Recall Roundup: October 5, 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: Affy Tapple, LLC (Niles, IL) recalls its Limited Edition – Classic Candy Flavors two-pack caramel apples ("Best By" date on or before 10/15/09) because the product may contain traces of peanuts or tree nuts not declared on the label.
• Pet Food Recall: Diamond Pet Food recalls Premium Edge Finicky Adult Cat and Premium Edge Hairball Cat (Lot codes: RAF0501A22X 18lb., RAF0501A2X 6 lb., RAH0501A22X 18 lb., RAH0501A2X 6lb) because the affected lots are deficient in thiamine. The recalled products were distributed in the Rochester, NY area.

Asia, Africa and the Pacific

• Dietary Supplement Warning: Hong Kong Department of Health warns members of the public not to buy or consume a slimming product named 2 Day Diet because the product contains the undeclared Western medicines, phenolphthalein and sibutramine.

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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