Recall Roundup: June 5, 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.

Pistachio Product Recalls

• The Canadian Food Inspection Agency warns consumers that certain pistachio products made in the United States and Canada contain pistachios from Setton Farms and may be contaminated with Salmonella. A second notice corrects the UPC for one item listed in the original notice.

Peanut Butter Outbreak Recalls

• The Canadian Food Inspection Agency warns consumers that certain food items contain peanut products from Peanut Corporation of America and may be contaminated with Salmonella.

United States

• Food Safety Recall-Retail Distribution List: USDA releases retail distribution list for ground beef products recalled by SP Provisions due to possible E. coli O157:H7 contamination (FSIS Recall #027-2009)
• Food Safety Alert: The New York State Department of Agriculture & Markets warned residents not to consume raw farm milk from Breese Hollow Dairy, after the state lab detected Listeria monocytogenes in a sample of milk as part of its routine monthly monitoring program. The producer is prohibited from supplying unpasteurized milk until follow-up sampling determines that the milk is pathogen-free.

Canada

• Allergy Alert: The Québec Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food warns consumers that certain pâtés from Magasin général la mère de famille (556, chemin du Chenal-du-Moine, Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel, QC) contain undeclared egg protein and have been recalled.
• Food Safety Recall: La Ferme d'Oc Inc. (4495, chemin Royal, Sainte-Famille, l'île d'Orléans, QC) recalls certain preserves sold in hermetically sealed glass jars, because the food items were not processed in a manner to ensure microbiological safety.

Australia and New Zealand

• Food Recall (Australia): Campbell Soup Australia recalls Campbell’s Country Ladle Potato & Leek 505g Canned Soup (Batch code 3T9PAL) due to contamination with pieces of black rubber.

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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