Recall Roundup: July 29, 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

• Allergy Alert: Price Chopper recalls Central Market Classics Caramel Caribou Ice Cream (1/2 Gal), because the product may contain undeclared nuts.
• Food Safety Recall: Frontera Produce recalls one lot of imported cilantro (Lot #118122), because it may be contaminated with Salmonella. The recalled cilantro, which was distributed to stores in Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, Louisiana, and New Mexico, was available at Wal-Mart, as well as in Kroger stores in Texas and Louisiana.
• Dietary Supplement Recall: Nutracoastal Trading LLC recalls STEAM Dietary Supplement after being advised by FDA that the product contains the erectile dysfunction drug, sulfoaildenafil, which may cause serious side effects.
• Dietary Supplement Recall: Nutracoastal Trading LLC recalls one lot of S-DROL Dietary Supplement after being advised by FDA that the product contains the steroid desoxymethyltestosterone, which may cause serious side effects.

Canada

• Allergy Alert: Canadian Food Inspection Agency advises consumers that Haitai brand ButterRing Cookies, product of Korea, sold in 80 g packages bearing UPC 8 801019 306297, have been recalled by the importers due to the presence of undeclared egg and milk protein. The recalled products were distributed in Ontario and Alberta.

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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