Recall Roundup: July 4, 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: USDA releases updated list of retail consignees for JBS Swift Beef Company recalls.
• Food Safety Recall: USDA releases list of retail consignees for Laxson Provision Company's cervelat sausage recall.
• Food Safety Recall: Defense Supply Center announces recall of Dairyshake MRE Mix, a component of Meals, Ready to Eat (MREs) and Unitized Group Rations-Express (UGR-Es) military rations.
• Food Safety Recall: Malt-O-Meal recalls Maple & Brown Sugar Instant Oatmeal in cartons and in packets sold in "Variety" cartons, with best-if-used-by dates between June 30, 2009 and Oct. 28, 2010.
• Food Safety Recall: Robert St. John recalls Rich, Rich, Rich Hot Chocolate Mix

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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