Recall Roundup: July 23, 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: King Soopers, Inc. (Denver, CO) recalls approximately 466,236 pounds of ground beef products that may be linked to an outbreak of salmonellosis.

Canada

• Food Safety Recall: Tanimura & Antle recalls romaine lettuce that may be contaminated with Salmonella. The recalled lettuce, which was imported from the United States was sold in stores belonging to the following chains: A&P (ON), Big-Way Foods (BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, YT, NT, NU), Co-op (BC, AB, SK, MB, Northwest ON,NU, NT), Giant Tiger (SK, MB), Northern/Northmart (SK, MB, ON, Northern AB, NU), Metro (ON), Real Canadian Wholesale CM (24 Forwell Creek,Waterloo, ON), and Super A Foods (BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, YT, NT, NU).

Europe

• Food Safety Recall (Republic of Ireland): H.J. Heinz Company Ltd. recalls Heinz Mum's Own Spaghetti Bolognaise (7 months+, 200g jars) that may contain small pieces of plastic which could present a choking risk.

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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