Recall Roundup: July 27, 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 Recall: Food City recalls Food Club Canola Oil 48 oz. - 7/27/09 and Valu Time Canola Oil 48 oz. - 7/27/09. No explanation is given for the recall.
• Food Safety Recall: The Kroger Co. recalls Fajita Mix, Spinach/Feta Stuffed Portabella Mushrooms, Country Fresh Pineapple Pico, Country Fresh Mango Pico, Country Fresh Black Bean Pico and Country Fresh Pico de Gallo, due to possible contamination with Salmonella. The recalled items were sold in Kroger stores in Texas and Louisiana.
• Food Safety Recall: USDA posts retail distribution list for Salmonella-contaminated ground beef products recalled last week by King Soopers, Inc. The recalled meat was sold in King Soopers, City Market and Dillon stores in several states.
• Food Safety Recall: Tanimura & Antle expands geographic scope of earlier recall of a single production lot of romaine lettuce to encompass all 50 US states, in addition to Puerto Rico and Canada.

Canada

• Product Safety Recall: Munchkin Inc. recalls Fun Ice® Chewy Teether after Health Canada detects Bacillus cereus inside the gel-filled teether.

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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