Recall Roundup: March 18, 2009

Here is today's list of food safety recalls, product withdrawals and allergy alerts. 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.

Peanut Butter Outbreak Recalls

• Funway Snack Foods
  
• Grower's Outlet
  
• Market of Choice
  
• Nature's World LLC
  

United States

• Allergy Alert: Detroit Popcorn Company recalls Butter, Cheese, Caramel and Jarrett's Popcorn products
  

Europe, Including the United Kingdom

• Food Safety Recall (Germany): German supermarket chain Edeka recalls "Gut & Günstig" ground pork that may be contaminated with Salmonella.
  

Asia, Africa and the Pacific

• Safety Alert (Vietnam): Bottled water produced by at least two companies is contaminated with Pseudomonas aeruginosa. At least one of the companies has ignored two prior government orders to cease production.
  

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.

• Big Y® World Class Market®
  
• BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc.
  
• Bloom
  
• Brookshire's
  
• Costco Wholesale Corporation (US stores)
  
• Costco Wholesale Canada Ltd.
  
• EDEKA (Germany)
• Food City
  
• Food Lion
  
• Hannaford Brothers Co.
  
• Harris Teeter
  
• Harvey's Supermarket
  
• The Kroger Company*
  
• Price Chopper
  
• Roundy's Supermarkets, Inc.
  
• Sainsbury's
  
• ShopRite
  
• Target
  
• Tops Friendly Markets
  
• Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
  
• Wegmans
  
• Whole Foods Market
  
• Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc.
  

*The Kroger umbrella encompasses numerous supermarket, marketplace and convenience store chains, listed on the Kroger corporate home page.

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