Recall Roundup: November 10, 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

• FDA Warning Letter: FDA warns seafood importer Gusto Food, Inc. (Maspeth, NY) of "...serious violations of the seafood Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) regulation..." as the result of a March 2009 inspection.
• FDA Warning Letter: FDA warns seafood processor Zanzibar Cafe, Inc. (San Diego, CA) of "...serious violations of the seafood Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) regulation..." as the result of an August 2009 inspection.

Canada

• Allergy Alert: Canadian Food Inspection Agency advises Canadian consumers that certain Gioia and Nutkao brands of nut spreads imported from Italy may contain undeclared peanuts and have been recalled by the importers. The recalled items were distributed in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec and may also be available in other Canadian provinces and territories.

Asia, Africa & The Pacific

• Proprietary Medicine Recall (Hong Kong): Department of Health urged members of the public not to buy or use a proprietary Chinese medicine (pCm) named "XUE FU ZHU YU TANG" as it was found to have exceeded heavy metal limit. The product has been recalled

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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