from Brazil; distributed to the United Kingdom.
  • Food Safety Notification (EU #2011.0033): Tebuconazole in yams from Ghana; distributed to the United Kingdom.
  • Food Safety Notification (EU #2011.0034): Carbendazim in yams from Ghana; distributed to the United Kingdom.
  • Food Safety Notification (EU #2011.0035): Carbendazim in yams from Brazil; distributed to the United Kingdom.
  • Food Safety Notification (EU #2011.0036): Carbendazim in baby yams from Jordan; distributed to the United Kingdom.
  • Food Safety Notification (EU #2011.0037): Carbendazim and thiophanate-methyl in yams from Brazil; distributed to the United Kingdom.
  • Food Safety Notification (EU #2011.0038): Migration of epoxidised soybean oil (ESBO) from twist-off lids of jars with pesto from Italy, via the Netherlands; distributed to Slovenia.
  • Food Safety Notification (EU #2011.0039): Carbendazim in yams from Ghana; distributed to the United Kingdom.
  • Food Supplement Safety Notification (EU #2011.0040): Unauthorized gold and silver in food supplement from France; distributed to Spain.
Asia, Africa and the Pacific Islands
  • Food Safety Alert (South Korea): The Incheon Regional Food and Drug Administration has charged the unauthorized manufacturer and seller of fresh juice with violations of the Food Sanitation Law after detecting excessive bacteria (up to 16 times the permitted limit) in the juice.
  • Dietary Supplement Warning (Hong Kong): The Department of Health urges the public not to use C M Factor brand of slimming product, because it has been found to contain an analogue of the controlled ingredient, sibutramine.
  • Dietary Supplement Safety Alert (Philippines): FDA warns the public that food/dietary supplements are not approved medicines and should not be used to treat any type of pain.
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 10, 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: Kroger recalls Kroger Value Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips, 12 oz, because the product may contain undeclared milk. The recalled chocolate chips were sold in Kroger, Dillons, Food 4 Less, Food 4 Less Midwest, Fry’s, Jay C, Ralphs and Smith’s grocery stores.
  • Food Safety Recall: La Placita Botanas Mexicanas, Inc. (South El Monte, CA) recalls Wheat Snacks with Chile, Potato Chips with Chile, and Corn Churritos with Chile (no production codes, best-by dates or use-by dates are displayed on the packages), after FDA detected Salmonella in during sampling of the company’s bulk ingredients. No illnesses have been reported to date, and the identity and source of the contaminated bulk ingredient has not been revealed.
  • OTC Topical Product Safety Recall Update: Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals advises that Triad alcohol prep pads packaged for use in the U.S. with Betaseron, have been recalled by the manufacturer due to contamination with Bacillus cereus. Betaseron is not affected by the recall, but the enclosed Triad prep pads should not be used.
Europe

Australia and New Zealand

  • Food Safety Recall (New Zealand): United World Foods Ltd. recalls Sea Cuisine Brand 41/50 grade Raw Prawn Cutlets (1 kg; Best before 30 October 2012), after the product tests positive for Salmonella. The recalled raw prawns were distributed in Foodtown, Woolworths and Countdown Supermarkets in all areas North of Taupo.
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 4, 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: Crave Foods (Los Angeles, CA) recalls Crave Pies Chicken Mushroom Pie (6-lb cases containing 12 individual 4-oz packages), because the product contains undeclared monosodium glutamate (MSG). The recalled pies were produced between September 2010 and December 2010 and shipped to distribution centers in California and New York for further retail distribution.
  • Food Safety Recall: Sprouters Northwest, Inc. (Kent, WA) recalls all of its clover sprout and and clover mixed sprout products, because they may be contaminated with Salmonella. The recall was initiated after clover sprouts produced by Sprouters Northwest were linked to four cases of Salmonella Newport infections in Washington State and two cases in Oregon. The recalled sprouts were distributed to wholesalers, grocery stores – including QFC and Fred Meyer stores – and restaurants in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Alaska and British Columbia.
  • Food Recall: Price Chopper recalls Olivio Premium Spread, 15-ounce tub because droplets of water can surface in the container and may promote mold growth.
  • Food Recall: Food City recalls Food City Fat Free Yogurt, 32 oz (Exp. date 01/21/2011). No reason was given for the recall.
  • Pharmaceutical Product Safety Recall: The Ritedose Corporation recalls 0.083% Albuterol Sulfate Inhalation Solution, 3mL (25, 30, 60 unit dose vials), because the 2.5mg/3mL single use vials are embossed with the wrong concentration and represent a health hazard. The recalled products were distributed across the USA and in Puerto Rico.
  • Pharmaceutical Product Safety Recall: Cumberland Pharmaceuticals Inc. recalls 6 lots of Acetadote® (acetylcysteine) Injection after particulate matter was found in a small number of vials of the injectable pharmaceutical product.
  • Dietary Supplement Safety Recall: Drive Total Energy recalls Rock Hard Extreme and Passion Coffee dietary supplements after FDA finds undeclared sulfoaildenafil (an analogue of sildenafil) in the product.
  • Dietary Supplement Recall: Giant Eagle recalls Natures Basket Fiber Complex, 100-ct (all lots) due to mislabelling.
  • FDA Warning Letter: FDA warns Tico’s Mexican Foods, Inc. (Denver, CO) that a September 2010 inspection revealed serious deviations from the Seafood Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) Regulation.
Canada
  • Food Safety Recall: Sprouters Northwest, Inc. (Kent, WA) recalls all of its clover sprout and and clover mixed sprout products, because they may be contaminated with Salmonella. The recall was initiated after clover sprouts produced by Sprouters Northwest were linked to four cases of Salmonella Newport infections in Washington State and two cases in Oregon. The recalled sprouts were distributed to wholesalers, grocery stores – including QFC and Fred Meyer stores – and restaurants in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Alaska and British Columbia.
Europe
Latin America and the Caribbean
  • Pharmaceutical Product Safety Recall (Puerto Ric0): The Ritedose Corporation recalls 0.083% Albuterol Sulfate Inhalation Solution, 3mL (25, 30, 60 unit dose vials), because the 2.5mg/3mL single use vials are embossed with the wrong concentration and represent a health hazard. The recalled products were distributed across the USA and in Puerto Rico.
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.