Category: recall roundup

Recalls and Alerts: May 14, 2012

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

  • Pharmaceutical Product Safety Recall: Hospira, Inc. recalls Hydromorphone Hydrochloride Injection 1 mg/mL fill in 2.5 mL Carpuject™ (Lot #07547LL; Expiration date July 1, 2013) due to two reported claims of a single Carpuject containing more than the stated 1mL volume. The affected lot was distributed in September-October 2011 to wholesalers and a limited number of hospitals in Alaska, Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Delaware, Florida, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Washington, and Wisconsin.
  • Outbreak Alert: The Wall Street Journal reports that at least 150 attendees at a Mother’s Day party at the Chuang Yen Buddhist monastery in Kent Cliffs (NY) developed food poisoning symptoms (vomiting and diarrhea) after they left the party.

Europe

  • Food Safety Recall/Alert (Belgium): Following an alert issued by German authorities, the AFSCA recommends that consumers do not eat the following recalled product, because lab analyses have revealed the presence of Salmonella in the product: SIFA Gewürze & Feinkost Ground Cumin (60g glass jars; Best before date 01/12/2013). The recalled product was sold in the provinces of Limbourg and Liège.
  • Food Safety Recall (Denmark): Danish Supermarket A/S recalls Hazelnut Kernels (1 kg bags; Best before 30/10-2012 and 31/10-2012; Product of Germany), due to mold growth in some of the bags.
  • Outbreak Alert (UK): BBC reports that four patients being treated for norovirus symptoms (diarrhea and vomiting) at the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley, Scotland have died, due to underlying medical conditions. Eight wards at the hospital are closed to new admissions due to the outbreak. Thirty-four patients are showing symptoms at present.

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: May 12, 2012

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: Whole Foods Market recalls its variety cupcake six-packs (All expiration packed on dates prior to May 10th 2012), because the carrot cake cupcakes of the products contain undeclared walnuts. Six-packs that do not contain carrot cake cupcakes are unaffected by the recall. The affected six-packs were sold at Whole Foods Market stores in Northern California, including Folsom, Lafayette, Los Altos, Mill Valley, Novato, Palo Alto, San Francisco, San Jose, Santa Rosa and Sonoma.
  • Pet Food Safety Recall: Nestlé Purina PetCare recalls Purina Veterinary Diets® OM Overweight Management Feline Formula canned cat food (5.5 oz can; Best by JUN 2013; Product code 11721159; UPC 38100-13810), because analytical testing of a product sample by FDA indicated a low level of thiamine (vitamin B1). The recalled cat food was distributed to veterinary clinics in the USA and Canada between June 2011 and May 2012.
  • Pet Food Safety Recall Update: Natural Balance Pet Foods announces a correction to the date code for one of the Natural Balance Pet Foods recalled on May 4th due to potential Salmonella contamination. The Best By date code of March 12, 2013 listed for Natural Balance Sweet Potato & Venison Dog, 5-lb size should be corrected to read “March 13, 2013”
  • Outbreak Alert: The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) is investigating an outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) related to dining at Spartanburg-area Mexican restaurant during the last week of April 2012. Preliminary lab results indicated that the outbreak microbe is a strain of E. coli O157:H7. At least eleven cases are under investigation. Two of the three case-patients interviews so far have developed hemolytic uremic syndrome.

Canada

  • Pet Food Safety Recall: Nestlé Purina PetCare recalls Purina Veterinary Diets® OM Overweight Management Feline Formula canned cat food (5.5 oz can; Best by JUN 2013; Product code 11721159; UPC 38100-13810), because analytical testing of a product sample by FDA indicated a low level of thiamine (vitamin B1). The recalled cat food was distributed to veterinary clinics in the USA and Canada between June 2011 and May 2012.
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: May 11, 2012

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: Jonlly Fruits Inc. (Bayamòn, PR) recalls the following Jonlly Fruit and Natural Tropic products (1 gal plastic containers and 64-oz bottles; Expiry dates from March 1,2 012 to July 2, 2012), due to the presence of undeclared sodium caseinate (a milk derivative) in the products: China (Orange), Acerola (Wild Cherry), Uva (Grape), Parcha (Passion Fruit), Fruta (Fruit Punch), Limón (Lemon), Toronja (Grapefruit), Guava-Piña (Guava-Pineapple), Guanábana (Soursop), China Light (Orange Light), Mandarin (Mandarina), and China-Zanahoria (Orange-Carrot). The recalled products were distributed through supermarkets, bakeries and retail stores throughout Puerto Rico.
  • Food Safety Recall: Mazowsze Deli Inc. (Brooklyn, NY) recalls In-store packed (sliced) Herring (1-lb clear plastic container; no lot or date codes), due to contamination with Listeria monocytogenes. The recalled product was sold only from the deli’s retail location at 420 Church Avenue, Brooklyn, NY.
  • Food Safety Recall/Alert: Washington State Department of Health is advising consumers not to eat any fresh or frozen shellfish that comes from Korea, because FDA has removed all certified dealers in the Korean Shellfish Sanitation Program from its Interstate Certified Shellfish Shippers List. The action includes fresh or frozen oysters, clams, mussels and scallops; canned products are not affected.

Canada

  • Allergy Alert: Pasta-Déli 1995 recalls several prepared entrées due to the presence of undeclared wheat, soy or sulfites. Please refer to the recall notice for a complete list of affected products, which were sold in certain retail establishments in the province of Quebec.
  • Allergy Alert: Upper 49th Imports Inc. recalls Designer Whey Protein Powder – French Vanilla (908g; UPC 8 44334 00187 2; Lot code 4111193187B; ENJOY BY JUL 2013) due to the presence of undeclared gluten. The affected product was sold nationally.
  • Allergy Alert: Tokushin Enterprises Ltd. recalls Ajinomoto Cook Do Shrimp Stir Fry Sauce (110g; UPC 4 901001 102648; Codes up to and including 2013.3.11), due to the presence of undeclared shellfish. The recalled item was distributed in Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Ontario.
  • Food Safety Recall Update: The Canadian Food Inspection Agency releases additional information to aid consumers in the identification of recalled Irresistibles brand beef burgers. Consolidated recall information is available at the E. coli O157:H7 Beef Recall – Canada tab.

Europe

Australia and New Zealand

  • Food Safety Recall (Australia): McWilliam’s Wine Group Ltd. recalls the following varieties of McWilliam’s 2-Lt Fortified Wine due to the possibility that the flagon mouth may be damaged and glass fragments may be present: Royal Reserve Tawny (Lot codes L2104-58 and L281-41), Cream Apera (Lot code L2103-47), Royal Reserve Medium Dry (Lot code L2102-32), Royal Reserve Sweet (Lot code L2102-33), Royal Reserve Muscat (Lot code L2104-56) and Royal Reserve Dry (Lot code L2102-31). The recalled products were sold in major liquor outlets and some independent liquor stores nationally.

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.