Recall Roundup: November 19, 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: Nassau Candy Distributors (Hicksville, NY) recalls possibly unlabeled pegable snack tubs because they contain undeclared almonds, soy and milk and may also contain other undeclared allergens.
• Sport Fishing Alert: North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services issues a fish consumption advisory for walleye and largemouth bass in Lake Gaston due to the presence of mercury in these species of fish.
• Food Safety Alert: San Miguel Produce Inc. (Oxnard, CA) requests that all Kale Product with the expired “USE BY” date of 11/9/2009 with the lot code of 14398 be discarded after the Ohio Department of Agriculture reports having found Listeria in a sample of the company's “Cut `n Clean Greens” Kale.
• OTC Pharmaceutical Product Recall: The Procter & Gamble Company recalls three lots of its Vicks Sinex nasal spray in the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom after the bacterium B. cepacia was found in a sample of product that was made at its plant in Gross Gerau, Germany.

Canada

• Allergy Alert: Boulangerie d'Autrefois recalls several pies due to the presence of undeclared soy and sulfites
• Allergy Alert: Marché André Tellier Inc recalls Trempette maison and Croûton à l'ail due to the presence of undeclared soy protein, eggs and/or milk

Europe

• OTC Pharmaceutical Product Recall: The Procter & Gamble Company recalls three lots of its Vicks Sinex nasal spray in the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom after the bacterium B. cepacia was found in a sample of product that was made at its plant in Gross Gerau, Germany.
• Food Safety Notification (EU #2009.1596): Salmonella in minced beef from Poland; distributed in Sweden
• Animal Feed Safety Notification (EU #2009.1598): Salmonella Oranienburg in fish meal from Germany; distributed in the Czech Republic
• Food Safety Notification (EU #2009.1599): Salmonella enterica in onion powder from India; distributed in France, Germany, Greece, Poland, Slovakia, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

Australia and New Zealand

• Allergy Alert (Australia): Harvest Freshcuts Pty Ltd and Woolworths Limited recall Woolworths Carbonara Pasta Salad due to the presence of undeclared fish and eggs

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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