Recall Roundup: July 21, 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

• Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning Alert: Oregon Department of Agriculture has extended the area closed to recreational mussel harvesting to include the entire coast, from the mouth of the Columbia River to the California border. The closure is due to elevated levels of paralytic shellfish poisoning or PSP toxins and includes mussels on all beaches, rocks, jetties, and at the entrance to bays along the Oregon Coast.
• Cosmetic Product Recall: Celeste Industries Corporation recalls all lots of SimplySmart™ "Remove" Make Up Remover in the US and Canada, packaged as a single towelette with hiexpress.com shown on the packet, due to possible contamination by Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria. The towelettes are provided as an amenity at Holiday Inn Express hotels in the United States and Canada.
• Food Safety Recall: Wirth's Nutcracker Sweet (Sanford, MI) recalls 258 of their 2-lb holiday party trays, due to possible Salmonella contamination after learning that pistachios used in the products were recalled by Setton Pistachio of Terra Bella, Inc.
• Consumer Product Recall: Giant Food and Stop & Shop Supermarkets recall Cottontails Icy Bite Teether Keys because the gel in the rings may be contaminated with Bacillus subtilis and Bacillus circulans.

Canada

• Cosmetic Product Recall: Celeste Industries Corporation recalls all lots of SimplySmart™ "Remove" Make Up Remover in the US and Canada, packaged as a single towelette with hiexpress.com shown on the packet, due to possible contamination by Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria. The towelettes are provided as an amenity at Holiday Inn Express hotels in the United States and Canada.

Europe

• Food Safety Recall (UK): Kestrel Foods Ltd has recalled some Supervalu brand and Centra brand sesame seeds products in Northern Ireland, due to Salmonella contamination.

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
  
• Giant Food LLC
• Hannaford Brothers Co.
  
• Harris Teeter
  
• Harvey's Supermarket
  
• H-E-B
• The Kroger Company*
  
• Price Chopper
  
• Roundy's Supermarkets, Inc.
  
• Sainsbury's
  
• ShopRite
  
• Stop & Shop
• Sweetbay Supermarkets
• 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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