Category: Listeria

Recalls and Alerts: November 23, 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

  • Food Safety Recall: TransOcean recalls TransOcean brand Wild Sockeye Smoked Salmon (UPC 71516630201; Lot 1280W and 1293W) due to possible Listeria contamination. The recalled product was sold in Giant Eagle grocery stores.
  • Food Recall: Giant Eagle advises that Food Club Solid Pack Pumpkin (UPC 3680089519; all lots; all dates) because the product does not meet quality standards.
  • FDA Enforcement Action: FDA is seeking a permanent injunction agains the dietary supplement manufacturers ATF Fitness Products Inc, Manufacturing ATF Dedicated Excellence, Inc. and James G. Vercellotti (owner and operator of both companies), on the grounds that the dietary supplement maker and owner substituted ingredients and products without noting the changes on final product labels. The injunction would stop the defendants from amking and distributing more than 400 products.
  • Food Safety Notification (EU #2011.1683): Listeria monocytogenes in chilled gorgonzola from Italy; distributed to France, Italy and the USA.

Canada

  • Food Safety Recall: 3903052 Canada Inc. (Est No. 1874; Boisbriand, QC) expands its earlier recall of cheeses to include additional products , because the products may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The cheese products, which include cheeses sold under the Clic, Deschamps, Fromagerie Marie Kadé and TIFCO brand names, were distributed in Ontario and Quebec. One reported illness has been associated with consumption of the products.

Europe

  • Food Safety Alert (UK): The Food Standards Agency warns the public not to consume Drop Vodka, an illegal brand of vodka that has been found on sale in some shops. The brand is not registered by any company in the UK and has been found to be contain propan-2-ol (rubbing alcohol) and methanol (wood alcohol), both of which are toxic. Anyone finding Drop Vodka on sale should contact their local health authority or the Food Standards Agency food fraud hotline on 020 7276 8527.
  • Food Safety Recall (Belgium): Delhaize Belgique recalls Delhaize Tiroler Salami en tranches/Delhaize sliced Tyrol Salami (150g; Best before 01.01.12), because the product may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.
  • Food Safety Recall (Sweden): Atria Scandinavia recalls Hot Dogs produced November 17th and 18th 2011, because the products may be contaminated with Listeria.
  • Food Safety Recall (Germany): Pepper King eK recalls King Pepper chili extract 11 million, Satan’s Blood, 1 million Scoville Pepper extract 148 mL and Schwiegemuttertod (Expiry end of 2012), due to very high capsaicin content.
  • Food Safety Recall (Germany): Netto Marken-Discount AG & Co KG recalls Premium smoked salmon (120g; all varieties; Best before 24/11/2011), because the product may contain Listeria.
  • Food Safety Notification (EU #2011.1676): Listeria monocytogenes in chilled smoked salmon from Poland; distributed to Italy.
  • Food Safety Notification (EU #2011.1678): Foreign body and mold infestation in lemon iced tea from Bulgaria; distributed to Greece.
  • Food Safety Notification (EU #2011.1679): Aldicarb in pineapples from South Africa, via the Netherlands; distributed to Norway.
  • Food Safety Notification (EU #2011.1681): Cadmium in frozen spinach from Belgium; distributed to Belgium, Germany and Greece.
  • Food Safety Notification (EU #2011.1683): Listeria monocytogenes in chilled gorgonzola from Italy; distributed to France, Italy and the USA.
  • Food Safety Notification (EU #2011.1686): Campylobacter spp. in frozen roasted skinless boneless chicken breasts from Thailand; distributed to France.

Asia, Africa and the Pacific Islands

  • Outbreak Alert (India): More than 50 student nurses at the School of Nursing in Indore developed food poisoning after eating at the college mess hall. The students were hospitalized, and now are all out of danger.

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: November 22, 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: Rio Grande Imports Inc. (Copiague, NY) recalls El Triunfo brand Semita de Piña pineapple-filled pastry (Code 11-22-11), because it contains undeclared dairy.
  • Food Safety Recall: Quirch Foods Co (Miami, FL) recalls Cap-Pele Herring Export, Inc. brand Smoked Split Herring (Product of New Brunswick, Canada; Plant Reg #4108-2931), because the herring was found to be uneviscerated and may be contaminated with Clostridium botulinum spores. The recalled product was sold to supermarkets and a distributor in Florida and St. Thomas, VI and is repackaged at retail per customer request.
  • Food Safety Recall: Schnucks Markets, Inc. recalls all meats ground at the company’s Normal, IL store on Monday, November 21st between 9:50am and 3:30pm, after pieces of a meat packaging clip were found in the grinder during cleaning. Please check the recall notice for a list of affected products.
  • FDA Warning Letter: FDA warns Ocean Group Inc. dba Ocean Fresh Fish & Seafood Marketing (Los Angeles, CA) that a July 2011 inspection of the company’s seafood processing and importer establishment revealed serious violations of the seafood Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) regulation, and the Current Good Manufacturing Practice regulation for foods.
  • FDA Warning Letter: FDA warns The Sandwich Man, Inc. (Pearl River, LA) that a May 2011 inspection of the company’s seafood processing facility revealed serious violations of the seafood Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) regulation.
  • FDA Warning Letter: FDA warns Great Oceans, LLC (Jericho, NY) that an October 2011 inspection of the company’s seafood importer establishment revealed a serious violation of the seafood Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) regulation.
  • FDA Warning Letter: FDA warns Humpty Dumpty Eggs, Inc. (Reedsville, WI) that a July 2011 inspection of the company’s shell egg production facility revealed serious violations of the Prevention of Salmonella Enteritidis in Shell Eggs During Production, Storage, and Transportation regulation (the shell egg regulation), including the lack of a written Salmonella Enteritidis prevention plan, failure to implement appropriate rodent monitoring methods, and a failure to perform environmental testing for Salmonella Enteritidis at the appropriate time.
  • FDA Warning Letter: FDA warns WellnessOne World, LLC/Lifeline Energetics, Inc. (Ramsey, MN) that a June 2011 inspection of the company’s dietary supplement manufacturing facility revealed serious violations of the Current Good Manufacturing Practice (CGMP) regulations for dietary supplements.

Canada

  • Allergy Alert: Les Aliments Kim Phat (Brossard, QC) recalls Pain au porc déchiqueté #28B (all batches), due to the presence of undeclared soy.

Europe

  • Food Safety Recall (Sweden): ICA recalls ICA brand hot dog (900g & 630g; Best before 2011-12-09), after Listeria is detected in the product during a routine check.
  • Food Safety Recall (Switzerland): Denner recalls all San Andrea Mineral Waters (0.5L sparkling; 2L sparkling; 2L still), due to the presence of butanone (a solvent) in two bottles.
  • Food Safety Recall (Denmark): Coop Denmark A/S recalls Arugula Salad (Lot 46F; Product of Italy) and Napolitana Green Salad (Product of Italy), after Campylobacter is found in the lettuce.
  • Food Safety Recall (Denmark): AP Green/Shelf Farm recalls green lettuce (Lot 46F, 47B, 47C, 47D and 317), after Campylobacter is found in the lettuce.

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: November 1, 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

  • Food Safety Recall: Windsor Quality Food Co. Ltd. (Los Angeles, CA) recalls Molly’s Kitchen Mini Chicken Pot Pie Empanadas (10-lb cases; Product code 953397; Best before August 30, 2012), because the product may contain pieces of plastic. The recalled empanadas were shipped to one foodservice distributor for further distribution nationwide.
  • Food Safety Alert: The Texas Department of State Health Services announces that all recreational and commercial oyster, clam and mussel harvesting in Texas coastal waters has been closed due to red tide.
  • OTC Pharmaceutical Product Recall: Novartis Consumer Health recalls a number of Excedrin products, due to product mix-up occurrences, according to notices posted by Giant and Food City supermarekts.
  • FDA Warning Letter: FDA warns B & F Fish Market, LLC (Parsons, TN) that a June 2011 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 Evergreen Fresh Sprouts, LLC (Moyle Springs, ID) that a June-July 2011 inspection of the company’s sprout growing facility subsequent to an outbreak of Salmonella Enteritidis revealed insanitary conditions and practices that may have contributed directly or indirectly to contamination of your sprouts with pathogens.
  • FDA Warning Letter: FDA warns Snokist Growers (Yakima, WA) that a May/June 2011 inspection of the company’s food processing facility revealed serious violations of the Current Good Manufacturing Practice (CGMP) regulation for foods.
  • Cosmetics Product Safety Recall: Purity Cosmetics (San Jose, CA) recalls 100% Pure Fruit Pigmented Cocoa Plum Eye Shadow (Lot #1B11) after Pseudomonas luteola was found in a sample of the product. The recalled item was produced for Purity Cosmetics by Radical Cosmetics (New Brunswick, NJ) and was distributed to retail stores in California, Florida, New York, Indiana, Texas, Illinois, Oregon, Minnesota, Virginia, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Nevada and Tennessee. Purity began shipping the product on or after March 7, 2011.
  • Outbreak Alert Update: The Missouri State Public Health Laboratory has confirmed 28 cases of E. coli O157:H7 in and around St. Louis County. Testing of an additional 7 specimens is still in progress. Schnucks removed certain items from its salad bars company-wide, including from Logli and Hilander stores in Rockford, IL after several outbreak patients mentioned the chain.

Canada

  • Food Safety Recall: Alimentation Gauthier & Frères enr/IGA (Shawinigan, QC) recalls several ground beef, ground veal, and ground pork products (packaged 30 octobre 2011), because they may be contaminated with metal particles.
  • Food Safety Recall: Sea World Fisheries Ltd. recalls Live Manila Clams (25-lb; Lot #V4218: Harvest date Oct 26, 2011; Harvest area 15-2 Savary Island, BC (Wild); Process date Oct 26, 2011), due to the presence of marine biotoxin. The recalled clams were distributed to the hotel/restaurant/institutional market in Alberta and British Columbia.
  • Food Safety Recall: Les Aliments Aquafuchsia recalls Aquafuchsia Baby Onion Shoots (70g; Lot 279) and Aquafuchsia Alfalfa Sprouts (125g; Lot #285), due to microbiological spoilage.

Europe

  • Food Safety Recall (Belgium): Spar recalls tête pressée gantoise/Ghent head cheese? (UPC 5400210556307; Expiry date 14/11/2011), after Listeria is detected in a sample. The recalled product was sold in Spar stores, and in other stores supplied by Spar.
  • Food Safety Recall (Belgium): Carrefour recalls Lait entier Carrefour Discount/Carrefour Discount Whole Milk (1L carto; Lot #11678, 111724 and 111732; Best before dates 30/12/2011, 06/01/2012 and 07/01/2012), because milk may develop an altered taste or odor, due to a sporadic technical malfunction during manufacture.
  • Food Safety Recall (Netherlands): DEEN Supermarkets recalls DEEN Fuet Extra Dry Spanish Sausage (170g; Expiry 20/03/2012), due to potentially hazardous microbiological defects.
  • Food Safety Recall (Denmark): Danish Supermarket recalls ATCO almonds (200g; Expiry 31/7-2012; Product of Germany), due to larvae infestation.
  • Food Safety Notification (EU #2011.1533): Salmonella spp. in paan leaves from Bangladesh; distributed to the United Kingdom.
  • Food Safety Notification (EU #2011.1536): Carbon monoxide treatment of chilled yellowfin tuna from Spain; distributed to Italy.
  • Food Safety Notification (EU #2011.1539): Incorrect date code on chilled shredded duck kit from the United Kingdom; distributed to Gibraltar and the United Kingdom.
  • Food Safety Notification (EU #2011.1541): Escherichia coli in green herbs from Vietnam; distributed to Norway.
  • Food Safety Notification (EU #2011.1542): Salmonella spp. in fresh coriander from Vietnam; distributed to Denmark.
  • Food Safety Notification (EU #2011.1543): Leucomalachite green in live trout from Austria; distributed to the Czech Republic.

Asia, Africa and the Pacific Islands

  • Food Safety Alert (Saudi Arabia): The Saudi Food and Drug Authority has prohibited the sale of Gaudiano Bio Olives after an alert was issued by the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed.

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.