Recall Roundup: November 1, 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: Alexia Foods, Inc. (Kennewick, WA) recalls packages of its Alexia – Olive Oil, Sun-Dried Tomatoes & Pesto Oven Reds (frozen seasoned potato wedges) due to undeclared pine nuts.
• Food Safety Recall: Giant Food Stores recalls packaged ground beef, ground beef patties, and a range of ready-to-cook products containing ground beef, because the meat may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7. This recall is associated with the recall of more than 545,000 pounds of ground beef announced yesterday by Fairbank Farms.
• Food Safety Recall: Price Chopper recalls certain date codes of ground round, ground sirloin, 80% lean ground beef, 80% lean chili meat, 93% lean grind, 96% lean grind and meat loaf mix, because the meat may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7. This recall is associated with the recall of more than 545,000 pounds of ground beef announced yesterday by Fairbank Farms.

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
  
• Raley's
• 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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