Tag: Botulism

Recalls and Alerts: February 13, 2013

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: Domega NY International Co. Ltd. (Brooklyn, NY) recalls Green Day brand Dried Coconut (3 oz/85 clear plastic bag; Exp 09/13/2014; UPC 6 950296 800744; Product of China) due to undeclared sulfites. The recalled product was sold in New York City.
  • Food Safety Recall: ZIP International Group LLC recalls Astrakhansky Lesh Dry Salted Fish (bream) Eviscerated (14.2 oz; UPC 835856001228; Product of Russia; Distributed by East Coast Foods Inc., Brooklyn, NY) because the product was found to be uneviscerated and has the potential to be contaminated with Clostridium botulinum. The recalled product was supplied to retail stores and wholesalers in September 2012.
  • Food Safety Recall: Taylor Farms Retail, Inc. (Salinas, CA) recalls Central Market Organics brand Organic Baby Spinach (16 oz tray; UPC 0 41220-18534-4; Best by 2/24/2013; Distributed in Texas), Full Circle Organic brand Organic Baby Spinach (16 oz tray; UPC 0-36800-28875-1; Best by 2/24/2013; Distributed in California), Marketside Organic brand Organic Baby Spinach (5 oz tray; UPC 6-81131-32898-2; Best by 2/24/2013; Distributed in AR, CO, LA, NM, OK, TX), Simple Truth Organic brand Organic Baby Spinach (5 oz tray; UPC 0-11110-91128-5; Best by 2/24/2013; Distributed in AK, AZ, CA, CO, ID, LA, MO, MT, NM, OR, TX, UT, WA, WY), and Taylor Farms Organic brand Organic Baby Spinach (16 oz tray; UPC 0-30223-04780-3; Best by 2/24/2013; Distributed in AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IN, IL, KS, KY, LA, MD, MO, MN, MS, MT, NC, NE, NM, NV, NJ, NY, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WI, WY), because the products may be contaminated with Enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli. The recalled products were supplied to Walmart, Sam’s Club, Winco, Food 4 Less, FoodsCo and Ralphs, and may also have been distributed to other retailers.
  • Food Safety Recall: Rich’s Products recalls All Natural Ancient Grain Bread Dough (13.8 oz; UPC 49800 08712; Lot Nos. 77002209 through 77003302) due to possible presence of metal mesh fragments.
  • Food Safety Recall: Price Chopper recalls Price Chopper Fresh Bakery items containing raisins (purchased between December 14, 2012 and February 8, 2013), due to the presence of naturally occurring foreign matter in the raisins. Please refer to the recall notice for a detailed list of recalled products.
  • Food Recall: Food City alerts consumers to a recall of Food Club Pineapple Tidbit Cups (4/4oz). Consumers may contact the manufacturer at 1-888-423-0139 for more details.
  • Outbreak Alert Update: CDC reports that the outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium infections linked to ground beef now includes a total of 18 persons from Arizona (1), Iowa (1), Illinois (2), Michigan (9) and Wisconsin (5). Seven people have been hospitalized; there are no fatalities.

Canada

  • Allergy Alert: Something Special Deli-Foods Ltd. recalls Something Special Gourmet Antipasto Vegetarian Tangy Vegetables (250g; UPC 0 58353 20505 4; Best before 16.JAN.2015; Code 2A3016), due to undeclared fish. The recalled product was shipped to warehouses in British Columbia and Ontario.
  • Food Recall: Farm Boy Inc. recalls Farm Boy Leek & Potato Soup (946 mL; Best before JAN. 31) due to contamination with ‘non-harmful’ extraneous material.

Europe

  • Food Safety Recall (France): La société Candessoussens François recalls Maison Lasserre meat-based canned foods, including rillettes de canard, gésiers and foie gras (Produced on or after July 1, 2012), due to inadequate product stability. The recalled products were supplied to local markets (Peyrehorade, Hagetmau) in Landes.
  • Outbreak Alert Update (Norway): Mattilsynet reports that the source of the outbreak strain of Salmonella Mikawashima, which infected 13 people in nine different regions in November 2012, was never found.

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 website.

*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: December 27, 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

  • Food Safety Recall: Multiexport Foods, Inc. (Miami, FL) recalls Twin Pack Cold Smoked Salmon (12 oz pkgs; Lot-Sublot-Batch Nos. 931-59733-2, 933-59753-1, 933-59754-2, 875-701413-1 & 890-701413-1) and Paramount Reserve Cold Smoked Salmon (1.25 lb pack; Lot-Sublot-Batch Nos. 870-701342-1, 873-701342-1, 870-701344-1, 873-701360-1, 870-701364-1, 873-701364-1, 900-701344-1, 873-701344-1, 873-701360-1, 886-701413-1, 900-701413-1, 873-701344-1 & 870-701360-1), because of possible contamination with Listeria monocytogenes. The recalled products were distributed between November 12th to December 21, 2012 to retail outlets (Sam’s Club) that could be in the following states Alabama, Arkansas, Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado,  Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Montana, Missouri, Mississippi, Nebraska, North Carolina, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, New Mexico, Nevada, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Washington, Virginia, Wisconsin and West Virginia. The recall was initiated after a recent routine lab test that carried out on a shipment that was not distributed showed that the finished product contained Listeria monocytogenes. The company is recalling all related product that may potentially be affected.

Europe

  • Food Safety Recall (Scotland, UK): Argyll Smokery recalls Argyll Smokery Smoked Prawns (125g; Batch code 5P1212; Use by 2 January 2013), due to a risk of Clostridium botulinum. Testing on a sample found that the salt level within the product is below the level needed to prevent growth of Clostridium botulinum.

Asia, Africa and the Pacific Islands

  • Food Safety Enforcement Action (Taiwan): The China Post reports that Taiwan’s customs officers seized and destroyed more than 2 tons of Chinese mitten crabs, because the crabs were found to contain the toxic chemical leucomalachite green.

Australia and New Zealand

  • Outbreak Alert Update (Australia): The outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium Phage Type 3 has grown to 39 cases – including 31 confirmed cases – from six states and territories. Case patients range in age from 3 to 76 years; seven have been hospitalized. The most recent patient reported becoming ill on October 20, 2012. The outbreak was linked to consumption of raw almonds; the implicated almonds were recalled in October.

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: December 21, 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

  • Food Safety Recall: S&M International Inc. (Bayonne, NJ) recalls Yang Sheng cooked salted duck eggs (6 eggs/12.69-oz vacuum-pkg; UPC 6949682803568; Lot code YS12-02C), because the product was not processed in a manner to prevent growth of Clostridium botulinum. The recalled eggs were distributed between August to October 2012 to stores and markets located in New York City area, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Michigan.
  • Food Safety Recall/Allergy Alert: Bi-Lo advises its customers that the manufacturer has recalled Vanilla Cake Roll with Strawberry Filling (8 oz; UPC 0-10374-49983; Item code 638796; Produced from 7/26/2012 through 10/27/2012), due to ingredient mislabelling.
  • Dietary Supplement Safety Recall: P&J Trading recalls Slimdia Revolution Dietary Supplement (30 capsules/bottle; All lots), because the product contains the prescription drug sibutramine, an appetite suppressant, which is not declared on the label. The recalled product was distributed nationwide in US from March 2012 to December 2012.
  • FDA Enforcement Action: FDA announces that a Federal judge has signed a consent decree imposing requirements on Sunland Inc. The consent decree requires that Sunland retain an independent sanitation expert to develop a sanitation control program that the company must then implement. The requirements also include compliance with the cGMP regulations. In addition, for the peanut butter plant, the company must conduct environmental monitoring and testing to ensure that disease-causing organisms are not present in the facility or in its finished foods and must have comprehensive inspections conducted by an independent sanitation expert. The consent decree permits Sunland to receive, hold, and distribute raw, unshelled peanuts from its storage buildings because the raw, unshelled peanuts are bound for processing facilities that include a “kill step” to eliminate Salmonella and other pathogenic bacteria. Peanut butter products manufactured by Sunland were linked to an outbreak of Salmonella Bredeney that sickened 42 people in 20 states.

Canada

Europe

Asia, Africa and the Pacific Islands

  • Food Safety Alert (Hong Kong): The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) reminds the public not to consume puffer fish. The alert was released after CHP received a report of a suspected poisoning associated with consumption of this fish.

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.