Recalls and Alerts: April 26–28, 2025

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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Outbreak/Illness Investigations

No Alerts

United States

Allergy Alert: Mauna Loa Macadamia Nut Company LLC recalls Mauna Loa Dark Chocolate Covered Macadamias (0.6oz bags; Lots K5069C1 and K5069C2; Best by 10/2026; UPC 0 72992 05464 4) and Mauna Loa Dark Chocolate Covered Macadamias (4 oz bags; Lots B4339E1 and B4340E1; Best by 07/2026; UPC 0 72992 05556 6) due to undeclared cashews and almonds.

Canada

Food Safety Recall: Campbell Company of Canada recalls Campbell’s brand Spicy Chicken Nacho Soup (frozen) (4 x 1.81 kg; Date code Nov 03 2026; UPC 1 00 63211 29314 9 ) and Campbell’s Verve brand Wicked Thai Style Soup with Chicken (frozen) (4 x 1.81 kg or 1.81 kg (inner); Date code 24 Oct 2026 or OCT 2026 01245 (inner); UPC 1 00 63211 24722 7 or 0 63211 26821 8 (outer) or 0 63211 26813 3 (inner)) due to foreign matter contamination (pieces of wood).

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Europe

Food Safety Recall (Belgium): Norenca N.V. recalls Norenca and Spar brands Brochette de dinde marinée / Marinated turkey brochettes (3 and 16 pieces/pkg; Lot 02517113; Use by 30/04/2025) due to possible Salmonella contamination.

Food Safety Recall (France): SOCIETE LUCONNAISE DE MAGASINS SUPER U recalls Fabrication maison brand saumon fumé élevé Ecosse / Scottish smoked salmon (2 slices/pkg; Lot 25086007; Use by 22/04/2025) due to Listeria monocytogenes contamination.

Food Safety Recall (France): STB recalls SALADE GAMBAS AU BASILIC / Prawn salad with basil (1.5 kg; Lot 511201; Use by 05/05/2025) due to Listeria monocytogenes contamination.

Food Safety Recall (France): CARREFOUR FRANCE recalls Carrefour BIO brand PUREE DE SESAME BIO / Organic sesame paste (tahini) (350g; Lot L.BS250105; Best before 30/07/2026) due to possible Salmonella contamination.

Hong Kong and Singapore

No Alerts

Australia and New Zealand

No Alerts

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US food safety takes yet another hit

The US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has hammered another nail into the coffin that holds the remains of the US food safety system.

The FSIS has run away from its proposed rule to limit Salmonella contamination in raw poultry, bowing to opposition from the US poultry industry. The notice of withdrawal appeared in the April 25, 2025 issue of the Federal Register.

The proposed rule, which had been in the works for three years and was published in the Federal Register on August 7, 2024, would have defined as adulterated raw chicken carcasses, chicken parts, comminuted chicken, and comminuted turkey products contaminated with certain Salmonella levels and serotypes.

The August 2024 proposal represented nothing more than a first baby step toward controlling Salmonella in raw poultry in the US, focusing primarily on just five of the more than 2400 known serotypes, and only requiring action on other serotypes if they are present at a concentration of more than 10 viable microbes per gram or milliliter of sample.

Compare this to countries such as France, where the presence in raw poultry at any level of any Salmonella serotype is grounds for a recall.

Is this reversal of a proposed minimal control over Salmonella in raw poultry a precursor to the abandonment of other regulatory policies relating to microbiological adulteration of raw meats and poultry?

Will FSIS withdraw its rule limiting Salmonella in raw, breaded poultry products?
Will FSIS withdraw its rule declaring E. coli O157:H7 and several other shiga toxin-producing E. coli serotypes to be adulterants in raw meat?
Will FSIS withdraw its rule mandating HACCP-style food safety programs in the meat and poultry industry?

I hope not.

Here is a list of some of the other steps reported to have been taken by the FDA in the administration’s quest to deregulate food safety and decimate accumulated decades of expertise in the agency.

Communications teams at the FDA—CUT
FOIA response teams at the FDA—CUT
FDA milk quality testing program—CUT
Responsibility for FDA routine inspections likely to be shifted to individual states—whether or not the states have the budget or the expertise to carry the inspections out according to FDA requirements
FDA’s laboratory proficiency testing program—SUSPENDED
FDA research into methods for detecting bird flu in milk, cheese, and pet foods—CUT
Personnel at two FDA labs—Moffett Lab in Chicago and the Alameda lab in the San Francisco area—were fired; some have been rehired after it was determined they were fired in error.

Meanwhile, the FDA is investigating two new outbreaks of Salmonella Enteritidis infections, totaling 72 cases so far. The source(s) of the outbreaks have not yet been determined; however, Salmonella Enteritidis is a common contaminant in raw poultry and raw eggs. If eggs from Turkey are the source, will we ever be told?

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Recalls and Alerts: April 24–25, 2025

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Outbreak/Illness Investigations

No Alerts

United States

Allergy Alert: ACC Central Kitchen LCC recalls 3 Meals A Day SOUPY PORK BUN WITH CRAB ROE (8.45 oz trays; Lot codes 052625-090626) due to undeclared sesame.

Allergy Alert: New England Village Foods recalls New England Village Snacks “19th Hole Snack Mix” (5-oz and 10-oz containers; UPC 609465693477 & 642147152459, respectively) due to undeclared almonds.

Allergy Alert: My Life Inc. recalls ML Naturals Premium Quality Lactoferrin as Apolactoferrin (300mg capsules; Lot FL2407511L19; Expiration date 10/2027) due to undeclared milk.

Canada

Allergy Alert: Seasia Foods Ltd. recalls Binggrae brand Power Cap, Watermelon Flavored Ice Tube (6 x 130 ml; Batch codes 2023.09.04-2025.09.03F1; UPC 8 801104 302142) due to undeclared milk.

Allergy Alert: Fairway Market recalls Fairway Market brand croissants (300g; All batch/date codes where egg is not mentioned; UPC 202464 105998) due to undeclared egg

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Europe

Allergy Alert (Ireland): Trade recalls Sofra Potato Chips Seasoning (100g; All lots and dates) due to undeclared peanuts.

Food Safety Recall (Belgium): Carrefour recalls Carrefour Bio brand purée de sésame Tahin / organic tahini sesame paste (350g; Lot LBS250105; Best before 30/07/2026) due to Salmonella contamination.

Food Safety Recall (Belgium): Gallinis recalls Gallinis brand TRANCHETTES DE FILET DE POULET RÔTI NATURE / roast chicken breast, sliced, unseasoned (300g; Lot 516149; Use by 07/05/2025) due to possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination.

Food Safety Recall (France): FOODIZ CUISINE recalls Les plats à partager brand Pad thai crevettes / Pad Thai shrimp (700g; Lot 099/25; Use by 19/04/2025) due to Listeria monocytogenes contamination.

Food Safety Recall (France): METRO FRANCE recalls METRO CHEF brand Pistache Poudre Nature / Pistachio powder, unseasoned (1 kg; Lots 14323038 & 14284021; Use by 18/11/2025 & 10/10/2025, respectively) due to Salmonella contamination.

Food Safety Recall (UK): Morrisons recalls Morrisons The Best 6 Thick Cumberland Sausages (400g; Use by 01 May 2025) due to foreign matter contamination (small pieces of blue plastic).

Hong Kong and Singapore

No Alerts

Australia and New Zealand

Food Safety Recall (New Zealand): Pendarves Ltd recalls Sea Wave brand Whole Frozen Anchovies (10kg packages and repacked; Batch code B#64987138; All repacked dates; Product of USA) due to presence of a marine biotoxin.

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