Recall Roundup: June 12, 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.

United States

• Food Safety Recall (Reissue): Sconza Candy Company reissues notice of nationwide recall of trail mix, organic chocolate peanuts and organic toffee cashews and peanuts to correct one item number and add another. The recalled items contain peanut products supplied by Peanut Corporation of America (Plainview, TX facility).

Canada

• Food Safety Recall: La Pâtisserie Belge Inc. (3487, avenue du Parc, Montréal, QC) recalls cooked ham that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The recalled ham was sold by weight between May 21 and May 29, 2009.

Australia and New Zealand

• Allergy Alert (Australia and New Zealand): Cadbury Ltd. recalls Cadbury Old Gold Dark Chocolate 70% Cocoa due to the presence of undeclared milk protein. The chocolate was manufactured in Australia and distributed nationally, as well as to New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Guam.

Asia, Africa and the Pacific

• Allergy Alert (Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Guam): Cadbury Ltd. recalls Cadbury Old Gold Dark Chocolate 70% Cocoa due to the presence of undeclared milk protein. See above for details.

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.

• A&P
• 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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