Recall Roundup: October 6, 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 Product Withdrawal: Food City reports the withdrawal of Valleydale 16 oz Hot Sausage. According to information we received from Smithfield's Consumer Affairs Manager, this is due to a "short weight issue" with some of the sausage rolls.

Europe

• Allergy Alert (EU): Excessive sulfite content in multicereal crackers from Belgium, distributed in the Czech Republic
• Food Safety Recall (EU): Listeria monocytogenes in smoked salmon from Denmark, distributed in Italy

Australia & New Zealand

• Beverage Recall (Australia): The New South Wales Food Authority warns that 77% of energy drinks contain illegal levels of caffeine. The following 10 products exceed the legal caffeine limit by more than 30% and have been removed from the market: Cintron Tropical Azul, Fuel Cell Citrus, Fuel Cell Tropical Fruit, Fuel Cell Wild Berry, Fuel Cell Lemon Green Tea, Red Eye Platinum, Smart Energy Blood Orange and Chilli, Smart Energy Citrus, Bad Boy Turbo, and Endorush. The Food Authority has published a complete list of results for the products that have been tested.

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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