Recalls and Alerts: September 22–23, 2025

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Outbreak/Illness Investigations

DENMARK: The Statens Serum Institut is tracking two outbreaks of Campylobacter jejuni (sequence type (ST) 49 and 52), comprising 20 and 12 patients, respectively, affecting people between the ages of 2-89 years old. Half of the patients in both outbreaks required hospitalization. Specific sources of the outbreaks are under investigation.

United States

Allergy Alert: Lee K of NY INC recalls Stewed Aged Kimchi w/ Mackerel (57-oz pkgs; Expiration date prior to 09/16/25; UPC 27300700000) due to undeclared milk and shrimp.

Canada

Food Safety Recall: Aliments Best Nuts inc. (Dollard-des-Ormeaux, QC) recalls Pistaches en vrac / Bulk pistachios (Sold up to 1 August 2025) due to possible Salmonella contamination.

Food Safety Recall: Marché 786 (Montréal, QC) recalls Pistaches / Pistachios (Sold up to 3 September 2025) due to possible Salmonella contamination.

Food Safety Recall: Roi des noix inc. (Montréal, QC) recalls Pistaches en vrac / Bulk pistachios (Sold up to 28 July 2025) due to possible Salmonella contamination.

Food Safety Recall: Maison des noix (Laval, QC) recalls Pistaches en vrac / Bulk pistachios (Sold up to 1 August 2025) due to possible Salmonella contamination

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Ireland and United Kingdom

Allergy Alert (UK): The Bare Pantry recalls Dark Chocolate Jumbo Raisins (170g; Best before 11th February 2026) due to undeclared milk.

Allergy Alert (UK): The Bare Pantry recalls multiple Dark Chocolate-coated products (All Best before dates) due to undeclared milk.

Allergy Alert (Ireland): The Bare Pantry recalls multiple Dark Chocolate-coated products (All Best before dates) due to undeclared milk.

Food Safety Recall (Ireland): Manufacturer recalls various Toxic Waste Sour Slushy Freeze and Squeeze products (All batch codes and all best before dates; Product of UK) due to elevated levels of glycerol).

Hong Kong and Singapore

No Alerts

Australia and New Zealand

Allergy Alert (Australia): TAJ INDIAN FOODS PTY LTD recalls Lata’s Kitchen Flour (Atta) with Multigrains (4 kg; Best before 31/08/2026) due to incorrect gluten-free claim.

Food Safety Recall (Australia): Auspork Australia Pty Ltd recalls Free Country Organic Beef Mince (500g; Best before 28 SEP 2025) due to foreign matter contamination (plastic).

Food Safety Recall Update (Australia): ALDI Stores recalls Made Real Wholefood Balls – Various Sizes and Flavours due to possible foreign matter contamination (metal).

Food Safety Recall Update (Australia): Tasti Products Limited recalls Smooshed Wholefood and Protein Balls Various Sizes due to possible foreign matter contamination (metal).

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OP-ED: It’s time for states to step up for food safety

Donald Trump and his acolyte, RFK, Jr., vowed to “Make America Healthy Again.”

They lied.

Watch what they do, not what they say.
Rachel Maddow, MSNBC host

Trump, aided by RFK, Jr., is dismantling the US food safety network

RFK, Jr. fired every single member of FDA’s media communications team, including its director.
The proposed 2026 budget for the FDA outlines plans to shift the responsibility for routine food safety inspections to the states.
The 2026 FDA budget also proposes an overall reduction in full-time equivalent staffing for the Human Foods Program of 7.6%, with the Office of Investigations and Inspections reduced by 2.0%, and the Field Laboratory Operations by 54.4%.
Staff cuts at the FDA have already put the brakes on the agency’s ability to trace the source of foodborne disease outbreaks. In 2024, the agency investigated a total of 26 outbreaks and identified the source of 20 (77%). In 2025, the FDA has closed its investigation of 11 outbreaks after identifying the source of only 4 (36%); an additional 11 investigations remain under investigation, with a food source having been identified in four (36%).
The CDC has reduced its active surveillance of foodborne pathogens from six target organisms to just two, claiming lack of funding.
RFK, Jr. and Secretary of Agriculture, Brooke Rollins proposed allowing bird flu to “rip through” infected poultry flocks instead of culling the flocks to prevent further spread.
The USDA withdrew its proposed rule that, for the first time, would have placed (very lenient) limits on the presence of certain Salmonella strains in raw poultry.
Staff cuts at the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service have reduced the agency’s ability to combat livestock diseases, including bird flu.
The US Justice Department unit that used to handle drug and food safety cases on behalf of the FDA has been disbanded.
The EPA has rolled back clean air standards and eased limits on pesticide use.

What can US consumers expect as a result of these roll-backs?

More foodborne disease, including more hospitalizations and deaths
More outbreaks going unreported and unsolved
Inconsistent food safety inspection standards from state to state

I have been a food safety microbiologist for more than fifty years. I have worked both in government and in the private sector.

During my entire career, I have advocated for a single agency to oversee food safety—an agency with Cabinet-level representation that would replace the current fragmented regulatory system in the United States.

But desperate times require desperate measures. The federal government is not doing its job. Nor does it plan to in the future.

States can—and must—act

The various states that have the resources to do so must take action to protect their population from the failures of the federal government.

Democrat-led states on both coasts have already acted to counter the CDC vaccine panel’s new recommendations that would restrict access to respiratory (Covid-19, influenza, and RSV), MMRV, and Hepatitis B vaccines.

The West Coast Alliance is comprised of California, Oregon, Washington, and Hawaii. The Northeast Public Health Collaborative includes New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine and Rhode Island, as well as New York City’s Department of Health.

If a state government can override federal recommendations on vaccine access, the state also can superimpose its own food safety regulations on those handed down by the FDA and USDA in order to protect its population from disease.

I propose that the West Coast Alliance be extended to encompass food safety, including the following actions:

Develop and implement a common set of inspection standards for produce and processed foods originating in California, Oregon, Washington, and Hawaii.
Embargo all shipments of produce and processed foods originating from outside the borders of its member states unless each individual shipment is accompanied by a Certificate of Analysis issued by an accredited laboratory.
Regulate discharge emanating from concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) in the member states—discharge that pollutes the soil in which crops are grown and the water used to irrigate those crops.

I am not suggesting these actions will be easy or inexpensive. But, as the federal government no longer appears to be interested in protecting the public from unsafe food, the states that are able to do so must take over.

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Recalls and Alerts: September 18–21, 2025

The live links in this post 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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Outbreak/Illness Investigations

GERMANY (Update): EHEC O45:H2 cases rise to 107 in Germany, including 24 children with hemolytic uremic syndrome; source of infection remains unknown

United States

Public Health Alert: FSIS issues public health alert for TRADER JOE’S TURKEY GOBBLER WRAP (10-oz pkg; Best by SEP 16, 2025) due to Listeria monocytogenes contamination.

Food Safety Recall: AquaStar (USA) Corp recalls Kroger, Kroger Mercado, AquaStar brands of Raw Shrimp, Cooked Shrimp, Shrimp Skewers due to possible radionuclide (Cesium-137) contamination.

Food Safety Recall: Western United Fish Company dba Annasea Foods Group recalls Kirkland Signature brand Ahi Tuna Wasabi Poke (Costco Item Number of 17193; Sell by 9/22/2025) due to possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination.

Dietary Supplement Safety Recall: HARD EIGHT NUTRITION LLC recalls Inositol, 1g (Variable packaging; Lot/Batch code 2507803; Best before March 31, 2027) due to possible pathogenic Staphylococcus aureus contamination.

Canada

Allergy Alert: Korea Food Trading Ltd. recalls Daesang brand Gochujang (Spicy Red Pepper Paste) (500g; All batch codes; UPC 8 80 1052 802022) due to undeclared wheat.

Allergy Alert: Govardhan Thal recalls Govardhan Thal brand Handvo (Variable sizes; All packages; UPC 3 33331 23475 3) due to undeclared wheat and milk.

Allergy Alert: Distribution Bonbons JJ Candy recalls Habibi Dubai Chocolat brand Kunafa Pistachio Milk Chocolate (80g and 200g; All batch codes) due to undeclared wheat and soy.

Allergy Alert: Marché Richelieu (Marché Simard) (La Baie (Saguenay), QC) recalls SAUCE SPAGHETTI SIMARD BOUCHERIE / Spaghetti sauce (Variable weight; All batches) due to undeclared mustard.

Allergy Alert: L’artisan maître de la saucisse (Gatineau, QC) recalls SAUCE A SPAGHETTI / Spaghetti sauce, LASAGNE / Lasagna, and LASAGNE ERABLE CHIPOTLE / Maple chipotle lasagna (All batches sold from 6 September 2025) due to undeclared mustard.

Allergy Alert: Les Aliments Crystal (Montréal, QC) recalls Boulettes de bœuf cuites and Boulettes de bœuf / Cooked beef meatballs and Beef meatballs (10 lbs; All batches) due to undeclared wheat and anchovy.

Food Safety Recall: Marché Atlas (Saint-Léonard, QC) recalls Pistaches en vrac / Bulk pistachios (Sold up to 19 September 2025) and WARKA (Sold up to 19 September 2025) due to possible Salmonella contamination.

Food Safety Recall: Pâtisserie Ayda (Roxboro, QC) recalls various pastries containing pistachios due to possible Salmonella contamination.

Food Safety Recall: Pâtisserie Kol Chkor (Montréal, QC) recalls various pastries containing pistachios due to possible Salmonella contamination.

Food Safety Recall: Pâtisserie Al Zehlewi (Saint-Laurent, QC) recalls Baklava, MAMOULE, and PETITS FOURS (Sold between 19 March 2025 and 31 May 2025) due to possible Salmonella contamination.

Food Safety Recall: Ô Nature (Montréal, QC) recalls Pistaches crues naturelles sans écales / Raw, shelled pistachios (80g and 250g; Best before January 2027) due to possible Salmonella contamination.

Food Safety Recall: Baghdi (Laval, QC) recalls Pistaches en vrac / Bulk pistachios (Sold up to 1 July 2025) due to possible Salmonella contamination.

Food Safety Recall: Ave. Greene / Marché Atwater (Montréal, QC) recalls Pistaches en vrac / Bulk pistachios (Sold up to 18 September 2025) due to possible Salmonella contamination.

Food Safety Recall: Chef à votre service (Montréal, QC) recalls MACARONI CHINOIS, BOK CHOY ET CREVETTES / Chinese macaroni with bok choy and shrimp (Best before 070925) due to possible Bacillus cereus contamination.

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Ireland and United Kingdom

Allergy Alert (Ireland): Manufacturer recalls multiple Bare Pantry dark chocolate coated products due to undeclared milk.

Allergy Alert (UK): TJX Europe recalls Les Florentins Chocolat Biscuits (Multiple varieties) due to undeclared gluten.

Hong Kong and Singapore

No Alerts

Australia and New Zealand

Food Safety Recall (Australia): Tasti Products Limited recalls Smooshed Wholefood and Protein Balls (Various sizes; Various date markings) due to foreign matter contamination (metal).

Food Safety Recall (Australia): Fine Food WA recalls Crunchy Brown Rice Salad Bowl (500g; Date marking 22 Sep 25) due to Listeria monocytogenes contamination.

Food Safety Recall (Australia): Aldi Stores recalls Urban Eats Japanese Style Vegetable Gyoza (750g; Best before 10.04.2027 to 15.06.2027) due to foreign matter contamination (glass).

Food Safety Recall (New Zealand): Tasti Products Limited recalls various Tasti brand products (Various sizes; Various date markings) due to foreign matter contamination (metal).

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