Recall Roundup: October 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

• Allergy Alert: Unilever United States, Inc. recalls a limited number of tubs of Breyers® ice cream because it was mispackaged and may contain undeclared wheat.
• Allergy Alert: Agro Foods Inc. recalls Agro Sun Dried Fruits and Nuts Tropical Mix, due to the presence of undeclared sulfites. The recalled product was distributed in the New York metropolitan area.

Europe

• Allergy Alert (UK): Empire Food Brokers Ltd. recalls some Hershey's Chocolate Reese Cookies, due to the presence of undeclared peanuts.
• Allergy Alert (Belgium): Carrefour recalls Carrefour Pâte à tartiner aux noisettes and Carrefour Sticks noisette et gressins due to the presence of undeclared peanuts.
• Food Safety Alert (Belgium): Derwa alerts consumers that some of the company's pork products may be contaminated with Salmonella. Customers can return the affected meat to the place of purchase for a refund. Production has been suspended while the contamination problem is being addressed.

Australia & New Zealand

• Allergy Alert (Australia): GT1 Trading Pty Ltd recalls Original Sesame Jam (369g glass jar; imported from Taiwan) due to the presence of undeclared traces of peanuts. The recalled product was sold through Asian retail outlets in New South Wales.
• Allergy Alert (Australia): Vastrade Pty Ltd recalls Sesame Sauce (300g glass jar; Best Before 25-04-2010; imported from China) due to the presence of undeclared traces of peanuts. The recalled product was sold through Asian retail outlets in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory.

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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