Recalls and Alerts: April 29–30, 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

USA: FDA and USDA are investigating a new outbreak of 10 confirmed Listeria monocytogenes illnesses linked to a not-yet-identified product. The CDC has not posted an outbreak notice.

USA (Update): FDA continues to investigate two separate outbreaks of Salmonella Enteritidis infections. The number of confirmed cases has increased to a combined total of 83 cases. The CDC has not posted an outbreak notice for either outbreak.

United States

Allergy Alert: Taylor Fresh Foods recalls Trader Joe’s Sesame Miso Salad with Salmon (10.25 oz; Use by April 28, 2025 and April 29, 2025) due to undeclared milk.

Food Safety Recall: Smith Packing, LLC recalls approximately 18,792 pounds of various ready-to-eat sausage and sliced meat and poultry products due to sodium nitrite levels that exceed the regulatory limit.

Canada

Allergy Alert: Industrie Gastronomique Cascajares (IGC) Inc. recalls Le Chef et Moi brand Chicken Meatballs in Marinara Sauce (380g; Best before 25 SE 09; UPC 8 11188 00741 1) due to undeclared milk.

Food Safety Recall: Pâtisserie Simon inc. (Québec, QC) recalls various milk chocolate figurines that may not have been prepared under hygienic conditions.

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Europe

Allergy Alert (UK): PandaFresh recalls CuiHong Chili Oil Dipping Mix (also sold as CuiHong Spicy Dip) (10g (10 pack); Best before 09 August 2025, 10 August 2025 and 12 October 2025) due to undeclared peanuts.

Food Safety Recall (Belgium): AFSCA orders recall of Marie Morin brand Mousse au chocolat à l’ancienne / Old style chocolate mousse (400g; Lots 151080020 & 151140030; Use by 09/05/2025 & 15/05/2025, respectively) due to possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination.

Food Safety Recall (Belgium): L’Impérial Exotic Fruits recalls Gülcan brand Gingembre moulu / Ground ginger (150g; Lot AF-GP-0224 G840; Best before 03/02/2029) due to possible Bacillus cereus contamination.

Food Safety Recall (France): BIOCOOP recalls Damiano brand TAHIN 100% – Purée de sésame / Sesame paste (275g; Lot L080225F; Best before 08/02/2027) due to Salmonella contamination.

Food Safety Recall (France): GAEC NNTD COISSARD recalls GAEC NNTD COISSARD brand Saint-Nectaire fermier au lait cru / Raw milk farmer’s cheese (Sold 19/04 au 20/04; Best before 19/05/2025 and 20/05/2025, respectively) due to Salmonella contamination.

Food Safety Recall (France): FROMAGERIE LE MONTCINEYRE recalls FROMAGERIE MONTCINEYRE brand Saint-Nectaire au lait cru – Fabrication fermière / Raw milk farmer’s cheese (Multiple lot codes and Use by dates) due to possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination.

Food Safety Recall (France): CHARCUTERIE BOBOSSE recalls CHARCUTERIE BOBOSSE brand Fromage de tête / Head cheese (300g slices and 2 kg bulk; Lots 151070040 & 151060103; Use by 09/05/2025) due to Listeria monocytogenes contamination.

Food Safety Recall (France): FROMAGERIE LE MONTCINEYRE recalls Monoprix – Christophe Fromager brand Saint-Nectaire fermier / Raw milk farmer’s cheese (Lots 38LKP25 & 34LKP25; Best before 08/06/2025) due to possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination.

Food Safety Recall (France): FROMAGERIE DU VAL D’ORMEZE recalls Val d’Ormèze brand Tomme de chèvre au lait cru / Raw goat’s milk cheese (Lot 258100) due to Salmonella contamination.

Food Safety Recall (France): ETABLISSEMENT PUBLIC LOCAL D’ENSEIGNEMENT ET DE FORMATION PROFESSIONNELLE AGRICOLES DE BOURG-EN-BRESSE Sardélices recalls Ferme des Robins brand Saucisson sec de porc / Dry pork sausage (Lot 09032025; Best before 09/03/2025) due to possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination.

Food Safety Recall (France): GAEC A LA CRECIA recalls GAEC A LA CRECIA brand Dome fromage lactique / Cheese (Lot 11/04/25) due to Listeria monocytogenes contamination.

Food Safety Recall (France): TREBOULDIS E. LECLERC recalls Eclair au chocolat en vente traditionnelle / Chocolate éclair (Lot 22/04/25; Use by 25/04/2025) due to Listeria monocytogenes contamination.

Food Safety Recall (France): WORLDMARECHAL Grand Frais, Fresh recalls Bagnat tomate mozzarella roquette / Tomato mozzarella and lettuce sandwich garnished with basil (200g; Use by 25/04/2025) due to Listeria monocytogenes contamination.

Food Safety Recall (France): WORLDMARECHAL GRAND-FRAIS recalls GRAND FRAIS / FRESH brand Coeur de truite fumée à l’ail des ours / Smoked trout with garlic (120g; Lot 25098-DL; Use by 06/05/2025) due to possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination.

Food Safety Recall (France): MARIE MORIN-FRANCE recalls Les Desserts du Crémier brand and Marie Morin brand MOUSSE CHOCOLAT A l’ANCIENNE (400g; Multiple lot codes and Use by dates) due to possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination.

Food Safety Recall (France): CORICO recalls MEDINA brand Brochette de dinde orientale HALAL / Oriental style turkey brochette, Halal (Lot 9775000107; Use by 01/05/2025) due to Salmonella contamination.

Food Safety Recall (France): CORICO recalls Neutre brand Brochette de dinde orientale / Oriental style turkey brochette(Lot 9775000107; Use by 01/05/2025) due to Salmonella contamination.

Food Safety Recall (Luxembourg): Marie Morin recalls Marie Morin brand Mousse au chocolat à l’ancienne / Old style chocolate mousse (400g; Lot 151080020; Use by 09/05/2025) due to possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination.

Food Safety Recall (Luxembourg): Manufacturer recalls Pouce brand Maïs / Corn (3 x 150g cans; Lot L4234 008 08; Best before 31/08/2028) due to lack of can seam integrity.

Hong Kong and Singapore

No Alerts

Australia and New Zealand

Allergy Alert (Australia): Trialia Foods Pty Ltd recalls Eskal Salted Caramel Creams (90g; Date marking JAN 2025 3024) due to undeclared milk.

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Links to national recall sites

Australia

Austria

Belgium

Canada

Czechia (Czech Republic)

Denmark

Finland

France

Germany

Greece

Hong Kong

Hungary

Iceland

Ireland (Republic of)

Israel

Italy

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Netherlands

Norway

Romania

Singapore

Slovakia (Slovak Republic)

Spain (food safety alerts)

Spain (allergy alerts)

Sweden

Switzerland

United Kingdom

United States of America (FDA)

United States of America (USDA/FSIS)


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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“Reads like a true crime novel” – Food Safety News

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Chapter 6. Birth of a Pathogen

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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“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.

“An invaluable resource for busy pet owners” – Food Safety News


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Links to national recall sites

Australia

Austria

Belgium

Canada

Czechia (Czech Republic)

Denmark

Finland

France

Germany

Greece

Hong Kong

Hungary

Iceland

Ireland (Republic of)

Israel

Italy

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Netherlands

Norway

Romania

Singapore

Slovakia (Slovak Republic)

Spain (food safety alerts)

Spain (allergy alerts)

Sweden

Switzerland

United Kingdom

United States of America (FDA)

United States of America (USDA/FSIS)


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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“Reads like a true crime novel” – Food Safety News

Interested in learning more about food safety and the history of foodborne disease outbreaks and investigations?

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Chapter 6. Birth of a Pathogen