Recalls and Alerts: February 16–17, 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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“A complete and compelling account of the hidden and not-so-hidden ways the food we give our beloved pets can be contaminated.” – JoNel Aleccia, Health Reporter, Food & Nutrition, The Associated Press.

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Outbreak/Illness Investigations

Outbreak Alert (Italy): Food Safety News reports an outbreak of suspected food poisoning that has sickened 114 guests of four nursing homes and residential facilities in the Florence area, killing three. All affected facilities share the same cooking center.

United States

Allergy Alert: Mauna Loa Macadamia Nut Company LLC recalls Mauna Loa Milk Chocolate Covered Macadamias snack (1 oz pouches; Lot #K4351; Best by 07 2026; UPC 0 72992 04260 3) due to undeclared almonds.

Canada

Allergy Alert: Seoul Trading Corp. recalls Real Fish Cake brand Frozen Par Fried Fish Cake (850g; Expiry date 2026.11.21; UPC 7 61898 73880 1) due to undeclared egg.

Allergy Alert: Tumblers Pizza recalls Tumblers Pizza brand All Dressed Pizza (U Bake) (1.8 kg; All batch codes; UPC 7 41365 81038 4) and Tumblers Pizza brand Super Pizza (U Bake)(1.9 kg; All batch codes; UPC 7 41365 81039 1) due to undeclared mustard.

Europe

Food Safety Recall (France): AUCHAN recalls Auchan brand FARCE CHAIR VEAU PORC / Veal and pork sausage stuffing meat mix (Sold from 31/01/2025 toi 09/02/2025) due to Salmonella contamination.

Food Safety Recall (France): SCHIEVER DISTRIBUTION BI1 recalls Biftecks hachés de bœuf en vrac provenant de morceaux dénervés et dégraissés réalisés en magasin / Bulk ground beefsteak (Lot 04-01-8073502) due to Listeria monocytogenes contamination.

Food Safety Recall (France): CHARCUTERIE DE LA THUR recalls Charcuterie de la Thur brand Saucisse blanche crue à frire / Raw white frying sausage (Lot #44; Use by 19/02/2025 & 23/02/2025) due to Listeria monocytogenes contamination.

Food Safety Recall (France): RUMEAU LA FUXEENNE DES VIANDES recalls STEAK HACHE / Ground beef (Multiple lots and Use by dates) due to E. coli O157:H7 contamination.

Food Safety Recall (France): AU PALAIS DES VIANDES recalls Gendarme dry sausage (Best by 20/02/2025) due to Listeria monocytogenes contamination.

Food Safety Recall (France): AU PALAIS DES VIANDES recalls Saucisses blanche / White sausage (Lot 200125) due to Listeria monocytogenes contamination.

Food Safety Recall (France): AMANDIS CENTRE LECLERC recalls Chou rouge râpé / Grated red cabbage (Use by 07/02/2025) due to Salmonella contamination.

United Kingdom and Ireland

Allergy Alert (UK): Boundless recalls Boundless Sour Cream and Onion Flavour Chips (80g; Batch codes 31724 and 32424 (Best before 30 November 2025); Batch codes 34624 and 34724 (Best before 31 December 2025)) due to undeclared milk.

Hong Kong and Singapore

Food Safety Recall (Singapore): Redmart Pte. Ltd. recalls various Gerber Soothe ‘n’ Chew Teething Sticks (All batches; Product of USA) due to a choking hazard. Please refer to the recall notice for details.

Australia and New Zealand

No Alerts

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Recalls and Alerts: February 13–15, 2025

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Outbreak/Illness Investigations

No Alerts

United States

Public Health Alert (Allergy Alert): FSIS issues a public health alert for frozen, fully cooked ready-to-eat (RTE) meat and poultry pasties due to undeclared egg. Please see the FSIS notice for a complete list of affected products. A recall was not requested because the affected products are no longer available for purchase.

Public Health Alert: Washington State Departent of Agriculture issues public health alert for Wild Coast LLC – Boneless Free Range Chicken Formula raw pet food feline formula (Lots #22660 and #22664; Best by 12/2025) due to possible H5N1 (bird flu) virus contamination.

Allergy Alert: JE Bakery 2019, LLC recalls Raisin Bran Muffin (12 oz (6-count); Sell by 2/18/2025; UPC 0 29341-00233) due to undeclared walnuts.

Food Safety Recall: Common Sense Soap recalls approximately 33,899 pounds of beef tallow that was processed, packaged, and labeled on behalf of Lady May Tallow without the benefit of federal inspection. Please refer to the recall notice for a complete list of affected products.

Food Safety Recall: PIU CHE DOLCI INC. recalls Sweet Cream Mini Patisseries (Multiple packaging formats; All best before dates from 2025/06/17 up to and including 2025/11/15) due to potential Salmonella contamination.

Canada

Allergy Alert: Sultan Food Products recalls Sultan Food Products brand Fried Falafel with Tahini Sauce (500g; Batch codes 25NO30 Best Before 24150 & 25NO30 Best Before 24152; UPC 8 26988 29061 1) due to undeclared peanut.

Europe

Food Safety Recall (France): SCHIEVER DISTRIBUTION BI1 recalls bulk ground beefsteak (Lot 1/2 21500151) due to Listeria monocytogenes contamination.

Food Safety Recall (France): SAUCISSONS MOIROUD recalls Saucissons Moiroud brand pure pork dried sausage (Multiple formats, Lot codes, and Best before dates) due to Listeria monocytogenes contamination.

Food Safety Recall (France): RUMEAU LA FUXEENNE DES VIANDES recalls STEAK HACHE / Ground beef (Multiple lot codes and Use by dates) due to E. coli O157:H7 contamination.

Pet Treat Safety Alert Update (UK): The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is advising dog owners not to feed their pets specific dog chews from China following concerns from the European Union (EU) of a possible link to serious behavioural changes. If vets suspect cases associated with dog chews, they can report them through the Food Standards Agency to foodincidents@food.gov.uk adding reference number I-009-004.

Hong Kong and Singapore

No Alerts

Australia and New Zealand

Food Safety Recall (Australia): Foodland Promotions recalls The Little Dough Co. Mini Fruit Hot Cross Buns x9 (Date marking 03/03/25) due to foreign matter contamination (glass).

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Netherlands

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Romania

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United Kingdom

United States of America (FDA)

United States of America (USDA/FSIS)

Hail and farewell, CDC

Donald Trump and RFK, Jr. have wasted no time in digging the CDC’s grave.

In a move reported today by multiple reputable news outlets (including CBS, NPR, and Fortune) the Department of Health and Human Services has ordered the CDC to eliminate nearly 1,300 probationary workers at the federal agency, decimating the agency’s workforce.

Probationary workers include those workers who are recent hires, as well as long-time workers who were promoted into more senior positions, including management roles.

The firings represent about 10% of the agency’s workforce and include almost one half of the CDC’s Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) Officers—the agency’s “disease detectives.”

The EIS firings will drastically impact the ability of the CDC to track the source of disease outbreaks, including foodborne diseases.

The CDC has not issued any news release about the firings. In fact, the CDC has not issued a news release on any topic since January 10, 2025.

It is safe to say that this is only the beginning.

In addition to these layoffs, the Trump/RFK administration has imposed restrictions on what research may be undertaken at the CDC and placed an embargo (“for the time being”) on submission of papers to scientific journals by CDC scientists, according to NPR.

Sadly, we can no longer rely upon the CDC for timely news of foodborne disease (or any other kind of disease) outbreaks.

While eFoodAlert cannot substitute for the CDC, I promise that we shall do our best to share whatever news is available.

I pledge to monitor all state departments of health and departments of agriculture websites and to communicate in a timely fashion any news that impacts the safety of the US consumers, especially as it relates to the food supply.

I call on all other news outlets to do the same.