Category: Salmonella

Recalls and Alerts: August 16, 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

  • FDA Warning Letter: FDA warns Dockside Fish Market (Grand Marais, MN) 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, and the Current Good Manufacturing Practice regulation for foods.
  • FDA Warning Letter: FDA warns Philadelphia International Airport that a May 2011 inspection of the aircraft servicing areas and watering points revealed significant violations of the Interstate Conveyance Sanitation regulations under the Public Health Service Act. In consequence, the watering point and aircraft service area at Philadelphia International Airport has been changed to “Provisional” from “Approved.”
  • FDA Warning Letter: FDA warns Sivertson Fisheries Inc. dba Lake Superior Fish Company (Superior, WI) 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, and the Current Good Manufacturing Practice regulation for foods.
  • FDA Warning Letter: FDA warns Porky Products Inc. (Carteret, NJ) that an April-May 2011 inspection of the company’s seafood processing and importer establishment found serious violations of the seafood Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) regulations.
  • FDA Warning Letter: FDA warns The Best Chocolate in Town (Indianapolis, IN) that a May 2011 inspection of the company’s food facility revealed significant violations of the FDA’s Current Good Manufacturing Practice (CGMP) regulations for manufacturing, packing, or holding human food.
  • FDA Warning Letter: FDA warns Deshaies’ Associates, Inc. dba Deshaies’ Lobster Salad (Lewiston, ME) that an April-May 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 regulation for foods.
  • FDA Warning Letter: FDA warns Grand Cakes, Inc. (Bayamon, PR) that a January/February 2011 inpsection of the company’s bakery product manufacturing facility revealed significant labeling violations.
  • FDA Warning Letter: FDA warns JJ Cake & Pastry, Corp. (Cidra, PR) that a January-February 2011 inspection of the company’s food manufacturing facility revealed serious violations of the Current Good Manufacturing Practice in Manufacturing, Packing, or Holding Food (CGMP) regulations.
  • FDA Warning Letter: FDA warns Musco Foods Corporation (Maspeth, NY) that a March-April 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.

Canada

  • Allergy Alert: Seoul Trading Corporation (ON) recalls Haioreum Roasted Hot Pepper Paste (500g; Code 2012.03.10), due to the presence of undeclared sesame seeds and soy.
  • Allergy Alert: Dai Jung Distributing recalls Lee Lemon Grass from Fresh Stems (200g; all codes) due to the presence of undeclared sulphites.
  • Food Safety Recall: Nostrano Inc. recalls Nostrano Cooked Mild Capicollo (variable weight; Lot L20708), due to contamination with Listeria.
  • Food Safety Recall: Ocean Food Company Ltd. (Toronto, ON) recalls a number of Ocean Food brand surimi-based products (Best before dates up to and including October 18, 2011; please navigate to recall notice for list of affected products), because they may be contaminated with Clostridium botulinum. Also recalled is Ocean Food Chikuwa – Fish Cake (125g; Best before dates up to and including August 29, 2011).
  • Food Recall: Nestle Canada Inc. recalls Stouffer’s Bistro Stuffed Crust Pepperoni Pizzeria, incorrectly labelled as “Stuffed Crust 3 Cheese Pizzeria” (210g; Code #1007 5446 17A 99), due to incorrect labeling.

Europe

  • Allergy Alert (UK): Dove Farm Foods Limited withdraws Doves Farm Chocolate Chip Cookies with dark chocolate chips (150g; Batch code 1080; Best before 21/09/11), because the product has been found to contain undeclared milk.
  • Food Safety Recall (Denmark): Hilton Foods A/S Denmark recalls Minced pork 9-15% (600g; Batch #400107304B; Produced 11/8/2011/ Best before 19/8/2011) because Salmonella was found in the product.

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: August 15, 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

  • Allergy Alert: Jerry’s Foods (Annandale, MN) recalls County Market Beef Summer Sausage and County Market Beef Summer Sausage with Jalapenos (12-oz chub; use by/sell by date of 9/10/11), because the product contains undeclared whey and soy. The recalled sausage was sold at a retail store owned by Jerry’s Foods in Wisconsin.
  • Food Safety Alert: Ripley County Health Department seizes 2,000 pounds of perishable food after a routine truck inspection in Indiana reveals inoperative refrigeration unit, tainted meat.
  • Shellfish Harvest Areas Closed (New York State): The Department of Environmental Conservation has temporarily closed shellfish harvesting areas in Nassau and Suffolk Counties due to storm runoff water following record-setting rainfall around Long Island.

Europe

  • Allergy Alert (UK): Quayside Bakery withdraws Bakestone Fruited Scones (4-pack and 6-pack; All date codes between 10 August and 18 August 2011, inclusive), because the product contains undeclared milk.
  • Outbreak Alert Update (UK): Health officials in south east Wales are investigating a possible eighth case of E. coli o157 in the outbreak linked to the Adonis Kebab House in Cardiff. Separately, BBC reports that the restaurant was inspected last month and received a score of just 1 out of 5 (5 out of 5 is best). Restaurants are not obliged to post their hygiene inspection scores.
  • Food Safety Notification (EU #2011.1099): Arsenic and lead in calabash chalk from Ghana; distributed to the United Kingdom.
  • Food Safety Notification (EU #2011.1100): Excessive Ponceau 4R/cochineal red A in strawberry drink from Australia; distributed to Cyprus.
  • Food Safety Notification (EU #2011.1101): Histamine in canned tuna in olive oil from Spain; distributed to Italy.
  • Pet Food Safety Notification (EU #2011.1103): Salmonella Agona in beef meat for pet food from Poland; distributed to Germany.
  • Food Safety Notification (EU #2011.1104): Listeria monocytogenes in smoked salmon from Denmark; distributed to Italy.
  • Allergy Alert Notification (EU #2011.1105): Undeclared celery in vegetable mix from France; distributed to Belgium.
  • Food Safety Notification (EU #2011.1106): Glass fragments in different mineral waters from Germany; distributed to Germany.
  • Food Safety Notification (EU #2011.1107): Listeria monocytogenes in ham from Italy; distributed to Switzerland.
  • Food Safety Notification (EU #2011.1108): Parasitic infestation with nematodes of frozen Barrakuda fillet from New Zealand; distributed to Bulgaria.
  • Food Safety Notification (EU #2011.1109): Salmonella in garlic chives seeds from Italy; distributed to the Netherlands.

Australia and New Zealand

  • Health Supplement Safety Advisory (Australia): Some Australian consumers may have purchased the product Sexcellence sachets over the internet. While the label of this product claims the ingredients to be 100% Natural, analysis has confirmed the presence of two derivatives of sulfosildenafil – a derivative of the active agent in Viagra – in these sachets.

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.

Recalls and Alerts: August 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.

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United States

  • Food Safety Recall: Miss Bonnie’s Gourmet LLC recalls Miss Bonnie’s Gourmet Classic Cheddar Cheese Spread (8 oz glass jars; Best by December 23, 2011; Batch code 0116206G113; distributed between 8/1/11 and 8/10/11), because the product may be contaminated with Salmonella. The recalled product was distributed to Kroger Stores in Roanoke, Virginia; Cincinnati, Ohio; Louisville, Kentucky; and Memphis, Tennessee.
  • Food Recall: T. Marzetti recalls Cardini’s Balsamic Vinaigrette Salad Dressing (12 oz; Best by 041312K & 061512K), Girard’s Light Creamy Balsamic Vinaigrette, and White Balsamic Vinaigrette (12 oz; Best by 050612K to 060512K) and Marzetti Italian Blue Cheese Vinaigrette, Light Raspberry Cabernet Vinaigrette, Strawberry Chardonnay Vinaigrette, and White Balsamic Vinaigrette (12 oz; Best by 012012K to 030912K), due to premature spoilage as a result of yeast growth.
  • Food Safety Alert/Recall: Washington State Department of Health warns the public that Diarrhetic Shellfish Poisoning (DSP) biotoxin has been detected in shellfish from the Sequim Bay area. Sequim Bay has been closed to commercial and recreational shellfish harvesting, and the public is urged not to eat shellfish from that area until further notice. All commercially sold products from the area dating back to August 1st have been recalled and accounted for. DSP biotoxin is heat-stable and cannot be destroyed by cooking the shellfish.
  • Outbreak Alert: The Bellevue Patch reports that county health inspectors closed the Marinepolis Sushi Land in downtown Bellevue after two separate cases of Salmonella were linked back to the restaurant.
  • Food Safety Recall/Outbreak Alert Update: Fresh strawberries from Jaquith Strawberry Farm in Newberg, Oregon have been identified as the source of an outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 that has expanded to at least 15 people. Seven of the outbreak victims were hospitalized and one elderly woman in Washington County died from kidney failure. Please follow this live link to the list of locations known to have sold strawberries from Jaquith Strawberry Farm. If you purchased strawberries from one of these locations during the indicated dates and have any left over (perhaps in your freezer), please destroy them.

Europe

  • Allergy Alert (Belgium): La société Générale de Conserve recalls Saint Eloi brand Légumes pour couscous (800g can; Best before 30/11/2013 and 30/11/2014; Lot codes beginning with R2H and N2H), due to the presence of undeclared celery. The recalled product was sold in Intermarché and Ecomarché stores.
  • Outbreak Alert Update (UK): The Salmonella Enteritidis Phage Type 14b outbreak linked to consumption of eggs imported from Spain has grown to 221 confirmed cases, mostly from North West England (104), the West Midlands (36) and the East Midlands (26). The implicated eggs all were produced from a single shed on one Spanish poultry farm. The farm has culled the flock of hens, cleaned the shed and heat-treated the remaining eggs to destroy Salmonella.
  • Food Safety Notification (EU #2011.1091): Dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs in parsley stipes from Egypt; distributed to Germany.
  • Food Safety Notification (EU #2011.1092): Listeria monocytogenes in salami from Italy; distributed to Germany.
  • Allergy Alert Notification (EU #2011.1093): Undeclared gluten in seeds mixture packaged in Italy; distributed to Gibraltar and the United Kingdom.
  • Allergy Alert Notification (EU #2011.1094): Undeclared peanut in vanilla ice cream from Poland; distributed to the Czech Republic.
  • Animal Feed Safety Notification (EU #2011.1095): Salmonella Mbandaka in soybean meal from Italy; distributed to Austria.
  • Food Safety Notification (EU #2011.1096): Benzo(a)pyrene and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in sesame (peeled) from Nigeria; distributed to Austria, Germany and Spain.
  • Food Safety Notification (EU #2011.1097): E. coli in mussels from Italy; distributed to the Czech Republic; Italy, Slovakia and Slovenia.
  • Food Safety Notification (EU #2011.1098): Pseudomonas aeruginosa in still spring water from Poland; distributed to Poland.

Asia, Africa and the Pacific Islands

  • Pharmaceutical Product Safety Recall (Hong Kong): GlaxoSmithKline Ltd. recalls Coldrex+C Tablet 20’s (Batch No. XPN161R), because the Chinese-language dosing instructions contain an error.

Australia and New Zealand

  • Allergy Alert (Australia): Coles Supermarkets Australia Pty Ltd. recalls Coles Bakery Fresh Sticky Date Cookies (4-pak; Best before 11 AUG 11 to 16 AUG 11, inclusive), due to the presence of undeclared peanuts. The recalled product was sold at a single Coles Supermarket in Rosebud, VIC.
  • Health Alert (Australia): The Victoria Department of Health warns the public that some Ayurvedic medicines imported from India have been found to contain high levels of lead. The department has received notifications of three cases of elevated blood lead levels in the past 18 months in patients who use traditional Ayurvedic medicines from India.

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.