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.

United States

Allergy Alert: McCormick & Company, Incorporated recalls Golden Dipt® Tempura Seafood Batter Mix 8 OZ, with UPC Code 4123470132 and “BEST BY” date of OCT 08 12 H, because a very limited number of packages of Golden Dipt® Tempura Seafood Batter Mix with this date code contain an undeclared milk ingredient. The recalled cartons of Golden Dipt® Tempura Seafood Batter Mix were distributed to grocery stores in Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, North Carolina, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Wisconsin as well as internationally to the Cayman Islands, beginning on October 21, 2010. The affected product is packaged in 8 OZ cartons, and the date code is found printed in white ink on the bottom of the carton.

Allergy Alert: Garden of Life, LLC today announced that it is voluntarily recalling its Raw Vitamin C because these products may contain undeclared soy proteins. The recall extends to Garden of Life’s product bearing the name “VITAMIN CODE RAW VITAMIN C” prominently displayed on both the outer carton as well as the bottle label. All Lots of Raw Vitamin C distributed between March 2009 and January 2011 are affected by the recall.

Allergy Alert: Piccadilly Fine Foods (Santa Clara, CA)recalls approximately 775 pounds of Piccadilly Fine Foods Chicken and Mushroom Pastie (24 pkg/cs; Lot codes 213-10 through 365-10 and 001-11 through 056-11) because they may contain undeclared egg. USDA has posted a list of retail stores that carried the recalled product.

Food Safety Recall: Unilever United States, Inc. recalls Skippy® Reduced Fat Creamy Peanut Butter Spread and Skippy® Reduced Fat Super Chunk Peanut Butter Spread (Best-If-Used-By Dates: MAY1612LR1, MAY1712LR1, MAY1812LR1, MAY1912LR1, MAY2012LR1 and MAY2112LR1, stamped on the lid of the jar), because the product may be contaminated with Salmonella. The recalled peanut butter was distributed to retail outlets in Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Wisconsin.

Food Safety Recall: DeFranco and Sons (Los Angeles, CA) recalls bulk and consumer-packaged in-shell, hazelnut and mixed nut products containing hazelnuts because they may be contaminated with Escherichia coli O157:H7 bacteria (E. coli O157:H7). The recall was initiated after the nut products were linked to 7 illnesses in the states of Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin. Recalled product was shipped to stores in Minnesota, Iowa, Michigan, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. The Minnesota Department of Agriculture has confirmed E. coli O157:H7 contamination of in-shell hazelnuts (also known as filberts) collected from the home of an ill Minnesotan.

Food Safety Recall: Creekstone Farms Premium Beef (Arkansas City, KS) recalls approximately 14,158 pounds of ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7. The recalled products were produced on Feb. 22, 2011, and were shipped to firms in Ariz., Calif., Ga., Ind., Iowa, Mo., N.C., Ohio, Pa. and Wash. for further processing and/or distribution.

Food Safety Recall: Daiei Trading Co., Inc. (College Point NY 11356) recalls Gourmet Family Brand Large Mouth Smelt Komochi Shishamo because it has the potential to be contaminated with Clostridium botulinum. The vacuum-packed product was imported from Japan and sold in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Florida, Virginia, Georgia, Texas, North Carolina through retail stores.

Food Safety Recall: New Market Poultry (New Market, VA) recalls approximately 3,339 pounds of ice-packed, whole chicken products that may be adulterated due to leaking cooler condensate. The chicken products were produced on Feb. 23, 2011 and inadvertently shipped the same day to six distribution centers in the Bronx, Brooklyn and Farmington, NY.

Food Safety Recall: Taylor Farms Pacific (Tracy, CA) recalls approximately 64,000 pounds of chicken and pork products because the broccoli used in these products may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The recalled products are sold under the Raley’s, Taylor Farms and SYSCO brands and carry sell-by dates between February 7, 2011 and March 7, 2011. The products were shipped to retail distribution centers in Arizona, California, Colorado, Oregon, and Washington. The products were sold in Pavilions (some Southern California stores), Raley’s (some Northern California stores), Safeway (some stores in Arizona, Southern California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, Southern Nevada, New Mexico, South Dakota, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming) and Von’s (some stores in Arizona and California) supermarkets.

Food Safety Recall: Taylor Farms Pacific recalls specific broccoli items with Best if Used by from 2/7/11 to 3/7/11, because the products may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The recalled items were sold under a variety of brands (see FDA recall notice) in California, Arizona, Nevada, Oregon, Utah and Washington from February 7 to February 24.

Food Safety Recall: RemedyTeas recalls 20 lbs of Peppermint Organic Herbal Tea produced by Aromatics Inc., Basin City, WA, because it has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. The #137 Peppermint Organic Herbal Tea or #120 Tranquility Herbal Tea were distributed in the RemedyTeas retail store and through mail and internet orders. #137 Peppermint Organic Herbal Tea or #120 Tranquility Herbal Tea is sold measured to customers orders in retail stores and sold in 2 oz pre-packaged pouches by mail order or internet. There are no lot/batch identifying markings on the store or ecommerce packaging. Retail stock of #137 Peppermint Organic Herbal Tea was sold between January 18, 2011 and March 4, 2011. Retail stock of #120 Tranquility Herbal Tea was sold between February 22, 2011 and March 4, 2011.

Food Safety Recall: Teavana Corporation recalls 2,659 lbs of Peppermint Organic Herbal Tea produced by Aromatics Inc., Basin City, WA, because it has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. The Peppermint Organic Herbal Tea was distributed nationwide in Teavana retail stores and through mail and internet orders. The Peppermint Organic Herbal Tea is sold measured to customer’s orders in retail stores and sold in 2 oz pre-packaged pouches by mail order or internet. There are no lot/batch identifying markings on the store or ecommerce packaging. Retail store stock was sold between December 4, 2010 and February 16, 2011. Mail order & internet stock was sold between November 30, 2010 and February 16, 2011.

Food Safety Recall: Zweigle’s Inc. (Rochester, NY) recalls approximately 2,997 pounds of PRICE CHOPPER German Brand Bologna Made With Pork & Chicken (two 10-pound packages per case; produced Jan 5, 2011 and packaged Jan 7, 2011; Use by 03/08/11) that may be contaminated with Staphylococcus aureus enterotoxin. The recalled product was sold in Price Chopper supermarkets throughout the Northeast USA.

Food Safety Recall: Giant Eagle recalls Giant Eagle Sliced Jalapeno Peppers due to the possible presence of a foreign material in the product.

Animal Food Safety Recall: Jones Natural Chews Co (Rockford, IL) recalls  2705 boxes of Pig Ears because the product has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. Jones Natural Chews Pig Ears were shipped to distributors and retailers in CT, IA, IL, MA, ME, MI, MN, MO, MT, NC, ND, NJ, NM, NY, PA,VA, WA, and WI between September 15, 2010 and November 2, 2010.

Animal Food Safety Recall: WellPet LLC recalls Wellness® canned cat food (all flavors and sizes with best by dates from 14APR 13 through 30SEP13) and Wellness Canned Cat Food Chicken & Herring (all sizes with 10NOV13 or 17NOV13 best buy dates) because some of the lots may contain less than adequate levels of thiamine. The problem was discovered during independent testing conducted together with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in response to a consumer complaint received by the FDA.

Eye Care Product Safety Recall: Bausch & Lomb recalls all lots of Soothe Xtra Protection (XP) eye drops, after testing showed specific lots of the Soothe Xtra Protection (XP) product were out of specification for preservative efficacy prior to their listed date of shelf-life expiration.

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.